VIA 31 is Buenos Aires' oldest slum. It's brawls across 72 hectares or 178 acres and is home to over 40,000 people. Since 2016, the city government with funds from the World Bank has spent some $300 million on paving roads there. The biggest changes have become tangible since 2019.
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