Squatters in Venezuela's 45-Story 'Tower of David' Alan Taylor April 23, 2014 26 Photos In Focus In 1990, construction began on the Centro Financiero Confinanzas, a huge high-rise office complex in Caracas, Venezuela. Construction halted in 1994, after a banking crisis and the death of the building's main investor, David Brillembourg. The 45-story tower stood vacant until 2007, when squatters bega
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