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“Stories of a Wounded Land” documents one of today's most complex issues affecting the majority of people around the world and the planet itself: agribusiness. Agribusiness is global in scale, extending, for example, from a local producer in Latin America or an African tribe to large corporations and consumers in the First World. Is agribusiness the solution to world hunger, or is it poisoning both the land and the people? Over the past two years, Alvaro Ybarra Zavala has been documenting agribusiness in practice in Latin America, in particular in Argentina and Brazil, two of the world's major breadbaskets. Here: Avia Terai, Chaco, Argentina, November 2012. Milagros Alcaraz (6) has spina bifida and has been given no medical care. She can barely walk. The local community is affected by crop dusting using equipment that does not comply with legal requirements, and which is done with the consent of the authorities and total impunity. (Photo by Alvaro Ybarra Zavala/Reportage by Getty Images)
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