Bolivian migrants ride out hard times - The Washington Post

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Bolivian migrants ride out hard times

Emily Alpert/FTWP - COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA - OCTOBER 1: Large homes, many of them unfinished, sit alongside the road on the outskirts of Cochabamba. (Photo by Emily Alpert for The Washington Post)

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By Emily Alpert, Updated: Friday, November 18, 3:30 AM

CLIZA, Bolivia — Everything seems to be under construction in this town in central Bolivia. McMansions topped with tile and ornamental swans look as though they dropped from the sky. Hulking concrete shells sit on stilts. Metal spikes rise from countless roofs in hopes of a second floor.

But even when the grandest new houses are finished, many sit empty and dark while their owners are away working in Spain or Argentina, building houses for other people.

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