Campamento (Chile)

[1] The non-governmental organization Un Techo para Chile defines a campamento as a group of basic and rudimentary dwellings that house at least eight families.

When these low-wage workers find that they cannot pay the high rents of city dwellings, this leads to an accumulation of casual housing, or shantytowns.

[3] Enzo Faletto (1964) explains that workers may come to campamentos with the intention of someday integrating in the city, but due to the poor quality and duration of their employment, they are left with further economic insecurity.

[1] The highest growth was seen in cities such as Antofagasta, Calama, Copiapó, Iquique-Alto Hospicio, La Serena, Valparaíso, and Viña del Mar.

However, the benefits of this economic growth is not being distributed to the country at large, as demonstrated by the social exclusion of citizens of a certain class from Chilean cities.

Furthermore, the liberal economy of Chile offers minimal to no state protections, thus causing further economic insecurity for campamento families.