Monday, September 10, 2007
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS:
Today's roundup includes the BBC in Tingo Maria, an adventure story by a USA professor near Iquitos, and a slightly dubious report on a USA professor in Pucallpa. The tragic news from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania continues (additional background is in 'General News' in yesterday's Peruvia).
On this day in 1823, Simon Bolivar was named president of Peru with dictatorial powers, according to the UPI Almanac.
And we wish a very Happy Birthday to Yma Sumac, according to the Associated Press. YouTube gives many renditions of performances including a Peruvia favourite: La Molina, from 1990.
[Send corrections, questions, and submissions to peruvia @ gmail.com.]
GENERAL NEWS:
Trade:
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Today's roundup includes the BBC in Tingo Maria, an adventure story by a USA professor near Iquitos, and a slightly dubious report on a USA professor in Pucallpa. The tragic news from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania continues (additional background is in 'General News' in yesterday's Peruvia).
On this day in 1823, Simon Bolivar was named president of Peru with dictatorial powers, according to the UPI Almanac.
And we wish a very Happy Birthday to Yma Sumac, according to the Associated Press. YouTube gives many renditions of performances including a Peruvia favourite: La Molina, from 1990.
[Send corrections, questions, and submissions to peruvia @ gmail.com.]
GENERAL NEWS:
- 'Pennsylvania Man Held After Internet Bride Found Slain In Peru' (Associated Press)
- 'Boom-Time for Peru's Coca Growers' (BBC, Dan Collyns) re: Tingo Maria and Huanuco
- 'Indigenous Peoples and the Left in Latin America' (Monthly Review, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz)
- 'Russian Foreign Minister to Visit Peru, Paraguay and Uruguay' (Ros Business Consulting)
- 'Chile's Bachelet Gets Peru's Support for Human Rights Seat' (Santiago Times, Anne Pallisgaard) "After meeting for nearly one hour Saturday with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Peruvian President Alan García confirmed he will be supporting Chile’s efforts to obtain a United Nations Human Rights Council seat."
- Emergency Aid for the Diococese of Lurín' (Aid to the Church in Need, Roman Catholic Church)
Trade:
- 'Peru: Vietnamese and Chinese Shoes Saved from Anti-Dumping Duties' (Fibre-2-Fashion)
- South Kora, Peru for Joint Free Trade (Korea Herald, Kim Ji-hyun) "Roh met his Peruvian counterpart, Alan Gabriel Garcia Perez. They agreed to work together to achieve a free trade agreement. South Korea and Peru forged diplomatic ties in 1963."
- 'Lift Barriers' (editorial, Orlando Sentinel) "For months now, Congress has been stalling trade agreements between the United States and Peru, Panama, Colombia and South Korea. The delay is especially unfortunate for Florida."
- China, Peru for Free Trade Agreement (Xinhua News Agency)
- 'Landmark Mining and Energy Deal Struck Between Australia and Peru' (Borneo Bulletin, Sonia Kin)
- 'BPZ Energy Announces Successful Oil Test' (BPZ press release)
- Peru Becomes 22nd Country to Ratify ILO Convention 176 (Ethical Corp Magazine) re: health and safety in mines; see also July ICEM union press release
- 'Jim Finn Interview' (Septimo Vicio) re: La trinchera luminosa del Presidente Gonzalo "I wanted to make a film that would show a stylized version of a day in the life of Shining Path prisoners."
- 'Pizarro: Peru and Early Plans' (Chelsea Football Club) full interview can be seen in Chelsea TV's 'The Big Interview' on Wednesday and Friday
- Mariana Portilla Wins Half Marathon in Medellin' (Xinhua News Agency)
- 'Deep In The Jungle, Killer Eel Part of Adventure in Peru' (The Reporter, California, Rodney Orosco) re: Tahuayo Lodge near Iquitos
- 'Strike in Peru Postponed Return Home, Revealed Human Compassion' (The Spectator, University of Wisconsin, Kathlyn Hotynski) Professor Sue Peck "was stuck in Pucallpa, with no public transportation, no stores and few hotels and restaurants. Food was getting scarce, she said, and locals burned garbage in the streets in front of their homes. Such situations are more familiar to the people of Peru." See Also from July 10: 'Professor Says It's Good To Be Home' (Leader-Telegram, Chris Vetter)
- Carlos Basombrío at InterAmerican Dialogue Tomorrow in Washington (Washington Times, James Morrison)
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