A view of the César Vallejo Cultural Association and Immigrants Centre While new forms of communication and exchange have facilitated global economic and financial operations, they have also intensified migrations, particularly due to employment, converting the “new proletarians” into another flow across international borders. Uruguay exports young and qualified people to Europe and North America. Less in number and with lower qualifications are the people it receives, mainly from the Andean countries, but also from Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. Boarding houses, squats, hostels, bars and restaurants, protestant churches reflect an underground web that slowly extends through the Old City. These new communities build their “relationship spaces”, places separated from and parallel to conventional places, where customs, food, language and ideas remain invisible. The project set in motion a device, the migrant’s festival: a “street feast”, in front of the Caesar Vallejo immigrants’ centre, where the members and customs of these new communities became visible. The celebrations, based on food, were conceived as an exchange providing an opportunity for interaction between the different local and foreign communities.