Barrio

Barrio is in the general sense in the Spanish language, the name of a district or a district. Spanish -speaking cities are divided into " barrios "; this also applies to Philippine cities. In the Philippines, the term " Barrio " refers to rural areas simply to a larger town, called in the language of Filipino as Baryo. In a narrower sense, the term ' barrio " in Latin America, mostly inhabited by indigenous and black Caribbean population giant Substädte the major cities on the border between suburban and slum. The large Latino district in the United States are referred to as the "Barrio ": so " El Barrio " in New York City is synonymous with Spanish Harlem.

Barrio in Central and South America

The South American barrios are far more than just neighborhoods, but rather denote a very special way of life, social structure, music, culture, which differ significantly from Barrio Barrio. This ranges from slums on the edge of the dump without water or electricity on social policy Signature projects to self- conscious working-class suburbs with well developed infrastructure and more affluent middle-class scene Barrios. The Barrio is also available as a vital counter-model to empty drawn, faceless downtown.

Prototype Lima

Prototype of a Latin American metropolis with marked Barrio culture is the Peruvian capital of Lima: the beginning of the 20th century the population began to expand and grew over the ramparts of the old Spanish city from the time of the Conquest out. The wealthy upper middle class moved from the crowded center in the quiet garden suburbs of the south. The established working class moved to the other side of the Rio Rimac and built their own Barrios: so " Barrio Obrero Industrial" today an independent, thriving city with a good infrastructure, a private university, and around 350 000 inhabitants. At the far edge of town, in the formerly uninhabited deserts of sand at the foot of the Andes, for indigenous land refugees from Sierra settled and built their own shanty towns. About half of the estimated seven million inhabitants of Lima now lives in such improvised, semi- illegal Barrios; some, the famous self- control project "Villa El Salvador ," even secured a place in the social flagship project. However, the infiltration of terrorist groups such as the infamous " Sendero Luminoso " ( Shining Path ) always causes massive problems.

Barrio and crime

Infamous the " Barrio Pablo Escobar " is in Medellín in Colombia: It was built by the same drug dealer and former " Public Enemy No. 1" for approximately twelve thousand people on a garbage dump, but is not recognized by the Colombian state and is not marked on any map. Also in Central American countries such as Honduras and El Salvador are the barrios high explosive social foci and home of the youth gangs Mara, for example, the infamous gang " Barrio 18".

Barrios in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic

In Venezuela we mean by the word Barrio especially the informal slums, which have formed ( primarily in the largest cities such as Caracas, Maracaibo and Valencia ) over the past decades. Moreover, the term here as a description of a " neighborhood " of a neighborhood ( Parroquia ), as well as delineation of districts with small (often self-built ) homes over the big skyscrapers ( Edificio ) will be used.

The former meaning is also reflected in the name of a social program of the Bolivarian government, Barrio Adentro ( Into the Barrio, Barrio ) resist. The so-called Misión intended to ensure free primary healthcare for all (that is especially for the impoverished people in the barrios ). Support it receives from the Cuban doctors working in the slums and other affected areas since the program's inception.

In the Dominican Republic barrios have a similar meaning as in Venezuela.

Barrio in the United States

In the United States, especially in Southern California, is the "Barrio " as a synonym for Latino - quarter mainly due to deprived areas of the larger cities; the " barrio stages" stand for a social gray zone between cultural identity and crime. In New York City, with the Spanish Harlem ( " El Barrio "), one of the largest and best-known barrios of the U.S., recalls the "Museo del Barrio " at the 5th Avenue to Latin American and Caribbean district culture.

Barrio in Europe

Also in Europe inhabited city districts are majority of Latin Americans called " Barrio ", but here more in the sense of an independent, lively bars and cultural scene; the largest in Germany is the " Barrio Latino " in Saarbrücken.