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In 2004, American company Smithfield changed the Romanian agricultural landscape. Acquiring 75% of pig farms and their distribution networks, the corporate giant has put 9 out of 10 breeders out of business.
As their parents go to work abroad, over 350,000 Romanian children are left "home alone." This report asks why, in the care of relatives or neighbours, many of these children have attempted or committed suicide.
The struggle for gay rights in Europe has been going on for years but in Romania, it's only just starting. Many Romanians believe homosexuality is a perverted disease and see gay rights as a corrupting Western ideal.
In Romania, witchcraft is a multi-million dollar business. TV used to be packed with ads for witches advertising spells. Then the government took the unusual step of banning witchcraft ads on tv.
Since the pictures of disturbed children crowded into unsanitary orphanages shocked the world, western money has poured into Romanian orphanages. But now a longer term solution is needed.
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