guardian.co.uk Sunday 12 April 2009
Argentina calls halt to a wall separating rich from poor
By Peter Beaumont
The Argentinian government is demanding a halt to construction of a controversial social "separation wall" intended to block off a well-heeled residential neighbourhood from a poor district on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, in an episode that is turning into a national scandal.
Ordering a halt to building work on the 800m-long, 3m-high barrier which began on Tuesday, the government has said it wants to consider whether the wall is "illegal", "anti-democratic" and a "retrograde step" for the country.
The barrier, dubbed the "Wall of Discord" by the Argentinian media, was the scene of angry protests last week as residents of the capital's poor district of San Fernando attacked it with sledgehammers and attempted to topple sections already under construction.
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