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Arequipa- language school

By backporch on Jun 20, 2009, 06:59.

hi, i'm looking for best reccs for language school in Arequipa. my criterion, obvious as they may be are: -pleasant, interactive homestay -1:1 language session -some fun after-class activities that are more culturally inclined thank you!

do you want to learn spanish?

By rodinss on Jun 8, 2009, 08:01.

dear friends i recommend this web page for learn spanish http://www.wiracochaschool.org , solutions that provide online.

any jobs there in peru ?

By geoff71 on Jun 7, 2009, 10:28.

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hostel cali colombia

By la campiña on Jun 1, 2009, 19:14.

dragonflycali@gmail.com, big friendly house with swimming pool

Lonely Planet (PDF) Travel Guides?

By youngmogul on May 25, 2009, 23:51.

Does anyone have Lonely Planet Travel Guides in PDF format for Colombia & Peru (any year)? If so, i can trade for other LP Travel Guides in the world (i have most of them). Thanks.

Babies need adoptive parents(wadela91@yahoo.com)

By wadela91 on May 21, 2009, 19:52.

I want to give out two kids for adoption i dont know if this the right places. Birth Mother Wishes to give out her babies for adoption. I am unable to raise and take proper care of my children, so i am pleading to any family needing children for adoption to get in contact with me. I want a legal and private adoption process. and God will bless and reward you beautifully for saving lives.

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By johnny2008 on May 14, 2009, 10:05.

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Hotels or apartment in Cusco

By davidyamiga on May 10, 2009, 18:22.

I am planning a trip to Cusco in June. Am looking for a 2 or 3 bedroom apartment that is nice but not too cheap nor too expensive. Four adults (24 to 65) will be traveling to Machu Pichu, so any recommendations will be welcome.

Hostel recommendations for Cusco and Aguas Calientes.

By pranavc on May 9, 2009, 22:25.

Hi All, I will be in Cusco in a week and a half and I still do not have hostel reservations yet. I am traveling with a friend - both of us are guys in our mid-20s and hence are looking for the following in a hostel: a. Social atmosphere b. 24/7 hot water. c. Within a 5-10 min to Plaza De Armas. d. Has private rooms. Most hostels that suit the criteria above (well actually most violate condition 'a') have incredibly mixed reviews. Any suggestions? Please do let me know since I feel time is running out. Thanks in advance, Regards, Pranav

Iquitos Hotel near the Movie Theater

By Sunden on Apr 28, 2009, 17:25.

Hello- Please help with the name of this hotel. As soon as you come out from the movie theater - this is the theather not far from the plaza de armas square - to the right of the movie theather, maybe two blocks, there's a two or three story hotel, its entrance is right on the corner...does anyone knows its name? Tia

Warning: violent gun-point robbery in Tingo Maria

By thepilferer on Apr 8, 2009, 22:36.

This is my friend's and my horror story: We planned to take a boat from Pucalpa to Iquitos, just like Che did (recreating Motorcycle Diaries, how cute), and Lonely Planet said Tingo Maria was a great place to break up the bus journey from Lima. It was beautiful, but on a hike to the most popular waterfalls, about 10 minutes by taxi from town, two masked gunmen lead us away from the trail, separated me and my friend, hit me in the back of the head with the butt of the gun, raped her, and robbed us both. So, please be warned. It is a town with streets lined with huge bags of coca, and is most definitely a dangerous place. We were the only gringos we saw there and now we know why.

Crossing the border from Peru to Ecuador

By thepilferer on Mar 29, 2009, 19:08.

1) how bad is the Tumbes-Hauquillas crossing? 2) how much extra time would it take by bus to go to the other crossing from Mancora? 3) is the other border crossing particularly better? 4) is anyone heading to Ecuador from Peru anytime soon who wants to do at least the border crossing with me in the interest of safety, as I am travelling alone? 5) i'm really headed to Colombia, so how's the Ecuador-Colombia borders, as well? p.s.) should this be posted to Ecuador or Peru or both?

shoe sizes

By nanita35 on Mar 26, 2009, 12:42.

Hi everyone, I am traveling to Peru in a few days and I want to buy a pair of sneakers for a friend, but I don't know how to convert the shoe sizes from Peru to US. Does anyone? He says he is a 41 but what is that in US sizes?

Bus it or fly from Columbia to peru?

By lena987 on Mar 4, 2009, 21:30.

Hello, I am travelling down central then southern america. I will need to zip through from Colombia to Lima, Peru (sadly I don´t have the time to really see Equador, or northern Peru). From what I´ve read so far, it seems that I would be best off taking a flight, as the buses will take several days and involve potentially dodgy boarder crossings, but I am on a tight budget, so am not quite sure. I am mid 20´s English girl travelling by myself, some basic Spanish. What do you think? Has anyone bussed it, and how did you find it? Just how long did it take, and cost? Should I rule out the bus option all together? Thank you for your help on this, Lena

Volunteer Abroad as an Atlas Corps Fellow

By Atlas Corps on Feb 6, 2009, 09:09.

Atlas Service Corps seeks nonprofit leaders from around the world to apply for their 2009-2010 fellowship positions in Washington, DC and Bogota, Colombia. All expenses are paid in this prestigious, fellowship program, including a living stipend, health insurance, visa, travel, training, and a $2,500 end of service award. Applicants must have 3 or more years of experience in the nonprofit sector, a college degree, fluency in English (and Spanish if applying to volunteer in Colombia), and a commitment to returning to their home country after one year. Candidates from outside the U.S. are placed at outstanding host organizations in Washington, DC including Ashoka, Asian American LEAD, CentroNía, Grameen Foundation, and Population Action International. Candidates from the U.S. are placed at organizations in Bogota like Give to Colombia and Oxfam GB. In addition to volunteering full time at their host organizations, Fellows are enrolled in a management development training program and join a growing network of nonprofit leaders from around the world. For more details about eligibility requirements and the application process, please visit: www.atlascorps.org/apply.html. The deadline to apply is April 1, 2009.

Miners suffer worldwide including Peru

By nine inch nails on Jan 21, 2009, 07:58.

The result of the ongoing crisis global economic... ------------------------------------------------------- Miners suffer worldwide Tens of thousands of miners have been laid off, and more cuts loom. BY SANDY SHORE Associated Press DENVER — Withering cost cuts across the mining industry have left tens of thousands of people without jobs from the Arizona desert to the Andes — and there is a litany of evidence that the situation is growing worse. International mining companies also have postponed or canceled projects and padlocked the gates to mines as consumers have cut spending on cars, jewelry and housing. Global mining giant Rio Tinto announced last week that iron-ore production, used to make steel, tumbled 18 percent in the fourth quarter and said Tuesday its aluminum subsidiary would double previously announced production cuts. Unwanted copper, gold, bauxite (used in aluminum), and iron ore is piling up or being left underground as the worst recession in at least a generation saps demand. ‘‘Expect inventories to get bigger and expect this continuing process [of cutbacks],’’ said Andrew Martyn, a portfolio manager who specializes in mining for Toronto-based Davis-Rea Ltd. ‘‘It’s going to go for quite some time here.’’ ‘TOWN ... COLLAPSES’ The effect on many communities worldwide that rely on mining has been immediate. Workers are protesting job cuts and others are expected to begin migrating in search of work, some across international borders. ‘‘A lot of the communities are remote so that when [mines] do shut down, the town actually collapses,’’ Martyn said. The bulk of the layoffs in the United States are in base metals such as copper and zinc, although major companies are scaling back production of metallurgical coal for use in steel manufacturing. Coal companies have slowed production from Wyoming to Australia. Coal jobs are among the highest paying in many rural U.S. communities, potentially creating a dire economic ripple effect. In the past, coal companies were more recession proof, but the average price per ton for Appalachian coal has fallen more than 35 percent since the summer. At least 700 job cuts are likely in Tennessee and Montana by Swiss-based Glencore International, a commodities company. Still, job losses have been most severe outside the United States. Glencore’s Bolivian subsidiary recently announced it will layoff several hundred people, triggering labor protests. Thousands of miners who dig primarily for zinc in Bolivia either have been laid off or left their jobs in the Andes, the poorest region in South America’s poorest country. In the mines around the small cities of Potosi and Oruro, the work force of roughly 25,000 miners and refiners has been cut roughly in half. A controlling stake in Bolivia’s largest mine, San Cristobal, has been put up for sale by Denver-based Apex Silver Mines Ltd., which is reorganizing under bankruptcy protection. Local officials say workers may flood back into villages emptied during a two-year zinc boom that ended in 2007, or they may emigrate to Argentina in search of jobs. ‘A GRINDING HALT’ Tens of thousands of mining jobs have been lost in recent months from South Africa to Jamaica as manufacturers shut down. U.S. industrial production plunged by double the amount analysts expected in December, capping the worst year for manufacturers since 2001. ‘‘As little as three to six months ago, steel companies were running flat out around the world because China was making factories to ship goods to the rest of the Western world,’’ Martyn said. ‘‘That process has come to a grinding halt.’’ There are no reliable employment numbers available for the mining industry globally because it spans such a broad geographic, economic and political spectrum, but it is clear that the number of jobs already lost is vast. The fall off in copper has triggered thousands of layoffs in Peru, Arizona and New Mexico. Aluminum producers like Alcoa have also slashed production, along with thousands of jobs. Those cuts have spilled over into mining. ‘‘What all companies are doing that have bauxite and alumina facilities is they’re basically retrenching,’’ Argus Research analyst Bill Selesky said. ‘‘They may be running them at lower production levels now just to keep up with what’s going on. And they won’t rehire these people until they actually see an uptick in demand.’’

Mario Vargas Llosa

By kalder on Jan 8, 2009, 12:04.

I read his 'Death in the Andes' this Christmas. Great book.

http://albeiror24.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/peru-the-lowest-world-inflation/

By goin_south on Dec 25, 2008, 12:20.

interesting idea.

complicated travel question

By argeano on Dec 16, 2008, 21:50.

How do you get from Lima, Peru to Brazil without going over Bolivia and Paraguay? I want to go from Lima, peru to South Brazil without transgresing Bolivia and Paraguay becuase of visa requirements by going through northern Argentina cutting accross the frontier with paraguay and then going straight to Brazil. Is this possible? How can I do it and are there buses that go that route or do I have to take a connection rides? Please be mindful that I need a visa also fro Brazil so how do I explain a roundtrip ticket when there are no direct journeys from lima to brazil going through northern Argentina? Do you have any ideas? Thanks Andrew.

Gay Clubs in Lima, Peru

By jhonathan_1985 on Nov 26, 2008, 09:40.

I know South America has subdued Gay culture due to religious and other reasons and such. Although the gay culture (or clubs) are not as visible as, lets say, Bogota, I am sure there are gay clutures to be explored, especially in Lima, where the majority of the Peruvian lives. I did some research on line but they seem either out of business or really out dated. Could anyone please share your experiences with gay clubs/discotecas? Thanks a bunch for your input!

Peru Rail Strike

By nine inch nails on Nov 1, 2008, 21:34.

Go to Expat Peru site for more info. but I will vent here. Spent so much of my ******* time planning the MP/Cusco trip and no I won't plan for another trip because my vacation is when it is and spent so much time planning already, WON"T DO IT A 2ND TIME. Fortunately by design most of my tavel arrangements can be reversed in time to limit my losses. Would try Cusco by itself but read on the Expat forum that these striked can get kinda nasty and even shut down the airport too. Then even if I got there sounds like the retail, dining and entertainment could close up also. Sorry not on my precious 2 weeks. I'll go back to Colombia any day or another part of Peru away from all this. I'm sure the srikers have some legit. grievances and I never like the rich getting richer so it is what it is, I just won't try to go and complicate my short life.

Anthony Bourdain - Peru - Part 4

By Sea Gull on Oct 25, 2008, 10:49.

Anthony Bourdain - Peru - Part 3

By Sea Gull on Oct 25, 2008, 10:41.

Anthony Bourdain - Peru - Part 2

By Sea Gull on Oct 25, 2008, 10:32.

Anthony Bourdain in Peru

By Sea Gull on Oct 25, 2008, 10:23.

Taxi service from Ollantaytambo back to Cusco in the evenings

By nine inch nails on Oct 23, 2008, 06:49.

Sorry for the flood of questions but finalizing my trip this week. I have heard the Cusco tourist route in general is very safe but also read the State Dept. warnings about travel at night in Peru. I want to maximize my only day at Machu Pichu and thus take a taxi from Cusco to Olla where I will pick up the more frequent and more late running trains than from Cusco (only 2 trains per day that leave at O'dark in the morning and leave Machu too early). Ok so the way up fine since during the day but coming back in the evening will be dark and I scared of ladrones and bad roads... Is the road connecting Olla to Cusco well traveled in the evening and is the road in decent condition? Thank you again.

Coca de mate show up in a drug screening??

By nine inch nails on Oct 22, 2008, 11:23.

Hello again. Does anyone know if this might show up positive in a drug test? I would think it wouldn't because it is not like the concentrated refined white powder. I don't use drugs other than alcohol but may take some tea to help with the altitude in Cusco. My chances of getting screened from the inactive Navy Reserve are slim but don want't to take a chance.

Diamox Rx

By nine inch nails on Oct 22, 2008, 11:18.

Hi. I will be in Peru in about 2 weeks then on to Cusco the following week. Is it possible to obtain some Diamox for altitude sickness in Lima before I go up from a Pharmacy there? Yes I could go to my HMO Dr. or clinic here in Miami and pay the $20 copay + at least another $20 for the Rx (most of it will proly not be used in a year). However if I could go to a legit Pharmacy legally and get a small script it could save me some $ and a trip to the evil HMO Drs. If possible would the cost savings be worth it? Thanks. P.S. - I searched Peru Expat but came up empty handed on my particulars. Thank you again.

12 NIGHTS/11 DAYS IN PERU!

By nine inch nails on Sep 24, 2008, 06:40.

Hi. I am traveling to the enchanted land in November for 11 days/12 nights. I am going to Lima, Cuzco/MP and Trujillo. So far I plan to split the days as follows: First 2 and a half in Lima Next 4 days in Cuzco/MP Then 3 en Trujillo Last day in Lima Am I spending too little/too much in any one area? I like to tour the main sites (brief tour/don't have to see all the details) shop some and chill the rest. Thanks. Most of my posts are on the Colombia site but heading to Peru this trip! NIN

About to do a TEFL course in Peru

By cck3000 on Aug 26, 2008, 12:38.

Hello All, My name is Cory and I am a 28 year old black male from Northern California. I am about to embark on what I hope will be a life changing experience. First I am going to Cuzco, Peru to complete my TEFL training, and then off to a teaching position. I am seeking advice from people who can offer some insight about what I should expect as far as obtaining employment and creating this new life for myself. I am a fairly recent college graduate, and I started to work in corporate America when I realized that it was not at all like I had Imagined. I do not have a lot of money, but I honestly feel like the time for me is now if I want to make a change in my life. To all who respond to this post thank you in advance.

Rent of pretty and modern room.

By javiercito on Aug 20, 2008, 17:09.

Pretty and modern room in family house, includes tv. cable. $ 100 per month and 10$ per day. Direction(Address): Magdalena's district of the sea. Telephone: 999783739. / 2635078 Mrs. Katty Soria. Good opportunity. E-mail: kattysoria@hotmail.com

Oil, gas projects threaten western Amazon

By mariacvetanoski on Aug 14, 2008, 13:28.

ScienceBlogs - 2 hours ago Oil, gas projects threaten western Amazon United Press International - Aug 13, 2008 Full coverage » ©2008 Google - Map data ©2008 MapLink/Tele Atlas - Terms of UseScientists say oil exploration threatens Amazon By MICHAEL ASTOR – 22 hours ago RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Oil exploration in the Amazon rain forest represents the latest, perhaps greatest, threat to preserving what remains of the world's largest remaining tropical wilderness, scientists said Wednesday. Scientists from Duke University said a new study revealed a Texas-size chunk of rain forest stretching across Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and western Brazil has been approved for petroleum exploration and production. "Filling up with a tank of gas could soon have devastating consequences to rain forests, their people and their species," said Dr. Stuart Pimm, a professor of conservation ecology at Duke and one of the study's authors. The study, conducted together with the environmental groups Save America's Forests and Land is Life, was published Tuesday in the open-access journal PLoS ONE. Dr. Matt Finer, of Save America's Forests, said the study's mapping of oil and gas activities across the western Amazon showed the exploration blocks were concentrated in the most intact jungle regions. Development of these blocks almost certainly would bring with them roads and pipelines, spelling unparalleled rain forest destruction, Finer said. The situation is most troubling in the Peruvian Amazon, according to the study, which found 64 oil and gas blocks covering approximately 72 percent of that country's share of the rain forest. In Brazil, the government recently sold off 25 exploration concessions in remote regions of the western Amazon, close to areas inhabited by some the world's last tribes uncontacted by anthropologists. The Amazon rain forest covers about 4.1 million square kilometers (1.6 million square miles) or about 40 percent of the South American continent. About 20 percent of the forest already has been razed. On the Net: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.002932 Hosted by Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

CHEAP CHEAP SPANISH LESSONS IN LIMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By javiercito on Jul 15, 2008, 08:02.

Want to learn or improve your Spanish?Javier personalises your lessons and makes them fun.Whether you want to learn basic Spanish just to get you by or have conversation and correction. Very CHEAP rates and discounts for multiple hours per week!!!!!!!!! 20 soles per hour. 35 soles per 2 hours. Call Javier on 084 984 323 166 or email him - jabadiso at hotmail.com He speaks English!!

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By melindamcgrath on Jul 14, 2008, 20:10.

border crossing Puerto Heath (Bolivia) to Puerto Maldonado (Peru)

By Peet on Jul 9, 2008, 16:40.

Hello. I am currently in Bolivia and in about one month I´ll leave the country for Peru. As I want to go all the way up north (to Pando) I was thinking about crossing the border by boat. I heard there are boats from Puerto Heath in Bolivia to Puerto Maldonado in Peru, but I don´t have a clue about how much time this takes, about the price I should pay (more or less) and if boats leave frequently. Has anyone done this bordercrossing? Is it easy or a pain in the ass? Thanks for your answer.

Peru trial sensation

By CatGirl on Jun 30, 2008, 09:34.

LIMA, Peru — Six months into the murder trial of Alberto Fujimori, prosecutors have produced little hard evidence that the former Peruvian president approved of a death squad to eliminate rebel collaborators. But they're about to put a witness on the stand in a trial that is riveting the nation. Vladimiro Montesinos, the de-facto head of Peru's intelligence service during Fujimori's decade in power, allegedly organized the Colina group, a squad of army killers who slaughtered 25 civilians during Peru's war against leftist rebels. Finally facing his former boss in court Today. Fujimori, 69, faces up to 30 years in prison and a fine of $33 million if found guilty. He has denied any knowledge of the squad's existence and says he never approved a dirty war against leftist rebels. Montesinos has denied being involved, blaming the army instead. In other cases, Montesinos has said he was acting on Fujimori's orders, and once dared his former boss to return from self-imposed exile and face Peruvian justice, saying from jail that "a responsible and courageous leader should face up to what his subordinates have done, or what he permitted them to do." Fujimori, for his part, says Montesinos betrayed his trust. "If you have contact with Montesinos, you have the impression you are dealing with a sincere man with a kind face," Fujimori said some years ago from Japan, his ancestral homeland where he fled after his ouster. "But behind that kind face, we now know a diabolical person is hidden." Montesinos has a powerful incentive to keep quiet. Already serving up to 20 years for crimes including corruption and running guns to Colombian rebels, he faces a 35-year sentence in a separate trial if convicted of organizing the death squad. Their courtroom encounter, to be broadcast live on Peruvian television, is sure to be dramatic. It will be their first meeting since Fujimori fired Montesinos in September 2000 when a videotape surfaced showing the spymaster bribing a congressman for political support.

Mr. Sulu from Star Trek are the first California gay marriage couple to honeymoon in Cusco, Peru

By CanadaMan on Jun 18, 2008, 12:07.

Mr. Sulu from Star Trek are the first California gay marriage to honeymoon in Cusco, Peru.. After being one of the first gay men to receive a California wedding license, George Takei, best known for playing Mr Sulu in Star Trek, announced that he and his partner would be heading to Peru for their honeymoon. "We'll be going to South America, Buenos Aires, Igazu Falls, Lima, Cusco and Machu Picchu, a historic place my parents went and a place I have dreamed of going," said the 71-year-old actor. The Star Trek star is to marry 54-year-old Brad Altman, his partner for the past 21 years, in September. They received their marriage license in West Hollywood on Tuesday. "Congratulations to all of us and may equality live long and prosper," said Takei to a supportive and delighted crowd that was unable to hold back their cheers. Takei and Altman were among the first homosexual couples to receive their marriage license after California's Supreme Court lifted its ban on same-sex marriage. The state affirmed that the "right to form a family relationship" applied to everyone in California, regardless of sexuality. According to E!, Takei, who recently appeared on the US TV series Heroes, is the first celebrity to take the plunge. ..

Machu Pichu

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German adventurer found Machu Picchu 44 years before American Bingham historians say..

By CanadaMan on Jun 6, 2008, 00:39.

LIMA (AFP) — German adventurer Augusto Berns, who traded in Peru's wood and gold, happened upon the fabled Inca citadel of Machu Picchu 44 years before US explorer Hiram Bingham brought it to the world's attention, historians say. "We found that Berns and his colleagues extracted gold from archaeological remains at Machu Picchu using a company that had won a mining concession for extracting wood and gold, in the area where the citadel is located," Peruvian historian Carlos Carcelen told reporters. Carcelen did his research with American cartographer Paolo Greer, French archaeologist Alain Gioda and British historian Alex Chepstow-Lusty. They researched archives in Peru and Spain questioning the idea Bingham "discovered" Machu Picchu in 1911. "Sadly, we demonstrated that there was a major looting of gold objects which later were sold to European museums and universities," Carcelen added. It was Greer's discovery of a 19th century German map in the dusty archives of the National Library in Lima that put the researchers on the trail of the truth, explained Gioda, of France's Institute for Research and Development. And it makes Berns the westerner who apparently first came upon the remains of the indigenous Incas' citadel, which the Spanish conquistadors never located. "That is my most personal conviction and on this point I take all responsbility," said Gioda. He said researchers had amassed considerable evidence: documents on the working of a mine, the map, the concession, and even remarks attributed to Bingham, suggesting the possibility an explorer may have walked before him in Machu Picchu. While Bingham brought world's spotlight to the citadel, local people already were well aware of it, if not of its global archaeological significance. Carcelen stressed that Berns had no scientific or archaeological interest whatsoever. Rather he was like many British, French, Italian and German adventurers "who came to loot Peru in the 19th century," the Peruvian said. "They were businessmen who had no job or morals who came here to make a fortune, to take the greatest possible advantage," Carcelen said. In Berns's case, he put a lumber mill in the jungle southeast of Cusco in Aguas Calientes, the town at the foot of the mountain on which Machu Picchu is located. Berns's business, on which there were founding documents located in Peru's National Library was used to move gold abroad, he added. Researchers now are trying to determine how many archaeological items Berns may have spirited out of the country, and are on the trail of "several individuals, commercial contacts and partners who dealt in gold and other objects in Europe," he said. Carcelen noted that in the late 19th century Peruvian artifacts began appearing in European museum and university collections, even though there are no records of archaeological or anthropological expeditions in Peru at the time. The president at the time, Jose Balta, also gave Berns wide leeway in his operations, Carcelen added. Machu Picchu, likely the best-known symbol of the Inca Empire, was built around 1450, but abandoned roughly a century later, at the time of the Spanish conquest. ..

Indiana Jones 4 In Peru.Not filmed in Peru and my Novia & Peruvians upset @ mistakes

By CanadaMan on Jun 6, 2008, 00:21.

Well I went with my 2 kids to see Indiana Jones Last Friday night and my Novia took her sister and her 2 nephews to the Movie last Saturday.. My kids and I really enjoyed the Movie.. Next day my Novia went and she was spitting fire after the Movie and was upset how they made the Movie so inaccurately about Peru, I guess it is like moving the statue of Liberty to Washington for a Movie or the CN Tower to Vancouver.. CanadaMan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is copy and pasted and was written by a Peruvian.. Dress latinos in native peruvian clothing add a little dirt to their faces, make them lay on the streets to do siesta or have them speak Spanish with a Central American accent, play mariachi music as background and finally add some chickens in the middle of an airport with peruvian flags ....what do you end up with? Indiana Jones visiting Cusco. I just came back from the movies, was excited to see the latest Indiana Jones film, not only because I was a big fan, but because almost 20 years have passed from the last movie, and this time it involved Peru. Aside from all the nonsense found in the movie (Nasca lines next to Cusco City - or should I say a rustic town full of natives?, thunderous Nasca nights, Cusco an international airport) I have to say I was really dissapointed and disgusted with it. I'm tired on how americans through Hollywood and the media depict Peru, Latin American countries and the third world in general as ignorant, dirty and blowgun wielding savages. For Hollywood, a Mexican, Brazilian or Peruvian are all the same, they all ride llamas and dance to mariachi music. Thanks to these type of media, gullible people accept the "Weapons on Mass destruction" fairy tale and use it as an excuse to invade a country controlled by the U.N. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another Peruvian with a opposite opinion on the Movie... The movie takes place during the 50's and the bad guys are the soviet communists, not nazis. Look, the movie was a lot of fun, of course Indy is older, the previous movies "took place" during the late 30s, and this one in the late 50's so technically, Indy had to be 20 years older. But let's keep some perspective here, are we asking for historical and geographical accuracy from fantasy action movies? I would be upset if these were a biopic or a documentary, because there are those obvious "horrors" (more than errors), but come on! to demand accuracy of movies that had Indy riding a submarine all the way from Africa to a nazi sub base in Raiders? Or from people surviving a plane crash by floating on air in an inflatable raft in Temple? Or a crusader hundreds of years old because he was keeping the grail??? Lighten up and enjoy the entertainment! And I wouldn't be surprised if our tourism grows just because of this movie, let's make sure our visitors here get the real story and enjoy their stay, rather than bitching about stereotyping in Hollywood, like nobody in the world is not aware of it. ..

Peru's president Alan Garcia goes up in the polls - Humala drops drastically

By CanadaMan on Jun 5, 2008, 23:58.

Peru's president Alan Garcia goes up in the polls - Humala drops drastically The approval rating for Alan Garcia's administration has increased from 38.8 percent to 45 percent in June, reported on Thursday the University of Lima's polling firm, The Public Opinion Group. According to a survey done this weekend, the information gathered showed that the president's approval rating had risen 6.2 percent while his administration's disapproval rating had dropped 7.5 percent to 48.7 percent. Polls carried out last month registered that 56.2 percent of the population did not approve of Garcia's administration while this month's survey has revealed that less than half the people polled said they were not content. Alan Garcia was not the only person that became a little more popular this month. The survey also showed that the approval rating for the president of Peru's congress, Luis Gonzales Posada had increased from 38 to 41.8 percent. On the other hand, Peru's Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo was not accepted well by those surveyed. The polling firm reported that only 32.6 percent of participants stated they were satisfied with Peru's Premier. When asked about the cabinet of ministers, almost 60 percent of the people polled supported the Minister for Women while more than 55 percent of participants stated they were happy with the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism. Furthermore, it was reported that more than 54 percent of those surveyed said they agreed with the new Minister of the Environment, Antonio Brack. The University of Lima found Ollanta Humala to be among one of the most unpopular politicians in Peru. The polling firm reported that 73.8 percent of participants stated they did not approve of the head of the nationalist party. ..

Peru's Shining Path guerrillas on the rise again and offering $ US 20 a day per recruit..

By CanadaMan on Jun 5, 2008, 23:52.

Peru's Shining Path guerrillas on the rise again By MONTE HAYES – MATUCANA, Peru (AP) — Matucana's mayor is a worried man. The Shining Path rebels who terrorized Peru decades ago are back, moving across the jungle-draped slopes near his remote village and recruiting young fighters to their born-again insurgency. And unlike before, the rebels have almost unlimited financial support. Earning cash by protecting coca fields and cocaine-smuggling routes, they are able to buy powerful weapons and pay salaries to men and women who take up arms against the government. It is a nightmarish prospect for Peru, which saw nearly 70,000 people killed from 1980 to the mid-'90s in the Shining Path's brutal effort to impose a Maoist communist regime. Most of the victims were peasants, caught in the crossfire between guerrillas and security forces. The country has enjoyed more than a decade of political stability since the rebel threat was virtually eliminated by former President Alberto Fujimori, a democratically elected leader who ruled with an iron fist from 1990 until his regime ended in scandal in 2000. Fujimori, 69, was extradited from Chile in September and is now on trial for human rights violations committed during his crackdown, including the killings of university students and the massacre of Lima tenement dwellers targeted as Shining Path collaborators by a military death squad. But Fujimori remains a hero in the isolated valleys where the rebels drew the most blood. Matucana Mayor Florencio Velasquez, military officers and anxious villagers all praise the tough measures of the 1990s and say the government now is underestimating the threat posed by the rebels' resurgence. Matucana is a six-hour trip from the provincial capital of Ayacucho over a rutted dirt road that twists down into the narrow Apurimac Valley, a no man's land of coca fields and cocaine production. Many of the village's 500 people grow coca along with legal crops like cacao and coffee. "All the people here are tied to coca," said Gen. Raymundo Flores, who commands an army base in the valley. "This is a narco-economy." Velasquez, Matucana's 40-year-old mayor, says coca is attracting the rebels to the area, but they come with a new message: We are your friends. We know we made mistakes in the past in attacking civilians. But you can trust us now. Join us. Some people young enough to have escaped the guerrillas' brutality in their earlier incarnation have been drawn in by this gentle approach and by pay of $20 a day, a princely sum in backwater villages. But Velasquez can't forget their savage attacks on communities that refused to join the Shining Path revolution. "They say they are not going to kill, that they come peacefully to give political talks," he said, looking uneasily at the ground. "And they tell us to keep planting coca. They say they will protect us against anyone who tries to eradicate it." The Shining Path — "Sendero Luminoso" in Spanish — came close to bringing Peru to its knees with its insurgency. Its founder, Abimael Guzman, a former philosophy professor, had a messianic vision of a classless utopia based on communism. His fanatical followers — as many as 10,000 guerrillas at their peak — bombed electrical towers, bridges and factories, assassinated mayors and massacred villagers. In one of their most barbaric attacks, they slaughtered 69 peasants, including two dozen children shot and hacked to death, in reprisal for the slaying of several rebels in the village of Lucanamarca in 1983. "They killed them with machetes, stones, axes — and for those who did not die in agony in this way, they even put them into a vat of boiling water," said survivor Ignacio Tacas, now 36. Guzman cared little about the loss of lives, preaching: "Blood does not drown the revolution. It irrigates it." But Guzman was captured in 1992, as Fujimori's security forces jailed thousands of rebels and suspected collaborators. By 1999 there were fewer than 200 armed fighters left in the Apurimac and Huallaga valleys, the only regions where the Shining Path remained active, and many Peruvians believed the movement was in its death throes. The rebels' fortunes, however, changed after the capture that year of a top Guzman lieutenant, an ideological purist who had opposed cocaine trafficking as a stain on the revolution. The remaining guerrillas in the Apurimac Valley eagerly provided armed escorts to protect "mochileros," smugglers who tote cocaine over mountain trails in backpacks. The rebels spent their drug earnings on lightweight assault rifles and other more powerful modern weapons. And they began buying supplies in shops, unlike the past when small, desperate bands raided rural settlements for food and medicine. After years in retreat, they again are on the offensive — although still in numbers far below their peak in past decades. "When I arrived 3 1/2 years ago, Sendero carried out one attack. Now it's clear they can carry out an ambush each week. They have developed logistics, intelligence and local support — all very dangerous," U.S. Ambassador James Curtis Struble said before retiring last year. Backed by drug money, the rebels' numbers have quadrupled to nearly 800 in recent years, according to military officers, village militia leaders and Pedro Egoavil, 53, a former rebel commander who broke with the Shining Path in the 1990s over its violent strategy but retains friends inside the organization. The guerrillas also have hundreds of unarmed collaborators. Interior Minister Luis Alva Castro, who heads the national police, and other government officials argue that today's Shining Path cares more about drug trafficking than its long-term goal of imposing a Maoist regime. Flores, the army commander in the Apurimac valley, said the guerrillas now "have fields deep in the jungle where Indian communities are forced to grow coca for them." But top military officers and other experts dismiss the idea that today's rebels have abandoned their ideology. "They do ideological work, move through areas, gather people together in meetings, hand out flags and carry out attacks," then-Defense Minister Allan Wagner said last December. "The revolution has not ended for them." Washington has supported Peru's war on a drug business that produces a quarter of the world's cocaine, second only to Colombia. Aid includes 23 helicopters to ferry police from U.S.-built bases in the Apurimac and Huallaga valleys on raids to destroy cocaine labs. Police have been hit hardest in the renewed guerrilla attacks. Some 40 officers have died in ambushes in and around the Apurimac Valley since 2005. November saw the boldest raid in years: A column of 60 insurgents destroyed a police station and killed its commander in the mountain town of Ocobamba. In response the police have pledged to work in closer cooperation with the army, and Defense Minister Antero Flores Araoz has promised to increase military forces in the valley. But budgeting restraints have limited his plans. Flores, the Apurimac valley army commander, complained that funding for troops to fight the guerrillas has been cut back in recent years even as the rebels grew stronger. "Sendero remains a latent threat," he said after climbing from the single, aging Soviet helicopter that his base has for ferrying troops to battle rebels. Village "self-defense committees" supported by Fujimori once fought the rebels and provided guides and intelligence for army units. Now, with both peasants and rebels involved in the drug trade, the militias are not always on the soldiers' side. Police seized a revolver and three shotguns during a recent raid on a cocaine lab in the village of Villarrica — weapons that, it turned out, had been assigned to the village militia. Walter Aguilar, 47, a militia leader from the town of Quimbiri, blames such incidents on new arrivals to the valley who have joined self-defense committees. He said the Shining Path tortured and killed his father and several other relatives and insisted militia fighters who suffered such experiences would never cooperate with the rebels. "We have spilled blood. We have lost family," he said, showing an ugly bullet scar on his left forearm from a rebel ambush. "We could never be the allies of those criminal terrorist groups." Fujimori is accused of murder and kidnapping for allegedly authorizing a military death squad to fight the rebels. But his defenders here say his arming of the militias enabled them to regain control of their lands, in vicious fighting that claimed 8,000 lives in the Apurimac valley alone. Jose Luis Farfan, 33, a militia leader in the jungle village of Triboline, complained bitterly that the militias have been abandoned by the governments that followed Fujimori's regime. "Thanks to him we were able to rid ourselves of that curse," Farfan said, holding one of 12 Winchester repeating shotguns the village received from Fujimori years ago. "But now they're stronger than ever, with good arms." Experts on the Shining Path see other ominous developments in Peru's cities, key to the rebels' support 20 years ago. They worry that rebels who have completed prison sentences have returned to clandestine political organizing in labor unions and universities and that pro-Shining Path rhetoric is allowed to flourish under the protection of free speech. Hector Jhon Caro, who once led Peru's anti-terrorism police, said such attitudes are dangerously reminiscent of the early years of the insurgency. The government, he warned, "still doesn't understand the potential danger of letting remnants of the Shining Path remain active." Anti-terrorism police aren't bothering to keep tabs on released rebels, Jhon Caro said. Even more worrisome, he and other experts on the movement said, Guzman has regained the right to hold private meetings with his lawyer — and thus to communicate with his followers — after years in isolation during Fujimori's regime. Guzman, unrepentant at 73, still has a long-range strategy for taking power, the experts said. And he's working to bring errant jungle columns back under his control, said Egoavil, the former rebel commander. "They all recognize the leadership of Abimael Guzman," he said. "They are beginning to accept it. They are coming together." Associated Press writer Monte Hayes has covered the rise, fall and resurgence of the Shining Path during his 23 years in Peru. ..

US Marines and troops to Carry Guns and be fully armed in Peru well helping build..

By CanadaMan on Jun 5, 2008, 23:35.

Lima, (Prensa Latina) The Peruvian government tacitly admitted the possibility that the US troops to be deployed in the central region of Ayacucho fight irregular forces acting in the area. Defense Minister Antero Flores-Araoz tried to justify that foreign troops carry assault rifles, responding to criticisms by opposition Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) leader Ollanta Humala, who recalled that according to the law, only Peruvian soldiers can carry such weapons within the country. The minister told Andina news agency that the presence of armed groups in the Ayacucho region may force US soldiers to carry guns for their own protection. The government has stated that foreign troops are coming to construct water wells and classrooms. Humala noted that such mission does not justify American soldiers carrying guns. He pointed out that Peruvian engineers and constructors can do those works. The entry of US troops to Peru was approved by he ruling party and conservative groups in Congress, which also accepted the entrance of military groups to Ayacucho between last May and next September. The PNP parliamentary group has denounced that the government and most of legislative majority had passed some 30 entry permissions for US soldiers between 2007 and this year. They fear it might be related to the possibility of creating a US military base in Peruvian territory. ..

Peru: Opposition creates controversy over 1000 U.S. troops in Ayacucho

By CanadaMan on Jun 5, 2008, 23:31.

Controversy arose in congress when it came time to approve the admission of approximately 1,000 U.S. Marines onto Peruvian soil. Even though it was explained that the Marines would be in the south-central region of Ayacucho to take part in a humanitarian aid project, leaders of opposition parties have expressed they do not agree with allowing the U.S. troops into the country. Despite the fact that congress has already approved the program in Ayacucho, which has been dubbed "New Horizons 2008", people continue to protest the presence of U.S. troops in Peru. According to former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, Peruvian engineers and construction workers can carry out the tasks U.S. Marines are volunteering to do. Peru's Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo warned there were radical groups encouraging people in Ayacucho to protest and organize a strike. According to the Premier, it had been announced that on June 8 and 9 citizens would protest the presence of the U.S. Marines in Ayacucho. He explained that leaders were lying to residents, telling them that an invasion was taking place. Del Castillo clarified that the group of Marines had come unarmed and were in the region with tools and machinery to build schools, wells and other structures that would benefit the region. ..

Peru plans to grow 7% annually until at least 2015 & Peruvian Army giving out free food

By CanadaMan on Jun 5, 2008, 23:26.

Peru is planning a sustained growth averaging 7% until 2015, with minimum inflation based on the opening of the economy that has seen tariffs drastically cut in the last two years, said the countryâs Economy minister Luis Carranza during a visit to Chile where he was the main speaker at a trade forum. âGrowth estimate for this year is 7% with 3.5% inflation and next year, 6.5% expansion and 3% inflationâ? said Carranza adding that this yearâs trade surplus should reach 5.9 billion US dollars and next year 4.2 billion. Carranza added that â70% of all imports to Peru now are free of tariffs; in two years weâve reduced the 0 to 25% scale to 0%, 9% and 17%â?, which has been essential for opening the economy, attracting foreign investment and boosting growth. However he admitted Peru, which has almost half the population below the poverty line, faces great challenges to keep the current rate of expansion. âLabor flexibility, infrastructure investment, capital market, education, and social reforms are some of the most pressing items the President Alan Garcia administration is facingâ?, underlined Carranza. The Peruvian government currently invests 4% of GDP in public works which is planned to reach 6% by 2011. Carranza nevertheless said that by 2011 âwe expect the trade balance to become negative to the tune of 400 million US dollars, following almost nine years of sustained surplus since 2002â?. Chileâs former Finance minister Nicolas Eyzaguirre said that after listening to Mr. Carranza he felt a kind of âhealthy envyâ? because of the strong Peruvian growth and development prospects. But he also mentioned two issues, the first of which he described as ânatureâs blessingâ? in direct reference to the significant natural gas deposits of Peru in the Camisea region currently developed and exploited by British companies, which is a considerable advantage over Chileâs large overseas energy dependency. Secondly he mentioned the rather âporousâ? Peruvian taxing system which is easily evaded or eluded. Former Chilean Central Bank president Vittorio Corbo underlined the advances achieved by the Peruvian Central Bank, which has become autonomous, the improvement in government finances and the important reduction in risk rating which is crucial to attract foreign investments. But Corbo also pointed out Peru has started from zero, which gives a great advantage on advancing during the first few years, which together with the strong price for metals and commodities has given Peru a âformidable edgeâ?. And what about over heating risks for the economy? Carranza said there are no short term risks since Peru can tolerate up to 2 to 3% GDP current account deficit. However in spite of the promising prospects, the price of food for the millions of poor Peruvians is always present. To quell food price protests the Peruvian Army has been sent to the slums of Lima to distribute among heads of family and homes staple food rations. ..

Peru to protect last isolated indigenous tribes

By CanadaMan on Jun 5, 2008, 23:19.

Authorities in Peru are to take measures to protect some of the last indigenous tribes to have avoided contact with the outside world. They have promised to stop loggers encroaching on their land near the Brazilian border. The announcement comes after photographs of an isolated tribe taken near the border with Peru were circulated around the world. The unknown group of native Amazonians were armed with bows and arrows. The images were taken by the Brazilian government from the air, and showed some members of the tribe - their bodies painted red and black - firing arrows at a photographer in an aeroplane. The Brazilian government say they took the photos to prove that dozens of isolated tribes live in the region, on both sides of the border. They only hunt, gather and fish, they don't farm, but they know fire Marco Tulio Valverde Although anthropologists were not able to name the tribe it is believed that they had travelled a short distance from neighbouring Peru. Authorities in Peru's Amazon state of Madre de Dios now say they will stop illegal loggers who travel deep into the forest in search of tropical hardwoods. They are often the first people to encounter the tribes. Marco Tulio Valverde, an adviser to the regional government, said: "We haven't determined if there are three different groups or only one, nomadic, which has been displaced. "They only hunt, gather and fish, they don't farm, but they know fire." Sickness risk According to Survival International, a group that supports tribal people around the world, there are an estimated 500 isolated indigenous people in the region. Images of the Indian tribe on the Peru-Brazil border Survival International's director, Stephen Corry, said: "This is a positive first step from the Peruvian government, but it must act fast. "It must stop the logging, remove the loggers and any other invaders from the uncontacted Indians' land, and ensure that no-one else enters in the future." Apart from the possibility of violent confrontations, encounters with outsiders are often fatal because the isolated people lack the antibodies to protect themselves from a common cold or the flu. The Peruvian government has also sent a team to the jungle to determine whether or not the photographed tribe had been displaced from Peru by loggers. According to the BBC's Dan Collyns, the government has been reluctant to set aside new areas of land for uncontacted tribes, and some officials have even denied the existence of such tribes, but there are signs of a changing attitude. ..

Peru calls home ambassador to Bolivia over Morales’s expressions

By CanadaMan on Jun 5, 2008, 23:14.

Peru recalled its ambassador to Bolivia, Frank Solano, due to Evo Morales's expressions about his Peruvian counterpart Alan GarcÃa, informed today Peruâs Foreign Minister, JosÃ© Antonio GarcÃa Belaunde. âYes, I obviously called our ambassador to Boliviaâ?, said the Foreign Minister to a local radio program after being asked if Peru would take any actions after these expressions. Morales questioned this week that some countries of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) âin reference to Peru- give preference to a FTA that âbreak the integration of the Andean regionâ? instead of taking priority on the bloc unity, and added that he has seen president GarcÃa overweight and ânot much anti-imperialistâ?. The Foreign Minister said today that the comments made by Bolivian president make difficult a fluid relationship with Bolivia; although he mentioned that his major concern is the Bolivian leader's arguments to oppose trade agreements. âIt is complicated to have fluent bilateral relations with a president (as Evo Morales) that expresses excessive commentsâ?, said GarcÃa Belaunde. GarcÃa Belaunde said that beyond the unfortunate remarks, he is concerned regarding the main arguments of Morales to object the association agreements that countries sign, alleging these ones include public services and water privatization. âPossibly, he might not have had enough time to read the FTA between Peru and US or any other FTA, and he has believed in a lie that someone else told himâ?, stated Peruâs chancellor. News source: ANDINA ..

Peru to Investigate FARC Ties to Peruvian Rebels, Peru Defense Minister Flores Says

By CanadaMan on Jun 5, 2008, 23:01.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=acNm7LAa1tao&refer=latin_america Peru to Investigate FARC Ties to Peruvian Rebels, Peru Defense Minister Flores Says.. By Alex Emery June 4 (Bloomberg) -- Peru's government will use computer files from a Colombian rebel to investigate possible ties with local rebel groups, Peru's Defense Minister Antero Flores said. Peru's intelligence service will study copies of e-mails exchanged between Peruvians and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, Flores said in a Web site statement after meeting today with Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe and Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos in Bogota. The Colombian army seized three laptop computers during a cross-border raid into Ecuador in March that ended with the death of FARC second-in-command Raul Reyes. Reyes may have been in contact with Peru's Shining Path insurgency and Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, or MRTA, Flores said. The FARC was founded in 1964 as a rural, Marxist insurgency financed by kidnappings for ransom and involvement in Colombia's cocaine trade. The Shining Path began fighting in 1980 and the MRTA in 1984. Violence abated after most of the Peruvian groups' leaders were captured in the 1990s. To contact the reporter on this story: Alex Emery in Lima at aemery1@bloomberg.net Last Updated: June 4, 2008 19:24 EDT ..

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