slum

The wonderful century also saw the plunder of the Earth’s resources, suffering in urban slums and humanitarian catastrophe in Europe’s colonies.

Toynbee documented their movement to suburbs, with the cities becoming predictably poorer, “infested with slums.”

He had no property to “insure” it was as if he had bought fire insurance on some slum with a history of burning down.

The PA plan is not to recreate slums, but to make sure that tight-knit communities can be restored.

Murals, sculptures and other works depicting Hernandez have been inaugurated recently, including a large painting of his face on a wall in Petare, the biggest slum in Caracas.