In 2012, the Rio Verde project promised to reinvigorate Lima’s River Rimac, and to safely rehome the Indigenous Shipibo community living in Cantagallo, along its banks. By 2016, the project had been scrapped in favour of a new motorway bypass, and Cantagallo burned to the ground. Carolina Salazar investigates a story of loss, corruption, and capitalism.

By Carolina Salazar

Read by Elliot Balchin

Produced by Hiren Parmar

Design by Steph Glover