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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 ...