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Only 5.7% of the 1.3 million eligible voters cast ballots at the 39 voting stations around the city, the newspaper Le Monde said. Demur said heavier cars make congestion “even more complicated” and that ”one must consider the ecology, the parking issues." It’s about freedom.”The vote follows another City Hall consultation last year on whether to ban for-hire electric scooters. In a country of car-lovers, home to Renault, Citroen and Peugeot, Hidalgo has worked for years to make Paris less car-friendly. It’s become a central Paris haven for cyclists, runners, families and romantics since Hidalgo closed it to motor traffic in 2016.

Persons: Anne Hidalgo, Le, Hidalgo, “, Demur, Hall's, Leicester Organizations: PARIS, Socialist, Le Monde, Renault, Citroen, Peugeot, Paralympic Games Locations: Paris ’, Paris, It’s, Hidalgo, Le Pecq, France

The unrest in France is also likely tied to how some French people feel about the country’s political atmosphere more broadly. The National Rally also garnered the highest percentage support among France’s political parties in a mid-December poll. In 2022, nearly half of France’s immigrant population had been born in Africa, with the top source countries being Algeria and Morocco, according to INSEE. The French president said in December that the immigration law is “what the French wanted.” And at least one recent poll appears to echo this. And nearly three-quarters (73%) thought the law was inspired by the ideas of the National Rally party.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Pen, –, Élisabeth Borne, Le Pen’s, Macron –, “, Macron Organizations: Republicans, National, Constitutional, Ministry, People, AP, Le, National Institute of Statistics, Economic Studies, National Rally Locations: France, Europe, Germany, Western Europe, Africa, Algeria, Morocco, North Africa

All three officers received suspended prison sentences. “It’s a decision ... that we take as a victory,” said Antoine Vey, Luhaka’s lawyer, according to the daily Le Monde. The incident was followed by a week of protests in suburbs around Paris, many degenerating into violence. In the case of Théo Luhaka, Le Monde reported that Castelain, the officer who used the “telescopic baton,” was also banned from carrying a weapon or patrolling the streets for five years. The other two officers received similar bans for two years.

Persons: Théo Luhaka, “, ”, Antoine Vey, Luhaka, Marc, Antoine Castelain, ” Le, Thibault de Montbrial, Nahel, Le Monde Organizations: PARIS, Bois Locations: Paris, Aulnay, Bobigny, France

☆ Putin is urging women to have as many as 8 children after so many Russians died in his war with Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

President Vladimir Putin is urging Russians to have more children. Russian birthrates are falling amid war in Ukraine and a deepening economic crisis. AdvertisementRussian President Vladimir Putin is urging women to have as many as eight children after so many Russians are dying in his war with Ukraine, worsening the country's spiraling population crisis. "Many of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers, had seven, eight, or even more children," said Putin. The war in Ukraine has led an estimated 900,000 people to flee the country.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, —, Le Monde, Alexei Raksha Organizations: Service, Russian People's Council, UK's Ministry of Defence, Ukraine, AFP, RFE Locations: Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, Meduza, Rosstat

☆ A Subway Ride at the Paris Olympics Could Cost You Almost Double
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Steven Moity | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The plan in Paris would have cost €45 million, said a spokesman for the 2024 organizing committee. Visitors and tourists alike may still get at least one deal by buying the Paris 2024 pass, part of the proposed fare changes. That pass will cost €16 a day for unlimited rides in all five transit zones, down from €20.10 for an all-zone day pass, though a seven-day Paris 2024 pass will still be much more expensive than the current offering. Some of the Olympic events take place at venues in the suburbs, which are outside the main Metro zone. The Paris 2024 unlimited pass also includes trips to both airports.

Persons: Pécresse, David Belliard, ”, Laurent Nuñez Organizations: French, Olympic, Sports Committee, Visitors, Travelers, Paris Locations: Île, France, London, Paris, Paris bristled, “

☆ The mayor of Paris is making a loud exit from X, calling the platform a 'gigantic global sewer'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says she's leaving X after 14 years on the platform. AdvertisementParis Mayor Anne Hidalgo says she's leaving X after more than 14 years on the platform, formerly known as Twitter. "This platform and its owner intentionally exacerbates tensions and conflicts," she wrote in French, adding that the platform has "become a gigantic global sewer." "To remain true to my convictions and my commitment, I am leaving Twitter today," Hidalgo wrote on Monday. AdvertisementAn early proponent of Twitter, Hidalgo joined the platform in 2009 when she was the deputy mayor of Paris.

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☆ France Scoffs at an Englishman’s ‘Napoleon’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Catherine Porter | More About Catherine Porter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The French do not like an Englishman’s rendition of Napoleon. Or at least, the French critics do not. Yet while British and American reviewers glowed, French critics considered it lazy, pointless, boring, migraine-inducing, too short and historically inaccurate. And that’s just to start. The critic for the left-wing daily Libération panned the film as not just ugly, but vacuous, positing nothing and “very sure of its inanity.” The review in Le Monde offered that if the director’s vision had one merit, it was “simplicity” — “a montage alternating between Napoleon’s love life and his feats of battle.”

Persons: Napoleon, Joaquin Phoenix glowers, Ridley Scott, deliciously, glowed, ” Organizations: Le Monde Locations: Paris

☆ Fact Check: Clip does not show Israeli forces placing flag at Al Shifa hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video showing soldiers placing an Israeli flag on the roof of a school in Gaza has been miscaptioned in online posts that claim it shows the Al Shifa hospital. Israeli troops entered Gaza’s biggest hospital Al Shifa on Nov. 15, with Israel saying its forces found weapons as well as an underground structure it called a Hamas tunnel shaft after two days of searching the hospital complex, while Hamas denied the assertion. A post (archived) on social media said: “This is the IOF putting up a flag at Al-Shifa Hospital. The video circulating online, however, does not show the Al Shifa hospital. The video shows a UNRWA school in Gaza, not the Al Shifa hospital.

Persons: Al Shifa, Juliette Touma, Touma, Read Organizations: Shifa, Facebook, UN, United Nations, UNRWA, Le, BBC, School for Boys, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Gaza’s, Israel, ”, Gaza City

☆ Macron Says France Will Be 'Ruthless' Against Antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS (Reuters) - France will firmly combat antisemitism, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday, pointing to a surge in incidents of hatred against Jews since the attack by Hamas on Israel on Oct. 7 and subsequent fighting in the Gaza Strip. There have been 1,159 antisemitic acts in France since Oct. 7, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said earlier on Wednesday, more than three times the number of such acts in 2022. Those acts include spray-painting swastikas or stars of David on walls, but also insults and assault, Darmanin said, amid a global surge in antisemitic acts. "Antisemitism is resurfacing, in words, on the walls," Macron said in a speech. "The Republic does not and will not compromise, and we will be ruthless against those who carry that hatred."

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Gerald Darmanin, David, Darmanin, Macron, Ingrid Melander, Blandine Henault, Jean, Stephane Brosse, Layli Foroudi, Alex Richardson Organizations: PARIS, daubing, Le, Police Locations: France, Israel, Gaza, Republic, Europe, Russia

☆ Putin wants the world to think the wars in Gaza and Ukraine are a Western plot — and it’s working
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Putin sought to blame Western meddling for an antisemitic riot at a Dagestan airport. The Russian president has long blamed global unrest on Western plots. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. It is the current ruling elites of the US and their satellites who are the main beneficiaries of world instability," Putin said. Russia is exploiting an widening riftOne of Putin's core objectives is to break Western attempts to isolate Russia as punishment for the Ukraine invasion.

Persons: Putin, —, Vladimir Putin, Putin's, Clifford Kupchan, Tatiana Kastueva, Jean, Le, Nathalie Tocci, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Service, Russian Security, AFP, Israel, Analysts, Eurasia Group, New York Times, US, Eurasia Center, French Institute of International Relations, Italian Institute of International Affairs, Guardian, Iran, Gulf, Israel's Locations: Dagestan, Russia, Tel Aviv, Russian, Makhachkala, Ukraine, Israel, AFP, Europe, Brazil, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, China, New York, Gaza, Moscow, Syria, Washington, Leningrad

☆ Russian oligarch Kuzmichev detained in France in laundering, sanctions probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Russian tycoon Alexey Kuzmichev has been detained for questioning in France in connection with alleged tax evasion and money laundering and for violating international sanctions, the French Financial Prosecutors’ office said on Tuesday. Kuzmichev was still being detained on Tuesday but has not yet been charged in the case. Russia will be able to defend Kuzmichev's rights once Paris provides detailed information about his case, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "As far as I understand, he is a citizen of the Russian Federation so we should receive information about the detention through our diplomatic mission," Peskov told reporters. "Once we receive the information, and if the detainee so wishes, we will of course assist in protecting his rights as a Russian citizen."

Persons: Alexey Kuzmichev, Kuzmichev, Philippe Blanchetier, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Vladimir Putin, Dominique Vidalon, Tassilo Hummel, Christina Fincher Organizations: Financial Prosecutors, Kuzmichev's Paris, Russian Federation, European Union, Russia's Alfa Bank, Thomson Locations: France, Le, Russia, Paris, Russian

☆ Russian Oligarch Kuzmichev Detained in France in Laundering, Sanctions Probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

PARIS (Reuters) - Russian tycoon Alexey Kuzmichev is detained for questioning in France in connection with alleged tax evasion and money laundering and for violating international sanctions, the French Financial Prosecutors’ office said on Tuesday. Searches took place on Monday at Kuzmichev's Paris home and in the Mediterranean Var region as part of the investigation, the office said, confirming a report in French daily Le Monde. Kuzmichev was still being detailed on Tuesday but has not yet been charged in the case. French customs agents last year seized the oligarch's 27-metre yacht "La Petite Ourse", sparking a legal battle between authorities and Kuzmichev, one of the main shareholders of Russia's Alfa Bank. (Reporting by Dominique Vidalon, editing by Tassilo Hummel)

Persons: Alexey Kuzmichev, Kuzmichev, Dominique Vidalon, Tassilo Hummel Organizations: PARIS, Financial Prosecutors, Kuzmichev's Paris, Russia's Alfa Bank Locations: France, Le

☆ Technip Energies shares plunge after Le Monde report on Russian gas project
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Oct 19 (Reuters) - Technip Energies (TE.PA) shares plummeted on Thursday after French newspaper Le Monde said the oil and gas company may have failed to comply with European Union sanctions against Russia by continuing to supply equipment to a Russian gas project. Technip Energies said in a statement after its shares fell as much as 22% that it had always respected international sanctions and its contractual obligations regarding the Arctic LNG2 project in Russia. "Technip Energies has worked with the relevant authorities and has complied with sanctions gradually imposed by the European Union, the United States and Britain," it said. The equipment delivered by Technip involved two modules for the construction of a liquefaction train worth around 450 million euros, Le Monde said, citing Russian customs records, maritime data and satellite images. "$800 million of market cap came off, it's a very harsh response, and suggests the news scared investors out there," said the analyst, who spoke on condition of anonymity, referring to the Le Monde story.

Persons: Le Monde, Monde, Technip, China's CNPC, Piotr Lipinski, Nathan Vifflin, Benjamin Mallet, Silvia Aloisi, David Evans Organizations: Union, Russia, European Union, Le, Japan, Mitsui & Co, Thomson Locations: Russian, Russia, United States, Britain, Paris, EU, Ukraine, Gdansk

☆ What you need to know about Europe’s bedbug panic
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Blane Bachelor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“Since I am a dermatologist and I post a lot on my clinic account, I thought it would be nice to post a reel on bed bugs,” she told CNN Travel. “I was like, ‘I find that very hard to believe’,” Starkey told CNN Travel. Yet in Belgium, doctors in Antwerp are “sounding the alarm” about the spread of bedbugs from Paris, according to The Brussels Times. Colleen Oakley, a bestselling novelist in Atlanta, told CNN Travel she would “absolutely not travel” to Paris right now based on her “awful” experience with the creepy crawlies in 2006. It sounds silly to have panic attacks over bugs, but they are really invasive critters.

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☆ Putin says he can be a peacemaker in Israel — but he has far more to gain from prolonging the war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Kremlin says Putin wants to act as mediator in the Israel-Hamas war. But Putin has little to gain from bringing an end to the conflict. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs violence erupted between Israel and Hamas this week, the Kremlin sought to cast Russian President Vladimir Putin in the role of peace broker. They say Putin has more to gain, not by bringing a swift end to the conflict, but by prolonging it to further Russia's strategic goals, notably in Ukraine. Abbas Gallyamov, a former speechwriter for Putin, told CBC News that Russia had become an "Iran proxy" in the region, like Hamas or Hezbollah.

Persons: Putin, —, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, We've, shouldn't, Ukraine Putin, Ukraine's, Robert Dover, Aleksandar Vucic, Benjamin Netanyahu, ALEXEY DRUZHININ, Ann Marie Dailey, Bashar al, Assad, Arkadi Doubnov, Le, Abbas Gallyamov, you've, Gallyamov Organizations: Kremlin, Service, Intelligence, National Security, University of Hull, Getty, Rand Corporation, Bloomberg, Hull University, Hamas, CBC News Locations: Israel, Russian, Russia, Gaza, Palestine, Ukraine, Dover, Serbian, Moscow, AFP, Saudi Arabia, Soviet Union, Iran, Israeli, India, South Africa, China, Tehran

☆ If you were thinking about moving to Portugal, it just got a whole lot more expensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Portugal is ending a hefty tax break for foreigners in 2024 that incentivized many to move there. But come 2024, it will be significantly more expensive to live there if you're coming from another country. Now those moving to Portugal in 2024 and beyond will have to pay the same amount of income tax as everyone else, Le Monde reported. Americans already living in Portugal, like Dan Bagby and his wife, Michelle, who moved to Lisbon from Texas in 2021 , won't be immediately affected. But with the cost of living going up and reaching levels of parity with other countries, foreigners may not move to Portugal at all.

Persons: reconsidering, —, Alex Ingrim, Chase Buchanan, António Costa, Le Monde, Ingrim, Jose Manuel Ribeiro, it's, Dan Bagby, Michelle, Dan, Michelle Bagby, Bagby, We've, I'm Organizations: Service, Reuters, The New York Times, Citizen Solutions, Eurostat, Associated Press Locations: Portugal, Lisbon, stoke, Texas, Austin , Texas, France, Italy, Spain

☆ Opinion: Paris’ bedbug bedlam
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( David A. Andelman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

He formerly was a foreign correspondent for The New York Times and Paris correspondent for CBS News. But conquering the city’s bedbug infestation, too, could prove to be an Olympian challenge. The deputy mayor of Paris has also asked Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne to take it on. A French government survey found that at least 11% of all French households reported having a bedbug infestation between 2017 and 2022. The tried-and-true solution to combating bedbugs is as old as Paris itself.

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As the subjects of a preliminary investigation, neither Arnault nor Sarkisov are suspects and neither has been accused of wrongdoing. The investigation, apparently ongoing, will not fail to prove this.”“Besides, who can seriously imagine that Mr Bernard Arnault, who has built the leading French and European company over 40 years, would engage money laundering to expand a hotel?” Laffont added. CNN has contacted Tracfin and Sarkisov for comment. LVMH is once again Europe’s biggest company by market capitalization, after being briefly dethroned last month by Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk (NVO). Arnault’s company encompasses luxury fashion and drinks brands such as Louis Vuitton and Moet & Chandon.

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☆ Joe Biden has a decision to make about Julian Assange
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

A small group of lawyers and media executives gathered in a well-appointed back room to listen to Gabriel Shipton, Assange's half-brother. In the case of Vault 7, WikiLeaks' source turned out to be a disgruntled former C.I.A employee. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn New York, Gabriel Shipton, Assange's half-brother, declined to rule out the possibility of a plea deal. Every time the Australian government raises this issue, the Chinese government puts out a statement about Julian Assange. Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, right, was part of a delegation of Australian officials in the US to press for the release of Julian Assange.

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☆ Deal targeted by probe involving LVMH's Arnault was legal, lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - A financial transaction under investigation in France involving LVMH owner Bernard Arnault was carried out in full respect of the law, his lawyer said on Saturday. The Paris public prosecutor's office confirmed on Friday that it is investigating financial transactions involving Arnault and Russian businessman Nikolai Sarkisov. In France, a prelimary investigation does not necessarily imply wrongdoing by those concerned, for whom the presumption of innocence applies. An unidentified Tracfin official told Le Monde the transactions involving Arnault and Sarkisov, who both acted through a complex web of legal entities, could have been aimed at concealing the origins of the funds used. Reporting by Mimosa Spencer; writing by Leigh Thomas; editing by Christina FincherOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Bernard Arnault, Nikolai Sarkisov, Sarkisov, Cheval, Jacqueline Laffont, Le, Mimosa Spencer, Leigh Thomas, Christina Fincher Organizations: Reuters, Le Monde, Thomson Locations: France, Paris, Russian, Le, Cheval Blanc, Courcheval

☆ Authorities are investigating LVMH billionaire Bernard Arnault in potential money laundering probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Officials alleged that Arnault paid Sarkisov about €20 million to own the assets. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Paris public prosecutor's office said Friday that it is investigating billionaire LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault's dealings with Russian businessman Nikolai Sarkisov, according to multiple media reports. French daily newspaper Le Monde reported that officials are looking specifically into real estate transactions between the two individuals in the ski resort of Courchevel. In 2018, Le Monde said, Sarkisov purchased multiple properties in Courchevel using intermediary companies. Investigators told Le Monde that the transactions look like they masked the origin of the funds, and who the ultimate buyer actually was.

Persons: Bernard Arnault's, Nikolai Sarkisov, Arnault, —, Prosecutors, Le Monde, Sarkisov, Le, Le Monde's, Elon Musk, it's Organizations: Officials, Service, Le Monde, Bloomberg Locations: Russian, Courchevel, Paris

☆ LVMH boss Bernard Arnault under investigation in Paris over Russian oligarch transactions
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, attends a news conference to present the 2022 annual results of LVMH in Paris, France, January 26, 2023. The prosecutor's office declined to comment further on the ongoing investigations. The Paris public prosecutor's office is investigating LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault over financial transactions involving Russian oligarch Nikolai Sarkisov. "All transactions were carried out by French companies, through French notaries by French lawyers on all sides. He added that neither the company nor Sarkisov had received any request for documents from French authorities.

Persons: Bernard Arnault, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Le, Sarkisov, France's, Nikolai Sarkisov, Arnault, Igor Ivanov, Ivanov, LVMH Organizations: LVMH, CNBC Locations: Paris, France, Arnault, Belgium, Courchevel

☆ Burkina Faso junta suspends French magazine over ‘untruthful’ articles
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —Burkina Faso’s military junta on Monday suspended the French news magazine Jeune Afrique for publishing “untruthful” articles that reported tension and discontent within the country’s armed forces, it said in a statement. Jeune Afrique’s suspension marks the latest escalation in a crackdown on French media since the West African country fell under military rule last year. A soured relationshipRelations between Burkina Faso and its former colonizer France have soured since frustrations over worsening insecurity linked to a jihadist insurgency spurred two military takeovers last year. In April, two French journalists working for newspapers Le Monde and Liberation were expelled from the country. Liberation said the suspension was unjustified as the two journalists were of “perfect integrity” and had all their paperwork in order.

Persons: Jeune, Liberation Organizations: Reuters, Burkina, Jeune Afrique, Afrique, Radio France, TF1, Le Monde, Liberation Locations: Burkina Faso, France, French, Sahel

☆ Xavier Niel buys Czech investor Kretinsky's stake in Le Monde
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Xavier Niel, founder of French broadband Internet provider Iliad, arrives for a hearing on the concentration of media ownership in the country, at the French Senate in Paris, France, February 18, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies NJJ Presse SASU FollowPARIS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - NJJ Presse, a holding of French telecoms maverick Xavier Niel, has purchased Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky's stake in daily Le Monde and committed to transferring this and its existing stake to a fund defending press freedom, it said on Saturday. Finance tycoon Matthieu Pigasse, who had sold part of his stake in Le Monde to Kretinsky, will also put his shares in the fund, NJJ said. The Financial Times had reported shortly before that an agreement was close on a buyout of the shares of the Czech energy magnate, a transaction worth around 50 million euros. ($1 = 0.9388 euros)Reporting by Gilles Guillaume and Sybille de La Hamaide; Editing by Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Xavier Niel, Sarah Meyssonnier, Daniel Kretinsky's, NJJ, Matthieu Pigasse, Gilles Guillaume, Sybille de La, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: French, REUTERS, Le Monde, NJJ Presse, NJJ, Fund, Reuters . Finance, Financial Times, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, NJJ, Czech, Le, NJJ Presse

☆ Take a look at Lima's 10-foot tall 'wall of shame' separating slums from luxury estates that's finally being torn down after 4 decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A 10-foot tall "wall of shame" separates some of Lima's wealthiest neighborhoods from its most impoverished. Now, a nearly three-mile section of the wall is coming down at the end of a four-year court battle. "This is an inadmissible wall in a democracy," a court magistrate told Le Monde in March. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Here are five photos that show the wall dividing some of the poorest and richest in Lima.

Persons: Le Monde, Gustavo Gutierrez Organizations: Service, Reuters Locations: Wall, Silicon, Lima

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