Fíorscéal: Villa el Salvador/Cathair an tSlánaitheora

In 1970, Peruvian peasants clashed with the army for the right to settle in straw and cardboard huts on the vast, empty sand flats south of Lima. Workers, artisans, merchants and peasants built the working-class city of their dreams. A place where life was good, though poor. Today, the city has a population of 500,000, enjoys wide asphalt roads, drinking water, a city hall, millions of planted trees and vegetable gardens designed to supply the hundreds of public kitchens and school cafeterias. The city, which has a travelling cinema, a radio and TV station, recently opened its university.