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NO WEB/NO APPS - (Text available) Victor, a 30-year-old marbler says: 'We are all alike. They wanted to build the wall for security issues. All this is discriminatory, I'd like to have roads and parks as in the other side. I would like people to visit this place and notice that there are also good and hospitable people living here. I'd like that they could help us building something for our children in order to let them grow up with healthy principles, because they are the future', in Lima, Peru in May 2017. In Peru’s capital Lima, a three-meter-high concrete wall topped with reels of razor wire separates two areas. The so-called ‘Wall of Shame’ - sometimes nicknamed 'Peru's Berlin Wall' - divides the urbanisation of Las Casuarinas, where some of the country's richest inhabitants live, and the poor suburb of Vista Hermosa next door. It was initially put up over fears that the inhabitants from the poor neighbourhood would steal from wealthy fellow citizens living nearby. On the rich side of the wall, the price for a square meter can exceed 2,000 dollars. To enter the area, you must show your ID to the guards watching the gate at the bottom of the hill. Former high-ranking politicians and bank directors live here. Their houses are surrounded by lush gardens and swimming pools despite the scarcity of water. Meanwhile, on the San Juan de Miraflores side, residents often fall victim to robbery and theft. They live in houses of barely 25m², made from scrap material, surrounded by the sand and earth characteristic of Lima’s desert landscape. Photo by Giacomo D’Orlando/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Peru's 'Wall Of Shame' Divides The Ultra Rich From Extreme Poor - 26 Jan 2018
NO WEB/NO APPS - (Text available) Victor, a 30-year-old marbler says: 'We are all alike. They wanted to build the wall for security issues. All this is discriminatory, I'd like to have roads and parks as in the other side. I would like people to visit this place and notice that there are also good and hospitable people living here. I'd like that they could help us building something for our children in order to let them grow up with healthy principles, because they are the future', in Lima, Peru in May 2017. In Peru’s capital Lima, a three-meter-high concrete wall topped with reels of razor wire separates two areas. The so-called ‘Wall of Shame’ - sometimes nicknamed 'Peru's Berlin Wall' - divides the urbanisation of Las Casuarinas, where some of the country's richest inhabitants live, and the poor suburb of Vista Hermosa next door. It was initially put up over fears that the inhabitants from the poor neighbourhood would steal from wealthy fellow citizens living nearby. On the rich side of the wall, the price for a square meter can exceed 2,000 dollars. To enter the area, you must show your ID to the guards watching the gate at the bottom of the hill. Former high-ranking politicians and bank directors live here. Their houses are surrounded by lush gardens and swimming pools despite the scarcity of water. Meanwhile, on the San Juan de Miraflores side, residents often fall victim to robbery and theft. They live in houses of barely 25m², made from scrap material, surrounded by the sand and earth characteristic of Lima’s desert landscape. Photo by Giacomo D’Orlando/ABACAPRESS.COM