Children wander heedless of traffic, because nothing can gather speed on these jagged roads. Packs of dogs sprawl beneath wrecked cars. The word asesino-murderer-is scrawled in spray-paint on the sooty wall of a burned-out house, which was torched just days before in retaliation for yet another shooting. Brick chips from the hasty construction of squatter housing coagulate along what ought to be sidewalks.
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Beyond the church, Pasaje C branches into the rest of the parish: more rutted mud and cracked concrete form Pasajes A to K. There is a church, the Immaculate Virgin, toward the end of the pasaje-Spanish for passage-where, on one occasion, the local priest and a number of frightened residents took refuge deep in the sanctuary when rival drug gangs opened fire. On the edge of Buenos Aires is a nothing little street called Pasaje C, a shot of dried mud leading into a slum from what passes for a main road, the garbage-strewn Mariano Acosta. Follow read about TIME’s choice in Spanish and Portuguese, click below.ĮL ELEGIDO: El Papa Francisco es la Persona del Año 2013 de TIMEĪ Escolha: O Papa Francisco é a Personalidade do Ano eleita pela Time em 2013