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  • Carlos, a 12-year-old Hulepega holds up a plastic bottle of shoe glue containing the addictive neurotoxin, toluene in Managua, Nicaragua, on February 12, 2007..Nicaragua has known chronic war and poverty, forces that over time break down the fabric that holds families together. In a society where poor single mothers are common and must provide for large families in Latin America?s most devastated economy, it is common that children are forced to choose between abuse and hunger in the home, or the street. A growing number have been choosing the street. Most get addicted to glue. Called Huelepegas, or glue sniffers they are ostracized far beyond the lowest rung of society. Although NGOs have cobbled together a few basic services to support the children, it is up to President Ortega?s new socialist government to address this growing problem after years of neglect. By photographer Trevor Snapp
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  • A Huelepega urinates on a wall in Managua, Nicaragua on February 12, 2007. The stencil on the wall reads, "Look, sons of a thousand whores, do not urinate shit or leave trash here. Got it, son's of a bitches.".Nicaragua has known chronic war and poverty, forces that over time can break the fabric that holds families together. In a Society where poor single mothers are common and must provide for large families in Latin America?s most devastated economy, it is inevitable that children are forced to choose between abuse and hunger in the home, or the street. A growing number have been choosing the street. Most get addicted to glue. Called Huelepegas, or glue sniffers they are ostracized far beyond the lowest rung of society. Although NGOs have cobbled together a few basic services to support the children, it is up to President Ortega?s new socialist government to address this growing problem after years of neglect. By photographer Trevor Snapp
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  • A group of Huelepegas threaten another boy after suspecting him of stealing from them in Managua, Nicaragua, on February 12 2007. Although fights are common the children have no choice but to stick together for protection.Nicaragua has known chronic war and poverty, forces that over time can break the fabric that holds families together. In a Society where poor single mothers are common and must provide for large families in Latin America?s most devastated economy, it is inevitable that children are forced to choose between abuse and hunger in the home, or the street. A growing number have been choosing the street. Most get addicted to glue. Called Huelepegas, or glue sniffers they are ostracized far beyond the lowest rung of society. Although NGOs have cobbled together a few basic services to support the children, it is up to President Ortega?s new socialist government to address this growing problem after years of neglect. By photographer Trevor Snapp
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  • A Huelepega comforts another child after a fight broke out in the group in Mangaua, Nicaragua on February 12, 2007. Although fights are common the children have no choice but to stick together for protection..Nicaragua has known chronic war and poverty, forces that over time can break the fabric that holds families together. In a Society where poor single mothers are common and must provide for large families in Latin America?s most devastated economy, it is inevitable that children are forced to choose between abuse and hunger in the home, or the street. A growing number have been choosing the street. Most get addicted to glue. Called Huelepegas, or glue sniffers they are ostracized far beyond the lowest rung of society. Although NGOs have cobbled together a few basic services to support the children, it is up to President Ortega?s new socialist government to address this growing problem after years of neglect. By photographer Trevor Snapp
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