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Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and...
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  • A former Colombian policeman, called El Sheriff, smokes a cigarette before his usual control round in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 23 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A Colombian garbage recollector pulls his fully loaded cart on the street in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 5 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A young Colombian mother with her babygirl sells rummage and used clothes from garbage dumps in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 3 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • Colombian garbage recollectors, selling the found metal items, wait on the street in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 5 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A Colombian street kid gets high by sniffing the shoe glue in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 5 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • Colombian drug addicts lye on the street in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 20 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A Colombian man looks from behind the bars of a heavily protected shop in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 20 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A young Colombian policeman guards the entrance to the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 4 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A Colombian slum dweller stands in front of a rented house in the ghetto of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 5 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A Colombian street kid recollects garbage in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 4 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A Colombian missionary organization distributes food in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 20 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A young Colombian girl gets high by sniffing the shoe glue in front of the Police patrol in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 23 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A Colombian drug addict lies on the street in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 5 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A former Colombian policeman, called El Sheriff, loads his gun before entering the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 23 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A drunken Colombian garbage recollector sleeps on the street in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 23 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A Colombian slum dweller fastens his belt on the street of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 5 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • People pass along the main street in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 5 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A Colombian homeless man stands on the street in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 5 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A Colombian man looks out of the window in the roller shutter in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 5 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.

  • A Colombian garbage recollector checks his cart on the street in the slum of Calvario, Cali, Colombia, 20 April 2004. Calvario, a slum right in the centre of the city, is considered the social bottom of Cali society. Poor dwellers recollect the garbage in the near city centre to sell it for recycling, while their children get high by sniffing the shoe glue on the dirty streets of ghetto. The order in Calvario is maintained by the illegal authorities, usually former policemen or army members, who set their own rules. Criminality, drug abuse, unemployment never allow the slum people jump off the misery and stop being the second category citizen within the rigid society of Colombia. Although Christian missionary organizations attempt to provide help, the overall situation does not improve.