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00:04 The capital of South America, Peru, Lima,
00:07 has a 10-kilometer-high stone wall that is over 10 kilometers high every year.
00:11 It is called the Wall of Shame.
00:13 This wall was built in 1980.
00:16 The top is also equipped with a metal mesh net.
00:18 It is said that this is a wall built by the local rich people
00:20 to prevent the poor from stealing in the rich area.
00:23 So they built this wall.
00:26 For more than 40 years,
00:27 the local people have thought that this wall was discriminatory
00:30 and deliberately divided the rich and the poor.
00:32 So they have repeatedly entered the court to demand the demolition of the Wall of Shame.
00:36 The Peru County Court of Appeal,
00:37 which accepted this case four years ago,
00:39 also believes that this wall affects the rights of local residents to travel freely
00:44 and also damages the dignity of the local people.
00:47 So the court issued a ruling in December last year
00:50 to order the demolition of the Wall of Shame.
00:52 Since last month,
00:54 the wall of shame, which has been controversial,
00:56 has finally begun to be demolished.
01:00 Workers use shovels to shovel the sand.
01:04 Some even push it directly into the Lubio Hill.
01:08 This 4.5-kilometer-long wall has a history of about 40 years.
01:12 Because it is deliberately divided the rich and the poor,
01:15 it is called the Wall of Shame.
01:17 For many years, the dispute has been ongoing.
01:18 Finally, the court ruled that the wall would be demolished at the end of last month.
01:22 Although the local residents are also from Peru,
01:25 but since the building of the wall,
01:26 they feel that they have been marginalized.
01:29 We are also complaining because
01:31 at the moment, the wall of shame is like we are being marginalized.
01:35 We are Peruvians and it shouldn't be like that.
01:38 So for that reason, I think they are now removing the wall of shame.
01:42 Looking from above, the boundaries of the high wall are clear.
01:45 On one side is the prosperous mansion of the rich,
01:47 on the other side is a bare land
01:50 and a simple iron house.
01:52 Obviously, there is a strong contrast.
01:54 But as this high wall was pushed down,
01:56 many people are looking forward to
01:57 whether it is in wealth or mental level,
02:00 it can shorten the gap between the rich and the poor.
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