Cafe Chavalos: Overcoming the Streets (2008)
Unrated 07 Aug 2008 • Documentary • 1h 15m
Despite its coastal beauty and colonial architecture, Nicaragua's oldest city, Granada, is mired in unemployment, poverty and violence. It is the poorest city in Central America where 80% of the population survives on less than $1 per day. The picturesque streets are littered with kids ("chavalos") who have succumbed to crime and drug addiction. The drug of choice due to its affordability and accessibility: glue-sniffing. With no means of receiving an education, learning basic job skills or finding employment, these kids are left with no options and no hope.
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Nicaragua
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17 Mar 2009
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