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The Cartoneros of Buenos Aires

Fellows Fall 2003

By Antrim Caskey

June 04, 2009

In Fall 2003,International Reporting Project Fellow Antrim Caskey traveled to Argentina to report on the cartoneros of Buenos Aires, who make their living recycling trash.

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