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The population explosion in South America goes hand in hand with urban overcrowding: in Lima, thousands of people who cannot find housing live crowded together in makeshift neighbourhoods known as barriadas. - At the foot of Cerro San Cristóbal - Rimac neighbourhood - Peru - Lima - 1969

In the slums, everyone tries to improve their living conditions as best they can. - At the foot of Cerro San Cristóbal - Rimac neighbourhood - Peru - Lima - 1969

Around the capital of Peru, Lima, the pueblos jóvenes, the new neighbourhoods, which are also called barriadas and are pure slums, are emerging. Given the poor social situation and stagnating agriculture in the Andean valleys, the big city is the main destination for a huge rural exodus. - Barriada on the hillside of Cerro San Cristóbal - Peru - Lima - 1976