World's Biggest Telethon Kicks off in Chile

EPISODE · Nov 30, 2012 · 4 MIN

World's Biggest Telethon Kicks off in Chile

from PRI's The World Nov 30, 2012 · host The World

Every year in Chile the nation unites behind a common cause: A 27 hour-long telethon to raise tens of millions of dollars for disabled children. But behind this mammoth marketing machine is a sad picture of governmental neglect and capitalist profiteering, as Oliva Crellin reports from Santiago.

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