Peruvia

Click here for resources on how and where to send aid in response to the August 15 earthquake.

QUAKE UPDATE: The US Agency for International Development released an 'Earthquake Program Map' as of August 27, which details the geography of some of the relief. And the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released their 'Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 10' which reports that the "Ministry of Transports and Communications informed that road problems caused by the earthquake have been addressed and there no more blocked roads in country." It also informs that through August 26, 22:00 hours:

The UN's full 8-page report details the type of aid to which individual efforts are being devoted.

CAPTURING IQUITOS: Global Envision, an initiative of Mercy Corp, features Jake Lyell's photographs of Iquitos, "the largest city in the world unreachable by road. " Lyell has been collaborating with the People of Peru Project and the Global Envision photos come from a photo essay, Water Borne Poverty, on his blog. See also his essay on Lima's Pueblos Jovenes.

FUJIMORI METER:

• Poll: 'Peruvians Want to Try Fujimori at Home' (Angus Reid Global Monitor) re: U de Lima poll says '80.3% in Lima and Callao think Chile should extradite Alberto Fujimori.'
  
• 'Chile Supreme Court to Vote on Fujimori Today, Tuesday' (Santiago Times)
  

GENERAL QUAKE UPDATES:

• 'Correction: Denomination of Pisco Church' (New York Times) re: San Clemente is Roman Catholic not Episcopal
• 'Catholic Relief Agencies Deliver Aid, Launch US$11 Million Appeal for Peru' (Catholic Online)
  
• 'Peru's Quake Survivors Need More Help' (China Post)
• 'IFJ Plea: Peruvan Journos Need Aid' (Editor & Publisher)
  
• 'Criticism to Peru's President Continues' (Prensa Latina, Cuba)
• 'Churches and Municipalities Responsible for Death in Peruvian Temples' (Prensa Latina, Cuba)
• 'UN Seeks Emergency Funds for Peru, Sudan, Somalia' (Reuters)
• 'United Nations launches appeal of $37 million for earthquake victims in Peru' (UN press release; Associated Press)
  

RELIEF & RESPONSE:

• 'China Donates US$300,000 to Peru Quake Relief' (Agence France-Press)
• 'Christian Aid Pledge to Earthquake Survivors in Peru' (Ekklesia)
• 'Conflict Arises between Short-Term Help and Long-Term Support' (Inter Press Service, David Cronin)
• 'Taiwan IHA Medical Relief Team in Peru for Humanitarian Aid' (Government of Taiwan)
• 'Hills Man Helping Quake-Devastated Peru' (Orange County Register) re: Edgar Medina
• 'Czechs to Send Aid to Quake-Hit Peru' (Prague Daily Monitor)
  
• 'FaithLife Sends Money to Peru' (The Record, Canada)
• 'Corspse Photo Was Unnecessary' (lettter to SouthCoast Today, Mass) "I protest the use of a picture on Page 1 on Aug. 17 of the corpse from the Peru earthquake. In my view it was an unnecessary dimension to illustrate an already tragic event."
  
• 'Czech Republic To Send Aid to Quake Hit Peru' (Xinhua News Agency)
  

MICRO/MACRO ECONOMICS:

• 'Ikarus to Build Plant in Peru' (BBJ Hungary via Bloomberg via Gestion)
  
• 'Earthquake Cuts Off Peruvian Asparagus' (Merced Sun-Star) "Farmers in Peru can't transport their asparagus to market because the earthquake destroyed highways. But a small amount of Fresno-grown asparagus will begin reaching market next week."
  
• 'Paramount Gold Kills South American Projects' (Ottawa Business Journal) "The mining company said Monday that it had eliminated all targets under the Andean Gold Alliance in South America, except for the Santos gold property in Peru."
• Several other items noted in Peruvia earlier were reviewed in yesterday's World Banks' weekly News & Broadcast email.

PEOPLE:

• Felipe Degregori's documentary 'Beached' (Peces de Ciudad) is showing at the Festival de Montreal.' "The lives of a group of young migrants in the city of Lima seem like the flotsam scattered haphazardly on the shore. They live in the city but cannot become part of it. They are forced to live by their wits; they have no other choice than to persevere... and to hope. This documentary is a fresco depicting the diaspora of thousands of migrants in search of better lives that are unavailable in their places of origin. In the city, however, they face inequality, racism, and exclusion, evils that still infect Peruvian society. 'Beached' makes visible these pioneers who, with their effort and their dreams, have transformed the capital of Peru." In Spanish, see a review in RPP
  
• Luis Horna wins his match against Austria's Peter Luczak. He is now set for doubles paired with Argentina's Agustin Calleri against USA's Rajeev Ram and Donald Young.

OTHER:

• 'Are Ancient Ruins Flammable?' (Slate, Michelle Tsai)

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