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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Harsh Lessons for Chile and Haiti from Peru [Watch (HLS stream): Harsh Lessons for Chile and Haiti from Peru](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/TfxYrtt1.m3u8) (4:50)  _Published 2010-03-01. Earthquake victims from Chile and Haiti can see a cautionary tale in Peru, where rebuilding has stalled in some villages hit by a quake more than two years ago_ --- Jul 27, 2023 1:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Know Right Now: Big Quake Hits Chile](/video/7k6eOyCp/) ### Know Right Now: Big Quake Hits Chile [The Iconic Photo of the Haiti Earthquake](/video/l2RrC9dn/) ### The Iconic Photo of the Haiti Earthquake [The Iconic Photo of the Haiti Earthquake](/video/gufjJZRx/) ### The Iconic Photo of the Haiti Earthquake --- ## Transcript >> The Chilean government is working around the clock to support its population in the aftermath of a massive 8. 8 magnitude earthquake. This latest natural disaster was an estimated 500 times more powerful than the quake that hit Haiti more than a month ago. As both countries sort out the way forward from these devastating experiences, they might take a look at nearby Peru for some lessons learned. Just south of the Peruvian capital city of Lima, a small team of laborers sweats through the afternoon summer heat. They're laying the foundation for 150 new concrete houses and a water system. Waiting anxiously across the street are 150 local families of the Hualcaram community. Since August fifteenth of 2007, the day a 7. 9 earthquake hit the area, they've been living in tents and sheds on the town plaza and soccer stadium. 63- year- old Ernesto Luyo, is the mayor of tiny Hualcaram, he was born and raised in the town of 1500. >> We thought it was the end of the world because of how the ground moved and shook. I'm serious, I cried with fear to see what was happening. People fell, they were crying, the town was dark. It's something I don't wanna remember. I hope it never happens again. >> Peru's earthquake was stronger than the 7. 6 that happened in Haiti. But the immediate horror was comparatively less. Only around 500 Peruvians died and 300 more were considered disappeared compared to the more than 200, 000 in Haiti. >> According to local residents, the worst part of the earthquake has been the aftermath. 2- 1 / 2 years later, they're still waiting for new homes, something they wouldn't wish on the people of Haiti. Julian Soto is head of the Hualcaram Housing Association. >> I'm really worried for the locals. When the heat comes, it's hard to live in the houses because they're made of plastic. When the rain comes, the shelters get flooded. Everything gets wet. >> As many as 4 families share tiny shelters made from plastic tarps, straw mats and wood panels, the floors are dirt. Many last their homes in the earthquake didn't actually own the land they lived on-- a common reality in Peru. The people of Hualcaram got lucky when the local industrialist family donated land for all of them to live on. Otherwise, they'd still be waiting. Down the desolate landscape of the Southern Pan- American Highway sits the communities of Chincha, Ica and Pisco- the hardest hit by the 2007 earthquake. Pisco bore the [ unk ] of the fatalities when the Catholic Church and the town plaza collapsed on hundreds of mass goers. All that's left is the cross from the altar. 72- year- old Luis Edgardo Moroquinallo stands at his usual spot outside the plaza casino. He was in the exact same place when the earthquake hit. >> They laid all of the dead in the plaza, so people could identify them. We didn't have any way to carry them, any ice or machines to deal with the problem. We were abandoned. >> David Vernadona gives a cab tour of the hardest hit areas of Pisco. Block after block is either demolished completely or features uninhabitable structures. Vernadona says his house was destroyed. After the quake, he drove his cab to safer ground and slept out of his car for more than a month. His wife lived in a tent. >> That's the government's fault. The tent should be for 15 to 20 days only. It's really hot during the day and cold at night. >> Street after street, Vernadona points out another blobbed landmark destroyed. Just north of Pisco, Carlos Diez and 5 friends play soccer in the brutal afternoon sun just off the Pan- American Highway. Diez is a construction worker and a Pisco native. He says he's been watching the news from Haiti and feels solidarity. Diez says Haitians can learn a lot from Peru's example. >> The state has a responsibility to take care of its people when something like this happens. In Haiti, the same is going to happen. They need to get together and demand what's theirs. >> And to those who throw their hands up and leave, Diez says that's the wrong attitude to take. >> It's up to the town. You're born there. It's your place. 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