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Left in Uruguay: will the ballot box be the Global South's new resistance to the North?(feature)

Colorlines Magazine

| September 22, 2005 | Kurland, Shannah | COPYRIGHT 2005 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The neighborhood of Lavalleja in Uruguay has hope. Although there is no indoor plumbing or sewage system, thousands of families have claimed land and built homes from scavenged materials. Among them is Norma Morroni, whose son was murdered by police 11 years ago as he protested the extradition to Spain of political prisoners. Morroni is helping raise a new generation, running the local child care center her neighbors built and bestowing kind words on the children.

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Now, Morroni and the neighborhood of Lavalleja have another reason to be hopeful. For it was in communities like this one that a coalition ...

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