Peruvia

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

The story on the earthquake has moved from reporting on the event to a focus on the government's response with yesterday's Financial Times leading the charge and today's Inter Press Service article perhaps being the most critical. And though it took a week, slowly other news about Peru has started slipping back into the English-speaking press.

Of Note: Brian Andrews, a CBS4 reporter for a Miami television station, has been blogging as well as video-blogging about his trip accompanying American aid workers. Andean Currents, a blog written by C. J. Schexnayder, looks at "traditions and cultures of some of the locales most affected" by the earthquake. Today, he reports from Chincha on Afro-Peruvian traditions.

And Dow Jones' reporter Robert Kozak gets written up in his home-town newspaper, the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, apparently because he had family visiting during the earthquake.

GENERAL EARTHQUAKE UPDATE:

• 'Wave of refugees quits Peru quake ruins' (Agence France-Press)
• 'Peru Long-Term Relief' (AgWeb, Dean Kleckner - opinion)
  
• 'Peru Counts Quake Damage to Tourist Sites' (Associated Press, Frank Bajak)
• 'Peru's President Put to Test in Quake' (Associated Press, Monte Hayes in Lima and Edison Lopez in Pisco)
• 'Tourism takes a hit with Peru quake' (Associated Press)
• 'Rescue team finds quake survivor' (BBC)
• 'Peru Earthquake to Cut Agricultural, Textile Exports in August' (Bloomberg, Alex Emery)
  
• 'Piscanos Struggle to Recover from Quake' (CBS4, Brian Andrews blog; see also video below)
• 'Peru still needs aid a week after devastating quake' (CanWest News Service, Suzanne Goldman, Canada)
• 'Killer quake exposes Peru’s building flaws' (Construction News)
  
• 'Peru Min: Many Homes Still Without Electricity After Quake' (Dow Jones, Katherine Gordon)
  
• 'Peru Ministry: Many Homes Still Without Electricity After Quake' (Dow Jones, Katherine Gordon)
  
• 'Earthquake in southern Peru affected 85,000 people' (EITB via Associated Press?)
  
• 'After Disaster Struck' (Economist)
• 'President on shaky ground' (Latin America Press, Cecilia Remon)
  
• 'Peruvian President García takes charge of quake relief' (Miami Herald via the Associated Press; IHT runs the same wire copy but adds to title: 'Putting Prestige on the Line')
• 'Earthquake Leaves Peruvian Community in Despair' (National Public Radio, USA)
  
• ' Peru's Remote Areas Getting Less Aid' (OneWorld, Haider Rizvi)
  
• 'Post-quake reconstruction to show visible effects within 6 months in Peru: president' (Xinhua News Agency)
  

PHOTOS & VIDEO on QUAKE:

• 'Shattered Lives of Peru Quake Survivors' (BBC, Dan Collyns photographs)
• 'Doctors Arrive to Help Victims' (CBS4, Brian Andrews blog, Miami; see also video)
• 'Peru's Plans Reconstruction After Quake' (Xinhua photographs)
  

RESPONSE & RELIEF on QUAKE:

• 'O'Malley asks Catholics to help out Peruvian earthquake victims' (Associated Press, Boston)
  
• 'Aurora Man Vows to Aid Peru Quake Victims' (Aurora Beacon News, Kristen Zambo, Illinois)
• 'Locals Get Involved in Peruvian Relief Efforts' (Benton County Daily Record, Evie Blad)
• 'They swoop in to help after disasters' (Boston Globe, Claire Cummings)
  
• 'Samaritans want help in Peru' (Calgary Sun, Pablo Fernandez)
  
• 'Home return for a rapid rescuer' (Cambridge Evening News)
  
• 'Man heads to Peru for quake victims' (Canton Repository, Ohio)
• 'Taiwan medical team arrives in Peru to help with post-quake relief' (China News Agency, Taiwan)
  
• 'Situation Report: Peru Earthquake' (Church World Service press release)
• 'Recent Earthquake in Peru' (Government of India)
• 'Iberia Airlines brings over 10,000 kg of aid to Peru' (Iberia press release)
  
• 'OFIC extends USD 200,000 for Peru quake victims' (Kuwait News Agency)
• 'Lake County's Acosta tabbed to assist in local Peru relief collections' (Lake County Record Bee, California)
  
• ' Macedonia to donate 100.000 Euros to Peru' (Makfax Agency, Bulgaria)
• 'Where to make Peru quake donations' (Miami Herald)
• 'Gulf Breeze mission helping quake victims' (Pensacola News-Journal, Florida)
• 'Aid for Peruvian earthquake victims' (Queens Courier, Christina Santucci, New York)
  
• 'Nonprofits and businesses donate money, services to Peruvian earthquake victims' (Register Pajaronian, Todd Guild, California)
• 'SIS students to raise funds for Peruvian quake victims' (Saipan Tribune, Caroline Lochabay)
  
• 'Brothers Experience Peru Earthquake' (Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Cassandra Kyle, Canada)
  
• 'Scientology Volunteer Ministers in the disaster zone offer training to any volunteer who will join the relief effort' (Scientology press release)
• 'Boro Peruvians unite to aid quake victims' (Times Ledger, Jeremy Walsh, New Jersey)
  
• 'USAID Announces Further Earthquake Assistance to Peru' (USAID press release) This additional $500,000 brings their "earthquake assistance to Peru totals to nearly $1.3 million."
• ' US aid to quake-hit Peru tops 1.5 million dollars' (Agence France-Press)
  

ON IMMIGRATION:

• 'Former Dade student's deportation saga is familiar' (Miami Herald, Kathleen McGrory)
  
• 'Immigration Checks Ordered in New Jersey' (New York Times, David W. Chen and Kareem Fahim)
• 'NJ Changes Policy on Illegal Immigrants' (Associated Press, Angela Delli Santi)
• 'Peruvian Labor Unions Skeptical That 'Deal' Will Have Real Impact' (Eyes on Trade, Public Citizen blog)
  

MICRO/MACRO ECONOMICS:

• 'Government to offer Fernando Belaúnde Terry Highway for Concession' (BNAmericas)
• 'Peru to speed up sale of quake-hit port concession' (Shipping Times)
• 'Peru : Textile exports hit hardest by earthquake' (Fibre to Fashion)
  
• 'Chinalco Issues Notice Of Compulsory Acquisition To Remaining Shareholders Of Peru Copper' (Trading Markets)
  

OTHER:

• Apoyo Poll: 'Peru's García Gets Bounce in August' (Angus Reid)
• ' LatAm-East Asia build trade bridges across the Pacific' (Agence France-Peru)
  
• 'Close Call in Peru: I-SOS Helps Harvard Affiliates out of Tight Spot' (Harvard University Gazette, Ken Gewertz)
  
• 'Chile: Final Fujimori Verdict Still Pending' (Santiago Times, Benjamin Witte)
  
• 'Hunt for Chile's First Sub to Proceed' (Santiago Times, Benjamin Witte) designed for the Guerra del Pacifico
  
• 'Touching the Toad: Off the Beaten Trek in Peru' (Wall Street Journal, Michael J. Ybarra)
  
• 'Peru and Costa Rica Tie 1-1 in Exhibition' (Associated Press, Reuters)
• (Fortune Magazine, Geoff Colvin) "... the world's two hardest-working countries, South Korea and Peru ..."
• 'Off to Peru' (West Elgin Chronicle, UK) 16-year old on Rotary scholarship in Arequipa.
  

PERUANOS en el EXTERIOR:

• 'Buying Local, Eating Fish' (Boston Globe, Joyce Pellino Crane) - Lucina Seago
  
• 'Once More with Feeling' (Broward New Times, Michael Mills) - Carmen Sasieta
  
• Percy Otoya and Jacqueline Ruiz-Otoya (Cleveland Plain Dealer, Jorgan Jarema)
• 'Airmen to become citizens at ceremony: Josua Ortiz-Mendoza' (Argus Leader, South Dakota)
• 'Arts, Briefly' (New York Times) "Mario Vargas Llosa is to appear at the 92nd St. Y on Oct. 15, reading from his new novel."
  
  

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