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EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Soyapango. 1991. Vultures circle in the sky above people and grazing cattle in the garbage. Residents of the dump salvage tin, plastic, paper, steel, and wood for resale. Some material is used to build their homes where they are vulnerable to wind, rain, and heat, and had no running water nor electricity. Third World dumps remain the work and living sites of many of the world's poor. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. Soyapango. 1991. Vultures circle in the sky above people and grazing cattle in the garbage. Residents of the dump salvage tin, plastic, paper, ste...

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Perquin. 1991. A Guerilla carries arms into the mountains. Perquin was a guerilla-held town in northern El Salvador where combatants and civilians mixed easily, as the civilians supported the FMLN. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. Perquin. 1991. A Guerilla carries arms into the mountains. Perquin was a guerilla-held town in northern El Salvador where combatants and civilians

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Morazan. Segundo Montes. 1991. Children with pigs. Pork is a main source of protein in areas where there is little pasture or grass for grazing. Pigs are kept in pens made of sticks and feed on corn and corn stalks. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. Morazan. Segundo Montes. 1991. Children with pigs. Pork is a main source of protein in areas where there is little pasture or grass for grazing. Pi

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Cuscatlan. Suchitoto. 1991. A naked child with a plastic Christmas tree above a household nativity scene. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. Cuscatlan. Suchitoto. 1991. A naked child with a plastic Christmas tree above a household nativity scene.

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - CONTACT SHEET. EL SALVADOR. 1991. - Larry Towell

CONTACT SHEET. EL SALVADOR. 1991.

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Morazan. 1991. A young guerilla recruit bathes on Sunday morning. Young women usually made up the ranks of brigadistas performing emergency medical care with very little training. All rural civilians of age were also trained by the guerillas for emergency response. Civilians made up the main source of support for the FMLN guerillas during the 12-year civil war. Certain areas of rural El Salvador (largely in the north) were under guerilla control for most of the war. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. Morazan. 1991. A young guerilla recruit bathes on Sunday morning. Young women usually made up the ranks of brigadistas performing emergency medical...

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Soyapango. 1991. A child with a sheet plays with the vultures. Vultures scavenge in the city dump alongside the people. Residents of the dump salvage tin, plastic, paper, steel, and wood for resale. Some material is used to build their homes where they are vulnerable to wind, rain, and heat, and had no running water nor electricity. Third World dumps remain the work and living sites of many of the world's poor. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. Soyapango. 1991. A child with a sheet plays with the vultures. Vultures scavenge in the city dump alongside the people. Residents of the dump salva...

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Morazan. 1991. Young guerilla recruits from Segundo Montes rise in the morning to brush their teeth and bathe after sleeping on the forest floor. Peasants remained in strong support of the FMLN guerillas throughout the war. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. Morazan. 1991. Young guerilla recruits from Segundo Montes rise in the morning to brush their teeth and bathe after sleeping on the forest floor. P

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. San Salvador. 1991. A daughter comforts her mother who passed out while grieving at the grave of her son who was killed by government death squads. Some 70,000 persons died in the 12-year civil war. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. San Salvador. 1991. A daughter comforts her mother who passed out while grieving at the grave of her son who was killed by government death squads.

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Cabanas. 1991. Many graves were exhumed by the Non-Governmental Human Rights Office during the war to locate the

EL SALVADOR. Cabanas. 1991. Many graves were exhumed by the Non-Governmental Human Rights Office during the war to locate the "disappeared."

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. San Salvador. 1991. Child playing in box at city dump. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. San Salvador. 1991. Child playing in box at city dump.

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. San Salvador. 1991. Prostitutes and a client. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. San Salvador. 1991. Prostitutes and a client.

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Morazan. 1991. A guerilla woman with gun and oranges. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. Morazan. 1991. A guerilla woman with gun and oranges.

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Soyapango. 1991. A child plays with baby chicks rescued from discarded eggs from a hatchery that were dropped off at the dump. Residents of the dump would scavenge through the discarded egg crates for chicks still alive and raise them for meat. Residents of the dump salvage tin, plastic, paper, steel, and wood for resale. Some material is used to build their homes where they are vulnerable to wind, rain, and heat, and had no running water nor electricity. Third World dumps remain the work and living sites of many of the world's poor. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. Soyapango. 1991. A child plays with baby chicks rescued from discarded eggs from a hatchery that were dropped off at the dump. Residents of the dum...

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Guazapa. El Barillo. 1991. A child in beams of sunlight entering through holes in the walls of a typical campesino peasant home on Guazapa Mountain. The house is made of cardboard, tin, and poles. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. Guazapa. El Barillo. 1991. A child in beams of sunlight entering through holes in the walls of a typical campesino peasant home on Guazapa Mountain

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - Family living in cemetery.
La Bermeja Cemetery, San Salvador, El Salvador, 1991. - Larry Towell

Family living in cemetery.
La Bermeja Cemetery, San Salvador, El Salvador, 1991.

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. San Salvador. 1991. Children fly a home-made kite above a shanty town where they live near the San Salvador garbage dump. Homes are made of cardboard and other salvage material from the dump. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. San Salvador. 1991. Children fly a home-made kite above a shanty town where they live near the San Salvador garbage dump. Homes are made of cardboa

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Soyopango. 1991. The interior of a poor home near the San Salvador garbage dump made of cardboard and sticks with an earth floor. Still, it is kept clean and orderly. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. Soyopango. 1991. The interior of a poor home near the San Salvador garbage dump made of cardboard and sticks with an earth floor. Still, it is kept

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Soyapango. 1991. A child scavenges salvage for resale. In the background is a row of shanties made of tin and cardboard where a community of several hundred people lived until the homes were demolished by the municipality. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. Soyapango. 1991. A child scavenges salvage for resale. In the background is a row of shanties made of tin and cardboard where a community of severa

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Soyapango. 1991. Resident children of the San Salvador city dump play together with a pet puppy in abandoned and junked trucks. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. Soyapango. 1991. Resident children of the San Salvador city dump play together with a pet puppy in abandoned and junked trucks.

EL SALVADOR. In the last year of the civil war. - EL SALVADOR. Perquin, Morazan. A dog is seen through the photographer's eyeglasses. Perquin was one of the two

EL SALVADOR. Perquin, Morazan. A dog is seen through the photographer's eyeglasses. Perquin was one of the two "guerilla capitals" during the war. FMLN combatan...

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