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Peruvian federal officials thought they had a brilliant idea in 2001: create autonomous regional governments, then take advantage of rising prices for gold, copper, zinc and other minerals by increasing mining taxes and sharing the wealth with municipalities. It worked great, AP reports, until the village of Huayre decided to spend its windfall on an erotic sculpture park in the center of town. The village still lacks other more mundane items, like paved streets or a sewer system.