Showing posts with label suspension bridge. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008

GREAT BRIDGE - GREAT POVERTY

ORINOCO: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27
Venezuela is an immensely rich nation.
I measure the bridge over the Orinoco: five kilometers. The end sections are supported on pylons. A suspension bridge spans the center. The bridge is a great feat of engineering.
Is feeding the poor of Venezuela so much more difficult? Or developing an economy in which today's extremes of poverty are confined to history?