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...living in the country. I left a little farm in the state of Michoacan in 1942, and I would not return there for anything. I never went to school. Here my children go to school." Ortega and his family of eight live in a single-room jacale at "La Cuchilla" (The Knife), a squatters' community on a ledge high above El Trotche. His food bill is $4 a day, and he must somehow find money for school uniforms and books for the children. To help out, his wife works as a laundress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: How the Bottom Billion Live | 12/22/1975 | See Source »

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