Prosperity in Peru

LA Times reporter Tracy Wilkinson traveled to Peru's capital to cover the recent election, and claims that the country's economic growth is brightening up a once dismal city.  Until recently, the town of Lima has been a dreary mess, with evidence everywhere telling of the vast income gap between the tiny elite class and the rest of Lima's people.  Peru has the fastest-growing economy in Latin America, which is an impressive accolade in a region experiencing so much economic growth.


Dismal shantytowns full of cardboard homes once surrounded the city, but those pueblos jovenes have now transformed into functioning mini-cities with services and buying power.  Suburbs and commercial districts are emerging along with a middle class, bringing more business offices, government branches, and better education opportunities for the population. 


Read it here from the LA Times.