This video should serve to remind us all of the PRIVILEGES we have. Even if we're stressed about our situation or wish our own situations were better, etc., these families and other around the world are the ones that face the real pressure. When your dream is simply that your daughter can have a roof over her head and clean food to eat, that's what tough situation is. Let us be thankful for what we have and make further efforts to enable other people like this to also be able to experience this
@@steve26791 lmao yea that's why there's millions of people like this starving in the world. It's because they don't have discipline and don't work hard 🤣 that's your privilege talking. Funny how people don't realize when they have privileges that others weren't afforded in life simply by being born in a different place. That's probably their fault too though right? Shouldn't have been born in a poor place to start with
At the turn of the 20th century, Argentina was one of the wealthiest country in the world. It was even richer than some Western European countries. Its really sad, what mismanagement, corruption and kleptocracy can do to a country.
Argentinians oligarchs were really wealthy because they exported up to 70% of the nations food at the expense of the citizens hunger but Argentina has never been a wealthy country, even 100 years ago Argentina had slums like “villa desocupación”. Don’t be fooled by shitty gdp per capita graphs, even when Argentina had a similar gdp to Canada more than 50% of the population was illiterate. Having natural resources can pump up those gdp numbers but that doesn’t mean the population wasn’t poor
@@uekvowzkaebbzuvrgipqxhemmwbhe You repeat a false discourse. Not only Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world per capita, and it was for about 70 years, but it was the 2nd world receptor of European immigration from 1890 until the post-World War II. Europeans came to the bottom of the world because it was better to live here. It´s the story of our great-great-grandparents and great-grandparents. They were all able to progress until Peronism (fascist socialism) arrived. After that(1946) the decline began. And Argentina was so rich that it took 70 years to bring it to this situation.
Wow, this has blown my mind. I had no idea that some Agentinanias were in such extreme poverty. As a Brit, I recently learnt just how unpopular we are with most Argentinians, due to the Falklands and its apparent effect (seemingly) on national pride, but if I could do something to fix this, and hopefully build a bridge, I absolutely would. I wish we were allies and not enemies. It's heartbreaking to see this.
Thank you Marc. I share the same feeling as an argentinian and proud son of an ex combatant in the Malvinas/Falklands war. Despite of the history, I do wish we could build bridges and rebuild the friendship between our nations and look forward. But our populist cleptocracy of politicians (and majority of our uneducated people) don´t share this view so I´m not too optimistic in the short term. It´s sad and depressing really. Cheers and have a nice week.
Some? 60% of children in Argentina live in abject poverty, the average income is close to 150 dollars a month, inflation is close to 90% and it is expected that Argentina will have yet another default on its foreign debt isolating it even more from the global economy.
@@SeeLasSee unfortunately, the elites (politicians) don't think of the people but their votes in order to increase their status and wealth. Sugar cane is being replaced with development of villas etc.
I'm the same age as Julio and when I saw his working conditions I was obviously shocked, but then I heard that he has a child? Wow, I can't imagine how much stress he must be under. I'm a uni student who still feels like a child, yet he's working every day in the landfill to make a living for his family. I had no idea that conditions were this bad in Argentina, I genuinely hope that everything improves soon.
I feel for these people as ive seen it happen in the Philippines too, my country of birth. Praying for their safety and maybe one day things will get a little bit better for them.
This clip broke my heart 💔 I always thought highly of Argentina, and it being a country with a small population and rich resources logically it should be some how well off, but bad governance can make anywhere a living hell I suppose
that's not how the world works. lots of African nations that have precious resources are a terrible place to live with militias executing entire villages if they are in way of a new mine
@@whitelutik true, but latin America has always been a peek of hope in this world, and Argentina was always an outstanding performer in that region They are away from all the drugs, oil problems, migrant routes and political unrest, so if any country should have it easy to build itself, it should be Argentina, but I guess it's like you said my friend
Yea, I remember digging trough a couple of dumpsters with my family in México back in 1989 and before then. We found some recently expired hotdogs from a 7 Eleven... Boxes and boxes of them. They where. Still sealed and we where the "lucky" ones. We where fed, we didnt get sick and lived to try another day. Many actually. Ill never forget those days, but truth be told, I dont miss them.
I can walk 5 minutes and have a choice of endless takeaway foods in the UK. But children in other parts of the world have to search through landfill to eat. It's absolutely sickening to the core and something needs to be done about it. In a world where food is plentiful, people are starving to death. How have we let this happen ffs. Argentina, for whatever it means, I will pray for you ❤
I am argentinean and I actually had to look up where the city of Concordia is. It is heartbreaking to know that there are people living in such conditions, but yes if you go outside buenos aires is like going back in time
It breaks my heart. I was born and raised in Argentina. I had free education, EXCELLENT free education and finished primary, secondary, and tertiary school for free. Notice the way I write English: I can write it with correct grammatical knowledge. I had the best education there. It breaks my heart that the corrupt government has done this to the people. It is a gorgeous country which has been deeply damaged by those in power.
My wife is from BA, Belgrano specifically and she also received an excellent, free education. That is one thing Argentines can rightly be proud of. Ive visited many times, the country is a contradiction of the highest order but sadly a lot of the blame goes to the political class but also to a certain apathy or maybe fatalism amongst the people. My mother in law says they would have been better off if the English rather than the Spanish had prevailed.
This is the problem. None of it was free. It was taken from taxpayers, via socialism. And when you run out of other people’s money, economic collapse. How do socialists not see this? Beggar’s belief.
I'm born and raised in Argentina. I lived there until I was 17 years old and then moved to the U.S. Even though I been away for over 30 years now...I still remember the good times I had as a child and teenager over there. It breaks my heart that my country of origin is in such bad shape. It always has been though making it over there...but it's even tougher now. I still got family over there and pray every day that the are doing ok.
Thanks, but we won't get better… when i finished high school one teacher called “the good ones” and recomended us to get out of argentina. I don’t wanna waste my youth in this country, it has no future.
When you have reports of those spending billions on luxury then see this, I feel guilty to be a member of the human race, that is hurting my soul right now.
You should not feel guilty for things you're not responsible for. And you most likely aren't in this case, as one's wealth does not result in other's poverty. Don't let guilt be the main force that drives your actions. Let it be compassion or hope, if you will. But not guilt for things you're not responsible for.
@@MrTomyCJ That's not true. The standard of life of wealthy nations is sustained through slave labor and miserable salaries on poorer countries that manufacture their goods and provide them services for bread crums. Meanwhile wealthy nations use their power and leverage to make the poorer countries even poorer so they can increase their margins of profit. USA is the world's greatest culprit of this, but its not the only one. On the other hand this also wrecks local communities and cities in wealthy countries as the big companies move offshore to reduce costs, causing massive unemployment and obliterating the locations that allowed them to grow. Detroit is the textbook example of this. Democracy and stock-trading capitalism have failed and now the human system is going to implode. Some will fall sooner than others but when shit hits the fan the whole room gets stained.
As more I'm getting older as more I understand that there are no bad places on the Earth for living, there is mismanagement. Best wishes for Argentinians from Belarus!
@@man08839 ...uh, you DO know that the leaked classified documents revealed that in fact the US and Nato started this proxy war with Russia right? And they knew from the start that Ukraine will never win?
Does humanity exist? No it does not. Otherwise we will not see people living in these conditions. Deeply sympathise with Argentinians. Our Latin brothers.
@@NEO-v7r I live in Pakistan. I help people in my surroundings. If I was in Argentina 🇦🇷 I would have helped them too. We are taught one thing in Islam. Charity begins at home. Right now I can only sympathise with my words but when I will be in a position to help Argentinians. I will help them too. I don't just talk the talk. And there are plenty of people like me. They are helping people at different scale.
This is truly heartbreaking. No single human being deserves such a life, but to think that hundreds, thousands of people live like this, is terrifying. Where did the humanity project go wrong??
Like many countries in the world, Argentina is a country of contrasts, profound ones. You will find, wealth and high living standards, mainly in cities, but also deep, almost hopeless poverty. Blame the governments of the last 25 years or so, stealing, mismanaging resources, pilfering. Sad, but nevertheless true, like many countries in the world (even “developed” ones)not to mention almost all in Latin America. Wishing winds of change in the future.
I am Argentinean, and I can tell you the government encourages this lifestyle given them money each month for each children. People are not working and living from that money. Concordia is for certain a poor city, but I am sure they receive the same household allowance. The Kichnner in Power from almost 20 year, that is mostly the problem in Argentina
@Gemz & Snapz Nowadays, the best gift from God is the ability to think about the world where future generation will have to live. People may have access to contraceptive methods, but goverments in Latin America promote the opposite. Not having children is also a way of showing love for them.
This situation another's like it are so sad.. but I'm glad to see this video posted because I'm going to forward it to a lot of people I know. I've traveled the world and I've lived on three continents and I shy away from Instagram shots of famous landmarks and instead love to stay for extended periods with families all over the world. I've seen people scavenge like this and most people either get defensive or deny the fact that this is real. I feel helpless but I think education is the first step. Thank you for this story.
LACK OF HUMAN GREED IS THE FIRST STEP. NOT saying the people having to choose to sift thru trash for their food but the ones in corrupt world govt's, and INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS B. GATES, E. MUSK, J. BEZOS, THE LIST COULD GO ON FOR DAYS.
And you somehow think that those people living in countries that can't provide enough food for their population are free from blame? Did you not see the 6-7 kids per family running around? That's most of the problem right there. People who have children they can't feed yet keep having children.
@@nobodyspecial4702 the problem is greedy billionaires hoarding money and not distributing it back into the economy which could provide social programs for people in need. Just 1 billion dollars is so much money that if you put it in a savings account at 1% interest you'd make $10,000,000/year. If they just collectively sprinkled their pennies together they could end world hunger and poverty. You don't make a billion dollars, you take a billion dollars. Do you not see that this is happening all around the world?? It is economic disparity caused by the rich stealing from the poor so that they can be more rich and not help anyone. Resources are running out, water, food, fuel, etc. People are fed up and they are revolting, protesting, storming governments. Don't blame the poor for being poor, they are doing their best. You should be upset that governments aren't doing their job. Politicians with net worths in the millions while everyday average families who voted for them, are going homeless. There's inflation all over the world and economies collapsing like dominoes. Wait till it happens to you, then see if you can judge what someone will do to survive.
@@shay77777 I'm guessing you're not a billionaire, or even a millionaire. If you were, you'd probably know that most of their wealth is not cash, but is in valuable assets like fine art and stocks. How would you spread that out? Take a Monet and cut it into thousands of little squares and give each poor person one? If they were like me, they'd have made better life choices and retired at 45.
@@nobodyspecial4702 investments that can be sold blah blah blah money flows. If it's so imaginary than why does it have so much worth? And yes, tell a child in a village that they should just grow up and invest and that will solve all their problems. Wealthy people are so out of touch with reality and what people are going through. As the saying goes you have to spend money to make money and if you're having to pull food out of landfills because your government has failed you with inflation, rising housing costs, food shortages, no jobs... What money does someone in severe poverty have to invest to then create imaginary money to be rich? If rich people didn't have loopholes to avoid taxes and would fairly distribute the wealth back into the economy, we could have funding for social programs to address these issues.
@@shay77777 You completely miss the obvious. If they sell their investments that simply means someone else has them. There's no money being miracled into existence, only intangible wealth being moved around as tangible objects.
I'm Brazilian and got surprised watching this video. Of course, I know Argentina has its poverty issues, bit I thought things like dumpster diving for food were way too dire conditions and only happened in the poorest parts of Brazil . In fact , the monthly installments of Bolsa Família here helped lots of people get by without resorting to food seeking in the trash. Argentine education is well regarded for Soth American standards. I hope our Argentinian brothers will return someday to their glorious days! Saludos desde Brasil hermanos! ✌️
Anglo-American-Zionism is the reason for wasteful destruction of nature, wasteful spending, exploitation, hunger, poverty, inflation, world recessions, and war.
My heart is broken in million pieces upon learning about these conditions of people in these kind of situations. In the US, we have people trying to lose weight because they eat too damn much...and in many of these countries, people dying because they lack food. May God has mercy on us all!!! Amen!
So sad to see this, i can relate, sadly. I had to leave South America, it took me almost 15 years working in black, getting exploited, living on the streets even in Europe and eating from the trash to survive. Now after spending most of my young life in that life, i have my own place a good job in the mountains of Norway, but I haven't seen my falimy in years, only 2 times on those 15 years and I miss them so much (i want to go back every day i wake up). But what can i do, I can only help from here, so I have to stay far away and my job is aisolated, I bearly see ppl. I just hope the whole South American region gets better so i can go back home. Abrazo Argentina ! fuerza ahi !
It’s not just landfills that get picked over. In Buenos Aires there are dumpster/skip sized trash containers in the street and throughout the day, there is a steady stream of people who rummage around in them. Resident frequently leave things they know to be recyclable or useful on top so that the gleaners don’t miss them.
I seen that in Buenos Aires around the snob neighborhoods of Belgrano.I am traveling, I am in beach town south and I am so sad to see so many dogs in the street, the story is that people just drop them off and leave.
@@mariealv4888 Dogs on the street have all over Latin America, poor people adopt, they can't take care of them, they don't neuter and then abandon. There are government programs and NGOs that collect these animals, care for them and castrate them. But what the government and these NGOs do is still little, because the amount of animals on the streets is absurd! I have already been very sad about this, but I have no way of welcoming the pets into my house, I have 1 dog and a cat and I take very good care of them what I can do for stray animals is to put water and food when I see one, so whenever i can i do it.
@@mariealv4888 dogs really are a big problem in South America. It was my biggest fear as a child while going to buy sugar or rice in the morning for my grandmother to prepare lunch. Even worse, rabid dogs! There’s even a patron saint for dogs which people pray to so they wouldn’t get bitten. I hope all South American countries could take better control in that.
people in western countries like Canada, USA, England should look at this as a warning. Things can change , with poor leaders in government. Don't take your current life for granted.
the usa has turned into a war zone. I'm american and wanna get the 🤬 out!! you don't know if you're gonna get shot up just grocery shopping. today a man in my city was just using a leaf blower and his neighbor thought it was too loud and shot him. america has become a joke🤣🤣🤣
How can I donate to help the 19-year-old young man and young girl in your report on Monday 8th of August? So heartbreaking to watch. I had no idea people were living like this. My prayers with the Argentinians may God show his Mercy on his people.
don't donate, people like them NEED to understand that if you're poor and eating garbage, DON'T HAVE BABIES. You're only making your situation worse and bringing innocent kids into this world just to suffer.
Sorry, I am stunned by this information. I had no idea poverty could be this low for so many. Had to stop watching three minutes in. I never want to complain about anything ever again. Thank you for posting this.
Anglo-American-Zionism is the reason for wasteful destruction of nature, wasteful spending, exploitation, hunger, poverty, inflation, world recessions, and war.
Estoy seguro de que muchas personas en Argentina rezan todos los días para que mejore su situación económica. El problema con las oraciones y las bendiciones es que no funcionan. Ojalá los mexicanos aprendamos de los argentinos y le demos más importancia a la educación que a la religión. I am sure that many people in Argentina pray every day for their economic situation to improve. The problem with prayers and blessings is that they don't work. Hopefully we Mexicans learn from the Argentines and give more importance to education than to religion.
@@gerardo4149 y mira cómo ha ayudado la educación a Argentina, y mira cómo ha ayudado la oración a los mexicanos. Somos un pueblo muy religioso, y aunque ahora hay crisis y guerras, tenemos siempre al menos un plato de sopa en la mesa. La educación es muy importante, pero la oración es imprescindible
@@ricardoantonio7017 Entonces los mexicanos le están rezando al dios equivocado, porque del 2018 al 2020 el número de pobres en México se incrementó en 3.8 millones. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mrY_Ar6bK4I.html Agrégale el 2021 y la inflación y probablemente ya andamos por los 5 millones adicionales. Irónicamente la gente pobre tiende a ser la más religiosa y la menos educada.
@@gerardo4149 la inflación está pegando ahora en todo el mundo por el cambio mundial que se está dando. Pero espero que todo volverá a la normalidad, primero Dios. Y en eso de que la gente pobre es la más religiosa y menos educada te equivocas. Hay de todo. Yo no soy pobre pero tampoco rico, y no me considero una persona inculta. Al menos entiendo bien lo que escribiste en español e inglés. Y también lo haría si lo escribieras en italiano o latín. Este último lo aprendí en internet.
Strange reality we live in, isn't it? Anyway, I hope Messi --- among the highest paid athletes in the world --- could donate 1/2 of 1% of his monthly income toward a few villages like this, so in each village, 50 kids could eat at least two good meals a day and get to play balls in the field... He can't do it alone, even if he spent all his money on the situation, as it is much larger than what one man could do; but certainly the monthly income he gets from Europe and the world, of commercial interests who sell his name and fame... he could do more than most humans, FOR his own Argentinian countrymen in these hours of great struggle. I have seen a few refugees from my own country, of Laos --- from where Sunisa Lee, the 2020 Tokyo All Around Olympic Gymnastic Gold Medalist parents came --- being settled in Argentina, in the late 1970s to mid 80s... and being given help, when Argentina was still a developing, prosperous country... The country needs help today. But it will again get better.
You can be disgusted as much as you want, as long as you don't support stealing people to benefit others, because that's part of the mentality that has resulted in crisis all over latam.
Worth pointing out that two hundred years ago Argentina was poised to become a USA of South America, with an economy to beat out many European countries. Poor leadership has ruined the immense potential of this place, so far. There is always the future, I can only wish these people the prosperity they deserve.
I thought this only happened to places where blacks ruled guys? what happened? Argentina systemically wipes out black peoples in the past and today they are in this predicament, at least Americans were smart enough to enclave them and make them build everything and do labour, this is the white man at his best 🇦🇷
Siempre tuvimos, solo que ahora se agrava por la inflacion desmedida, tristemente esto va a traer consecuencias fatales a los más pobres que podrían morir de hambre porque los alimentos suben cada día más y más, el gobierno la pasa súper bien, son ricos, se van de viaje a Europa, compran deptos en otros países, pero bueno eso pasa cuando le roban a los pobres de argentina.
Every year, the number of billionaires grow, but the number of poor people exponentially increase also. Do you think those billionaires care about the lot of the ordinary people? If you do, then I have an iceberg to sell to you.
@@pumpkindiamond994 I tried doing that on my own yrs ago actually haha, but they just threatened to car bomb me , and then really did set up metaphorical road blocks so I wouldn't/couldn't haha.
Julio is such a young hardworking father and a handsome guy. I pray that his life change for a better so, that he can provide a clean environment, school, medicine for his young family. Philippines is the same way. The disparity of life there is like heaven and hell. Thousands of people rely on garbage for their food and everyday living. I can offer a prayer for the people who suffer in vain. It’s really not fair. Here, I’m complaining about my house being messy. I’m sorry God and please let your great light shine on our bothers and sisters all over the world. Bless up!
Im an argentine living abroad since 2019 looking for better working conditions and getting fed up with our populist politicians who wrecked our country and its people. Nothing has really changed since I have memmory and i´m now 43 yrs old. I do send money to my family in Argentina and donate as much as I can to an ONG that puts roofs on top of the most empoverished families in the poorest areas of the country. We the current state of affairs and this Peronist administration, things will only get much worse (the economy hasn´t grown since 2011 and is at the verge of yet another hyper-inflation), before we can think of any chance for things to get better. The Kirchners have been in power for almost 2 decades (not counting the 4 yrs of President Macri) and the country has gone down hill since then. It will take many generations to see any improvement once a descent normal government will one day be in power. Everything is rotten up to the core. Everything must change from top to bottom.
instead of just blaming the rich, the tragedy is that farmers in one place have crops they can't sell while people all over starve. this waste is a government issue. but you should blame the politicians who got rich in public service jobs.
The root cause of Latin american economic woes was and still is NAFTA . Which screws the local farmers who can't compete with US / Canadian corporations, And Globalisation translocated many of the manufacturing jobs to China. You can blame both the rich and politicans.
@Lan Zadura Value is what you can receive in exchange for your goods. Sometimes local markets are distorted and do not have the same prices as other markets, but value is value.
@Lan Zadura If you do not understand something, repeating it will not help. Perhaps some basic economic theory is in order before you can fully comprehend.
This video shows how much we take granted in advanced economies. These people deal with hardships that we can't even begin to imagine and no one should live like that
What would be their height of misery that they are scrolling through garbage for their families & children & no access to education? Corrupt Govts do not care.
@@FancyPantsOnFire i think you should not impose your thoughts on everybody. Just keep it to yourself. Your propoganda failed. People believe in religion.
It also seems as though they may be able to do better to help themselves. The buildings, the houses, their community, the material they have access to, that they could use to build from or create, plastics, scrap metal, random items constructed to design elements. Creativity to create. It would seem. Rummaging looks intense and the process a slightly savage.
This reminds me of Nicaragua my home country, there is a place called La Chureca, where kids and families go to collect garbage in search for food. Breaks my heart to see Latin America in such poverty.
Ms Monica, I am touch by your outreach 🎉 but can you, at the sametime teach them to grow vegetables in boxes around their home, while the others work in the landfill?
Finally some useful content from our beloved BBC! keep up the good work we need to wake up to the real problems of the world maybe you can come to Birmingham and talk about the increasing number of homeless people
@@Spacey7 common sense 101 Growing up rural in the 70s and 80s we lived off the land. Noone used foodstamps,except like 3 families people lived within their means.
@@lisaperry5999 yes I grew up in the countryside aswell & back then I don't think there were food banks. We lived within our means too. People seem to think they need more than they actually do. It's amazing how little you really need & how much you can save cutting back on things that aren't essential.
@@nemospence2724 Yes what I have noticed upon further research is it seems only the BBC focusses on the most negative things about Argentina instead of offering a balanced perspective. Does anyone know if there is a reason for this? Do they want people to not invest in the economy and just write it off in a time Argentina could be thriving with grain and oil exports? Is there any beef or history of bad blood between UK and Argentina?
@@raywilson3166 I don't know if there's bad history between them. All I know is that my family ate Argentina corned beef last night for dinner. And it was delicious.
Edit: SOME THINGS THEY GOT WRONG. Kukas is not a term used to describe these people, we don't use it to describe poor people, we use it to describe people whom are loyal to the Kirchnerist party. The lockdown only accelerated things, but for over twenty years the Kirchnerist party has made it clear it does not want poor people to progress, they have twisted our welfare system from an aid to those less fortunate to get back in their feet, to a twisted dependency network where loyal designated individuals called punteros force them into voting for them under threat of being cut off from the little money they receive. The Ukrainian invasion is NOT the main cause of our inflation, terrible administration by the governments to perpetuate themselves in power via the use of the welfare network to undermine democracy has led them to increase public spending to astronomical levels which I'd financed by ridiculous monetary emission. We know we have to cut spending, but the people in power are bunkered in Buenos Aires surrounded by loyalists and they can do as much as they want as long as the people is kept prisoner of this corrupted welfare system. The worst part is that most of them do need these aids, to use then to gain votes through extortion is infuriating. Twenty years late BBC friends, this has been a constant for twenty years
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Thanks for this. Longterm leadership, not a convenient current political Hotspot of the day, is often the blame for a nations bad plight. It is very sad.
While these kids eat from landfills and we look away, in Scotland the Scotland Ukraine Association are asking for ‘ humanitarian’ aid in the form of new clothing and shoes, iPads, laptops, tablets and childrens smart watches. Utterly disgusting!!!
how about doing something to help instead of criticizing others that got off their ass and proactively help? are you volunteering or raising funds for kids in Argentina, or even Scotland or Ukraine?
The only 'legacy' you will leave behind is: - your horrible, despicable, disgusting looks/genetics - your tombstone - your offspring's tombstone (you really thought that they are immortal?) - your diseases - your debt - unhealthy lifestyle habits - the lifelong PTSD your offspring will live with from how you treated him/her while you was alive and from your whole burial process All of the above WILL make the offspring's life a living hell from all points of views from cradle to grave, but who cares, right ?.... after all, it is all about what YOU 'want' and 'need'…
If you lived like this you wouldn't have the education that you have know. Do you think they have sexual education to know how to take care of themselves? Do you think is easy for them to access to prevention methods?
I remember not having my refuse picked up for quite some time so we got some workers to pack the van when I got to the dump site about 5 kids ran after the van I started speeding but those kids were fast a few managed to jump in the vehicle while it was moving our beggers and vendors sometimes insist on helping you for a fee I had my assistants and carried no money when we got to the land fill more teens had gathered around the vehicle they started offloading the rubbish out of the bins without asking for donations we had a mixture of disposed food which was stale and rancid those teens separated the food by smelling it and ate the food they felt was edible I regretted my speeding they were the most humble and kindest kids who salvaged the food trucks that threw away food we left the landfill and watched those kids eating with appreciation that distasteful food they cleaned and loaded our bins without demanding a penny I remember thinking to my self how ungrateful I was.
This is a story in Argentina, but digging through trash for food happens even in the United States. It’s a tragedy the inequality that persists in this world
why are you trying to deflect the severity of what’s happening in Argentina ? One third of the population is in poverty!! The US numbers is no were close to that . Also in the US people get food aid (foodstamps) so they have full fridges and not look for food in garbage . so sad it’s like subsaharan levels of poverty.
@@sumerianking4942 I'm not deflecting, I'm pointing out that this situation is not unique to Argentina, not by a long shot. It's international, even in the wealthiest of countries I'm wondering if you are as passionate about Argentinian poverty as the 'subsaharan' levels. If not, leave me be please
They say you learn something new everyday. I always thought of Argentina as a developed nation along with Uruguay and Chile. This is very sad and shocking. I pray for all of these people.
It was blown out of proportion I would say, being a Brazilian who visited Argentina, I can say they're still doing a lot better than other SA countries.
@@mattllaves Personally I was thinking that myself. I studied Argentina in great detail in college and I put it development wise up there with Hungary or Poland. Also democracy wise it still ranks quiet high too according to Freedom of the World. That all being said I hope the situation for these people improve though and my heart goes out to them.
All of those countries are far from being developed, in Chile 40% of workers earn less than 400 dollars a month, In Argentina 60% of children live in abject poverty and experience hunger everyday plus because of the high inflation essential goods such as toilet paper are scarce in Argentina, 250.000 Argentinas work in landfills recycling trash and making less than 1 dollar a day they are known as “cartoneros”
@@uekvowzkaebbzuvrgipqxhemmwbhe i don't want to downplay this issue, but 250k out of 45 million doesn't paint the whole picture, and you can also do a lot more with 400 dollars in SA than in north america or europe. These countries are definetely not developed, but they are also not far from it like my country, Brazil or a African country.
@@mattllaves at least 250.000 people survive by digging food in the trash that’s a lot of people eating from these landfills and making less than 1 dollar a day. And it’s not like the 44.750.000 other Argentinians are any better for instance 50% of the population is below the poverty line and 60% of children experience hunger, the average income of those 45 million Argentina is just 150 dollars a month, inflation is close to 90% and there are a lot of basic products missing from the shelves. Last week in San Juan Argentina thousands of people looted a supermarket because they have nothing to eat, the situation is pretty bad and comparable to African countries or even Sri Lanka, you are indeed downplaying the severity of Argentina situation. As for Chile, Uruguay Panama, Ecuador etc. Those are small countries with little to no industrial capacity and no farming land so the salaries there are higher, in terms of dollars, because they have to import everything, so 400 dollars buying a lot in SA only applies to big countries that have lots of national products that are cheaper not for small countries that import a lot of food energy gas etc. 400 dollars may be ok in Argentina but definitely not in Chile or Uruguay or other countries where 400 is close to the minimum wage
What needs more exposure outside of LATAM are the fundamental causes for its poverty: excesive economic restrictions coupled with excesive public spending. Leading to public deficit and corruption. And the fundamental driver for economic restrictions and excesive public spending is the collectivist, often anti-capitalist ideology. That way, the general public of other regions can finally understand what NOT to do in order to avoid ending up like us.
Espero que a Argentina possa enfrentar essa crise e sair melhor. As pessoas não merecem os seus políticos. Um abraço do Brasil. Que sirva (mais um) de exemplo para toda a América Latina.
Same issues in South Africa. Due to government corruption. I really hope majority of people get the sense to vote bad government out, not just in SA, but everywhere.
