History. Villa El Salvador began in 1971 as a squatted pueblo joven (or shanty town) in the vast, empty sand flats to the south of Lima because of the urgent ...

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At the time, there were no electricity lines, no wells, no schools and no houses. Now, Villa El Salvador is home to 350,000 people, many of ...

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The history of this housing project or new town began in 1971 with the occupation of some land by families in need of housing. On 11th May 1971, the government ...

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In the 1970s, the shantytowns where many migrants made their homes began to be called pueblos jóvenes (young towns). While immigration has ...

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In 1971 it was just a deserted and dusty plain, when 4.000 homeless families occupied the area. After few months people living here were about 90.000. Villa El ...

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Villa el Salvador appeared in 1971 as the result of the relocation of a huge group of invaders. Through the years, this town became a sort of symbol of the ...

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VES began in 1971 as a land invasion in the flat, sandy dunes of southern Lima to meet the needs of homeless families from Lima's slums and newly arrived ...

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Villa El Salvador established Peru's first community women's committee; a federation of small businesses – textiles, light machinery; a local ...

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Villa el Salvador was started in 1971 when a group of 200 poor families living in inner-city Lima slums decided to "invade" a tract of desert ...

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The first inhabitants of Villa el Salvador were migrants from the interior of Peru who had arrived in Lima after the great earthquake of 1970.

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