Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl was developed on top of the swampy remains of Lake Texoco by dubious subdividers after World War II. Thanks to some of its earliest residents, ... How a Slum Became a City.

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CIUDAD NEZA, Mexico, Oct 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Even if Eloisa Vasquez Morales had enough money to leave Ciudad Neza, once a sprawling slum and now a scrappy suburb east of Mexico City ...

Here are the five largest slums in the world: Neza-Chalco-Itza: One of Mexico City's many barrios, Neza-Chalco-Itza is the largest slum in the world with roughly four million people.

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CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, Mexico (Reuters) - The water dribbling from the tap is not enough for Miriam Guerrero to clean her fingernails, let alone wash down her hair salon in a Mexico City slum as ...

CIUDAD NEZA, Mexico (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Even if Eloisa Vasquez Morales had enough money to leave Ciudad Neza, once a sprawling slum and now a scrappy suburb east of Mexico City, the young ...

Even if Eloisa Vasquez Morales had enough money to leave Ciudad Neza, once a sprawling slum and now a scrappy suburb east of Mexico City, the young mother says she would stay.