There is a wall on the border between the United States and Mexico, known as the modern version of the "Great Wall".
Because of the large economic gap between the United States and Mexico, some Mexicans have smuggled into the United States and want to enter the United States to live a better life.
As soon as he took office, Mr. Trump vowed to build a wall on the border between the United States and Mexico to prevent Mexican residents from smuggling into the United States.
It is understandable to have a wall between the two countries as a barrier, but in Lima, the capital of Peru, there is also such a "wall of shame", which is 3 meters high and about 10 kilometers long, spanning the city.
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This wall has existed for more than 30 years, but many people have not known about it until it was exposed a few years ago, and people in the world did not know its existence.
Peru is a country in South America, and as a developing country, Peru is not particularly rich, but the gap between rich and poor in the whole country is very large.
Peru's total population is about 31 million, but there are 7 million people living in poverty, and more than 20% of the population lives below the poverty line.
This wall was created to separate the rich from the poor. Wealthy people living in wealthy neighborhoods say they need protection from the poor and from coming over to steal. This wall is to protect the interests and safety of the rich.
In the 1980s, Peru saw a wave of rural residents flooding into the cities, with the wealthy capital Lima being the first choice.
After coming to the city, they have no jobs and no land, and can only find some abandoned land on the outskirts of Lima to survive, but more and more people are struggling in the city, and the population pressure of the city is also increasing.
There are also more and more illegal settlements around Lima, and these lands belong to the state themselves, but these people build houses privately and take them for themselves, which has brought great harm to society.
Although they have settled in the city, these people do not have stable jobs, their incomes are very low, and the security of Lima as a whole is slowly deteriorating.
Vicious incidents such as robbery, theft, rape and so on are staged every day.
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The first part of the Wall of Shame was built by the Jesuits, who owned a prestigious primary and secondary school for the children of Peru's elite. The Jesuits feared that the poor would have an impact on students, so they spontaneously built a wall.
Later, the rich felt that their lives were affected because of the poor, reduced their sense of happiness, and wanted to separate the slums from the city, so at the instigation of the rich, the government accepted the proposal and began to work.
In the beginning, the wall was not as long as the current 10 kilometers. But the rich always extend this wall behind their backs, and the government department also turns a blind eye, which forms a huge wall of 3 meters high and 10 kilometers long that we see today.
Razor wire is also laid on the wall to prevent residents of poor areas, or those who make a living as thieves, from crossing the walls and entering areas inhabited by the rich.
At the same time, on the rich side of the wall, cameras and guards are installed in several places to prevent residents of poor areas from entering the rich areas through "illegal" means.
Residents of poor areas who want to pass through the rich areas can only pass through a guarded entrance to the wall and require identification.
This high wall made of wood and cement, also known as the "Peruvian Berlin Wall," is known as a naked scar in Peru.
In peru's slums, even living is a luxury, but on the other side of the wall, the rich live in villas and live a lavish life.
One wall, two worlds, portray the gap between rich and poor vividly.
The people of the poor quarters live in simple shacks made of wood and discarded plastic, and the air is dirty, and the dust that can be seen at a glance is full of flying dust, and there is a depression that seems to be untouchable, but can be felt.
And the rich people who are close at hand, high-rise buildings, fashion supermarkets, sidewalks are also cleaned up, and the air is fresh.
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In addition to the obvious contrast of living environments, there are also great differences in other aspects.
The first is the security aspect. Although most of the residents of the poor area are honest, because of the lack of control here, smashing and stealing have emerged in an endless stream, and have become a breeding ground for crime.
The second is the resource aspect. Peru is a country with extremely scarce water resources, and residents living in poor areas do not have access to fresh tap water because there is no power supply and no water pipes in the area.
In order to get fresh tap water, residents here need to pay for vehicles loaded with fresh water. And the cost they have to pay for fresh water is twice or even several times that of the rich area.
The poor spend a lot of money to buy domestic water, but there is no guarantee of sanitation, while the rich use water is cheap and clean. Shockingly, this is an unimaginable fact, but it is a fact that plays out on both sides of the wall every day.
Although they nominally live in a city, in reality they may as well return to their original countryside.
They spend more than the rich, live in slums, their children do not enjoy a good education, and even some poor children cannot even go to school.
There are not many good schools here, and most parents and children are not enthusiastic about going to school. Going to school doesn't necessarily make you a good job anyway, and there's not much difference between going to school and not going to school.
Many children wander around different corners all day, doing nothing.
Young people all day long think about not reading hard and working hard, but how to get rich and get rich quickly. It has become a haven for criminals and gangsters, and in order to maintain basic peace, the police have even reached an agreement with criminals and gangsters not to provoke each other.
The poor have little hope here, they have little education, they have no skills, they have no way to survive in the cities. I came here for a better life, but now I am trapped forever.
In this way, a vicious circle has been formed here in Lima, and poverty can never be removed.
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It wasn't until the wall of shame was exposed a few years ago that people began to pay attention to it, and poor people protested against the wall.
Like the Berlin Wall, a Peruvian organization launched a campaign calling on people to graffiti on the wall and write their own voices: "My country is yours, my country is mine, my country is for everyone."
These groups paint cement buildings. They called a meeting online and called on everyone to "draw this wall of shame with both hands and enthusiasm."
A wall separates not only the poor and the rich, but also the human heart.
Even if this wall is demolished in the future, the "wall" in people's hearts is difficult to remove! Text/Little Happiness