Saturday, September 01, 2007
Click here for resources on how and where to send aid in response to the August 15 earthquake.
Congratulations to Peru's U-17 team, among the eight best teams in the world!
BORDER NEWS:
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Congratulations to Peru's U-17 team, among the eight best teams in the world!
BORDER NEWS:
- 'An Interview with Julio Cusurichi' (Center for International Policy, Zachary Hurwitz) re: the Inter-Oceanic Highway; Cusurichi is the 2007 Goldman Environmental Prize winner and representative of the Federación Nativa de Madre de Dios
- 'Colombian and Peruvian Ministers to Hold Border Meeting' (Prensa Latina, Cuba)
- 'After Deadly Quake, Peru's Coastal Capital Assesses Risk' (Associated Press, Leslie Josephs)
- 'Peru Survivors Struggling for Shelter' (BBC)
- 'Ministry Orders Operators to Set Up Emergency Networks' (BNAmericas)
- 'Grade B for Compassion for Peru' (Council on Hemispheric Affairs, press release, Sean Bartlett)
- 'Little Help for Slum-Dwellers Left Homeless By Quake' (InterPress Service, Ángel Páez)
- 'Peru Reconstruction Ups Prez Rating' (Prensa Latina, Cuba) re: "Today's CPI poll shows 51.9% approval over the 40.3% registered last month." See CPI Poll: Ultimo Estudio de Opinión Pública Política a Nivel Lima Metropolitana - 25 al 27 de Agosto 2007
- 'Peru Ministry Ups 2007 Growth View Despite Quake' (Reuters, Maria Luisa Palomino and Terry Wade)
- 'Earthquake Aid Donations Headed to Peru' (Beacon News, Kristen Zambo, Chicago)
- 'In Solidarity, Cardinal Rodriguez Visits Caritas Peru' (Caritas)
- 'Cardinal Rodriguez Tours Peruvian Earthquake Zone' (Catholic World News)
- 'ELCA Supports Earthquake Relief Efforts in Peru' (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America press release)
- 'Hands on Disaster Response Deploys to Pisco' (Hands on Disaster Response press release)
- 'Cry for Help Continues in Peru' (Herald News, Samantha Henry, New Jersey) "One minute, Paterson deputy mayor Maria del Pilar Rivas was catching up with friends, happy to be back in her native Peru for a visit after a four-year absence. The next moment, the earth began shaking violently, and she found herself in the midst of a magnitude-8 earthquake."
- 'Children Waiting to Return to School Following Peru Quake' (UNICEF; United Nations press release)
- 'ProInversion Mulls Outsourcing of Concession Process' (BNAmericas)
- 'A Questionable Award' (Boulder Weekly, Tom Rowe) "World Resources Institute actually uses Newmont's mine in Peru as a case study of what corporations should not do if they want to operate effectively and fairly within local communities."
- 'Peru's Executive Branch Proposes PEN71 Bln '08 Fiscal Budget' (Dow Jones, Robert Kozak)
- 'Lima's August Inflation Seen In 0.1%-0.2% Range - Bank' (Dow Jones)
- 'ScotiaBank Buys Major Chile Bank' (BNAmericas; Toronto Star, Rita Trichur)
- 'Bring Me My Spears' (Sydney Morning Herald, Steve Manfredi) re: asparagus "A lot better in both looks and flavour are the imported Peruvian spears."
- 'Peru Supports Colombia, Ecuador to Join APEC' (Prensa Latina; Xinhua News Agency)
- 'Fujimori Case Not in Chile's President's Agenda in Japan' (Agence France-Press; Prensa Latina)
- 'Five Best: Literary Works Excel in Depictions of Religion and Politics' (Wall Street Journal, Mary Ann Glendon) re: Feast of the Goat "This brilliant study of tyranny is not for the squeamish."
- 'Ghana, Spain Progress to Semifinals of U-17 World Cup' (Associated Press; FIFA) "Two-time winner Ghana dominated Peru in a 2-0 victory Saturday that put the Africans into the semifinals of the Under-17 World Cup."
- 'Starlets on Rampage - - as they Clash with Peru' (Statesman, Sammy Heywood Okine, Ghana)
- Nolberto Solano Leaves Newcastle for West Ham United (Newcastle Journal, Paul Gilder; BBC)
- 'Nolbert Solano Fact File' (West Ham United)
- 'We Were Nearly Alone at Magical Machu Picchu' (Vancouver Sun, Debbie McKeown)
- 'The Long March of the Penguins' (New Scientist, Jeff Hecht) "Waimanu is part of a revolution in penguin palaeontology that, along with two other new fossils from Peru, is transforming our understanding of the evolution of these enigmatic birds."
- 'Happy Blog Day 2007' (Global Voices)
- Blog Day Peru' (Johan Tennassi)
- 'Blog Day Peru'
- 'Doctor educated in Cuba heads home to Sicaya in Peru' (Cuba Headlines) re: Ernesto Barzola
- 'Let the Battle Begin in Virginia' (DCist) "Gilmore will eat at as many Peruvian places as it takes to convince Virginia's growing Hispanic population that he's one of them."
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