1. Ruta said, and began to weep.

2. Ruta, get dressed, get dressed quick.

3. An hour earlier, Ruta Vanagaite, the creator of the Soviet Bunker, was setting the mood.

4. Clashes with private security guards and with the police, who receive a monthly stipend paid by Shougang, are common in Ruta del Sol.

5. "The Chinese see us as little more than slaves," said Hermilia Zamudio, 58, a resident of Ruta del Sol, whose husband was fired from the mine after working there for almost 30 years.

6. At left, Natalia Huaman?aqui, 32, with her son, who turned on a television using a car battery in the Ruta de Sol shantytown.