Peruvia

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS:
Today's Peruvia offers a panoply of events from meteorites crashing to cuy-eating, from Machu Picchu being 'loved to death' to a debate on whether Yale University is sending all the ruin's artifacts back. The August 15 earthquake receives another United Nations update and reporters in northern and southern Peru are under attack.

Finally, congratulations to Daniela Macias Brandes on winning the Pan Am Badminton Junior Championships Mixed Doubles, U-11.

[Send corrections, questions, and submissions to peruvia @ gmail.com.]

PRESS CHALLENGES:

• 'Local Radio Forcibly Shut Down, Another Hounded by Government' (Reporters Without Borders) re: "the brutal closure of Radio Orión in Pisco"
• 'Journalists Fired At By Prison Staff' (Reporters Without Borders) "Staff fired shots at six journalists who arrived at the prison in the northwestern town of Chimbote."
  

METEORITE HITS SOUTHERN PERU?

• 'Mystery Illness Strikes After Meteorite Hits Peruvian Village' (Agence France Press) "Seven policemen who went to check on the reports also became ill and had to be given oxygen before being hospitalized."
  
• VIDEO: 'Peruvian Mystery Crater' (Reuters, Rich Edson)
  

YALE TO RETURN ARTIFACTS:

• 'Yale to Return Machu Picchu Artifacts To Peru' (Agence France Press)
  
• 'Yale Agrees To Return Artifacts To Peru' (Art Info)
• 'Machu Picchu Relics' (BBC slide show)
• 'Machu Picchu Artifacts To Be Returned To Peru' (Los Angeles Times, Adriana León and Patrick J. McDonnell) "Doubts have surfaced about the scope of the accord and about Yale's right to retain certain parts of the collection for "ongoing research," as a university statement said."
• 'Yale To Return Peru's Disputed Machu Picchu Objects' (Reuters)
• 'Yale To Return Relics To Peru' (UPI)
  

MACHU PICCHU LOVED TO DEATH?

• 'Conservationists Fear Machu Picchu Will Be Loved To Death' (Houston Chronicle, John Otis) see accompanying slide show with audio

GENE SAVOY:

• 'Explorer Found Lost Cities' (Los Angeles Times, Thomas H. Maugh II) "Archaeologists alleged that many of his "discoveries" had already been mapped and reported by Peruvian archaeologists or were known to locals, and that his publicizing their locations without scientific follow-up opened them to looting and environmental degradation. Savoy dismissed his critics as 'fuddy-duddy academics'."
• 'Explorer Braved Jungles and Oceans' (New York Sun, Stephen Miller)
  

QUAKE RELIEF & RESPONSE:
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released their 'Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 17' which includes updates on the response including information on education, water and sanitation, as well as a review of donors. (The full 3-page report is also online.)

• 'AIG Disaster Relief Fund Donates $300k for CHF Int'l Peru Quake' (CHF International press release) see accompanying video
• 'Peru In Ruins After Mega-QUake' (Baruch College Ticker, Cynthia Rojas)
  

MICRO/MACRO ECONOMICS:

• 'IDB, WTO, World Bank Discuss Aid For Trade In Lima' (BNAmericas)
• 'White House Urges Colombia Trade Vote After Peru' (Reuters, Doug Palmer)
• 'Free Trade Agreements Taking Different Paths' (Women's Wear Daily, Kristi Ellis)
  

Mining:

• 'Peruvians Vote Against Mine Plan' (BBC, Dan Collyns) "President Alan Garcia accused objectors of plotting to stymie economic growth."
• 'Southern Copper Union Says Talks Break Off With Company' (Dow Jones)
  
• 'Inca Pacific To List On Lima Stock Exchange' (Inca Pacific press release)
  
• 'Communities Say 'No' To Mining Company' (Inter Press Service, Milagros Salazar) re: Minera Majaz
• 'Workers At Shougang Hierro Peru Mine On Strike' (Reuters; Dow Jones)
  

TRAVEL:

• 'Spiritual Trips Are A Hot Trend' (Vancouver Sun, Janet Collins) "I was so changed by what happened on my trip to Peru that I quit my job and practise daily meditation."

TAINTED BLOOD:

• 'Peru Health Ministry Launches Blood Bank Inspection' (Kaiser Network summary)

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL POLITICS:

• 'Latin American Border Tensions Rise' (Los Angeles Times, Chris Kraul) "Chile, Bolivia and Peru continue to bicker over land and maritime rights that Chile has claimed since it won a three-way war in 1884."
• 'Oil Companies In 'Farcicial' Megaphone Plan For Uncontacted Tribes' (Survival International press release)

FOOD:

• 'Peru To Belly Up To EPCOT Food & Wine Festival' (Orlando Sentinel blog, Dewayne Bevil) "Last year, Peru was involved for a limited run of about 10 days, but this year Peruvian items will be available throughout the event."
• 'Rachael Ray in Lima' (Food Network, Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels) re: Ceviche at 9pm, GMT +5)
  
• 'A Fresh Approach To Food' (Atlanta Journal Constitution, Elizabeth Lee) re: author Barbara Kingsolver and eating locally; "We used to buy vegetables that had been shipped from far away, and now I look at them and think, well, who would want asparagus from Peru? Maybe a Peruvian, but not me."
• 'How To Eat A Pet: A Gastronomic Adventure In The Andes' (Drexel Univ Smart Set, Lynn Levin) "Ask a Peruvian if he or she eats cuy, and you will hear that person wax sentimental about the way his or her mamá prepared it – just the same way an American will rhapsodize about Mom’s apple pie or fried chicken. Still, as much as the Peruvians boasted of their favorite cuy fricassee or roast cuy, not once did I see an Andean or a Criollo actually eat cuy."
• 'Real Life 'Indiana Jones' Dies In Reno Home' (KTVN-2, Kellene Stockwell)
  
• 'The Farm Down The Street' (South Bend Tribune, Mike Petrucelli) "It's better than going to a grocery store," where similar food may have been brought in from California or Peru."

IMMIGRATION:

• 'An Outside View Of Immigration Coverage' (Miami Herald, Edward Schumacher-Matos) "A story on the front of the Metro section, however, did focus on a young woman expelled to Peru."
• 'Ceremony Adds 60 New Citizens' (Arkansas Morning News, Steve Caraway) re: Ernesto Santos
  
• 'Illegal Peruvians Seek Protected Status' (The Record, New Jersey, Elizabeth Llorente) "Roughly 30,000 illegal Peruvian immigrants in the state -- many of them in North Jersey -- could avoid deportation if a post-earthquake lobbying effort succeeds."

ARTS & LITERATURE:

• '40 Below Summer' (Gauntlet, California) re: Carlos Aguilar on drums
• 'Trent Archaeologist Receives Highest Honour From Peruvian Community' (Trent University, Canada) re: Professor John Topic Named to the Order of Jose Faustino Sanchez Carrion by City of Huamachuco; "On August 15 in a special session of Huamachuco’s city council, the community passed a resolution proclaiming Prof. Topic and his wife, fellow archaeologist Theresa Topic, to be members of the order and presented him with an ornate citation, ceremonial medal, a clock and ceramic sculpture."
• 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' (Variety, Steven Suskin) Directed by Gisela Cardenas "Cardenas, a Peruvian living in New York, serves as director in residence at the Vortex, where she staged an acclaimed "Agamemnon" in 2005. If this "Spider Woman" is any indication, Cardenas is a name to remember."

SPORTS:

• Daniela Macias Brandes Win Mixed Doubles' (Jamaican Gleaner) re: with Sean Wilson (Mexico) in Pan Am Badminton Junior Championships U-11
  

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