The Tower of David – Venezuela’s “vertical slum”

Isn't that the piece of US propaganda mentioned explicitly in the article, part of the reason why the author had a hard time getting access?

Given that we're constantly influenced by US media, why not link to something most people haven't been exposed to, like http://venezuelanalysis.com ?

(Obviously movements take many years and evolve, but it'd be awesome if the Occupy movement were so abnormally fast that people took over entire financial buildings.)

Great book.

I'm committing the intellectual crime of saying "Well why didn't they just do [obvious thing X]", when I know almost nothing about local conditions, here, something that I've criticized others for doing on HN before, but man

Why haven't they installed elevators?

It's century-old technology, can be operated manually, you could use a gasoline engine on the winch if electricity isn't available. You could install the winch spanning the elevator shaft at the tenth floor or something, if 40 stories of cable is too heavy for your winch. There's a "landlord" collecting rent, so there's money, and the elevator shafts already exist. If you're worried about safety, then just use it as a cargo elevator.

What's missing?

What was the name of the Documentary? I would be interested in watching it.