Diplomatic Row Between Ecuador and Peru over border wall

theguardian.com / It is just over a mile long and only a few feet tall, but a wall which Ecuador is building along its frontier with Peru has prompted a fierce diplomatic row between the two South American countries.

Peru’s top diplomat for the Americas, Hugo de Zela, has demanded an urgent bilateral meeting over the structure, warning that it could create a flood risk for the Peruvian border town of Aguas Verdes.

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Ecuadorean officials say the structure is a concrete embankment shoring up the construction of a $4.4m park, part of an urban regeneration plan for Huaquillas, the border town on Ecuador’s side.

But Ricardo Flores, governor of Tumbes, the tiny region on Peru’s side, said: “This is more like Trump’s wall, which is dividing two cultures.” Read Article