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Peru's Modern Economy Clashes With Its Past. Wall Street Journal, 10/9/14

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http://online.wsj.com/articles/development-in-peru-clashes-with-its-ancient-past-1410397160 Peru's Modern Economy Clashes  With Its Past Email   Print   0  Comments Facebook   Twitter   Google+   LinkedIn smaller   Larger By RYAN DUBE Updated Sept. 10, 2014 11:22 p.m. ET Ancient pyramids at El Paraíso, above, outside Peru's capital of Lima, are at the center of a legal dispute. Ryan Dube/The Wall Street Journal LIMA, Peru—For 4,000 years, the pyramids at an archaeological site on the edge of Lima survived earthquakes, Spanish conquistadors and a bloody revolution. But they were no match for developers cashing in on Peru's economic boom. Prosecutors in August filed charges against a developer that Peruvian officials said used a front-loading tractor last year to level a 20-foot pyramid at El Paraíso, and planned to flatten three others to make way for housing constructio