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Chile Peru agreement

Two young Chilean men, arrested after graffiti was spray painted on an Inca wall in the Peruvian city of Cusco have been allowed to return home after six months of detention following an historic cultural agreement worth a hundred thousand dollars. This report from Clinton Porteous:

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The two Chileans arrived home from six months in detention after a Peruvian judge dismissed all the charges and allowed them to leave. The boy who spray painted graffiti on an Inca wall had been charged with damaging Peruvian national heritage and was facing up to eight years in jail. The other had been charged with being his accomplice.
The director of Foundation Ideas in Chile, Francisco Estevez, said it was a breakthrough agreement between the two nations. He said the one hundred thousand dollars would be used to protect historic sites in Cusco where the incident occurred and also fund cultural and student exchanges between Chile and Peru. He said he hoped the agreement would serve to lower the levels of xenophobia between the countries.

Traditionally Peru and Chile have a poor relationship and often there is often antagonism between the people. Peruvians who come to Chile to work often complain of discrimination in the work place. The detention of the two Chileans in Cusco was just the latest source of tension.

Mr Estevez said the one hundred thousand dollars will be paid in three instalments with the final payment due in July next year. He said a Swiss based foundation promoting sustainable development and human equality in the region had already promised to pay the first instalment of forty thousand dollars.

Clinton Porteous, BBC News, Santiago

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in detention
being kept in a special place (for example, a prison) and prevented from leaving

graffiti
(often illegal) drawings or writing on a wall or property, especially in a public place

national heritage
a thing (like a monument, etc.) considered by a nation as very important, because of its place or role in history etc.

accomplice
a person who helps another to commit a crime or do something wrong

a breakthrough agreement
an arrangement or a promise that was impossible or difficult to make before

cultural and student exchanges
a cultural exchange is when two countries present their cultural achievements to each other; a student exchange is when students from one country go to study in another one

xenophobia
a strong feeling of dislike or fear of people from other countries

antagonism
feelings of hatred and opposition

in three instalments
in three parts; in three separate payments

sustainable development
(long term) progress involving the use of natural products and energy in a way that does not harm the environment

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