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Article: ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES CRACKS DOWN ON "SLAVE-LABOR" SHOPS AFTER FIRE KILLS SIX BOLIVIAN IMMIGRANTS.
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- NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs
- Article date:
- April 28, 2006
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A deadly March 30 fire in a Buenos Aires sweatshop threw public light on the thousands of Bolivian immigrants living clandestinely in Argentina who work under slave-labor conditions. When the government conducted a crackdown on illegal operations in April, many Bolivians protested that they wanted to keep working, but with legalized status and humane conditions. In the following weeks, the government began efforts to normalize the immigration status of undocumented people living in Argentina.
The March 30 fire in the outlying Buenos Aires neighborhood of Caballito killed six people inside a textile factory. Four children were among the dead, two of whom were ...