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Saturday, September 15, 2007

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS:
USAID and Oxfam, among others, offer relief updates on the day marking the month since the August 15 earthquake in Ica. The blood banks story gets further scrutiny including a BBC video report. US Commerce Secretary Commerce passes through Lima concurrent with the IDB meetings in the capital city.

On a lighter note, Sofia Mulanovich wins another Surfer Poll award - for the third consecutive year. And Cajamarca gets the luxurious travel treatment in tomorrows' New York Times.

QUAKE UPDATE:
The US Agency for International Development released an 'Earthquake Program Map' as of September 14, which details the geography of some of the relief.

• 'Peru Quake Reconstruction Effort Must Focus on Reducing Impact Of Future Disasters' (OXFAM press release) "Oxfam staff in Pisco, Humay, and Independencia have observed families begun rebuilding homes. They are using the same fragile materials, such as mud bricks and bamboo, to construct new homes as before, leaving them equally vulnerable to damage and collapse if another earthquake hits. "
  
• 'UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Gian Marco Zignago Visits Pisco Shelters' (Unicef press release) re: Gian Marco
  
• 'Marco Commits To Peru Benefit Concert' (Associated Press, Ayala Ben-Yehuda) re: Canto Por El Sur to include Gian Marco, Juan Luis Guerra, Christian Meier, Eva Ayllón, and others at Lima's National Stadium on September 29; ticket information
  
• 'Couple Tells of 'Terrifying' Ordeal Fleeing Earthquake' (Advertiser & Review, UK)
  
• 'Distribution of Assistance To Quake Victims Continues' (International Organization For Migration)
• 'Monterey Live Hosts Benefit For Peru Quake Victims' (Salinas Californian) re: Monterey Live
• 'Group from Goodfellow Air Force Base Helps Peruvians After Quake' (San Angelo Standard Times, California)
  

TAINTED BLOOD:

• 'Peruvian Mother Sues Government Over Tainted Blood' (Agence France Press)
• 'Peru Outraged By HIV Scandal' (BBC video)
  
• 'Blood Bank Emergency In Peru After Four People Become Infected' (Medical News Today, Christian Nordquist)
  

PEOPLE:

• 'Ex-Official Returns to Key Post at the CIA' (New York Times, Mark Mazzetti) re: Michael J. Sulick, worked in Peru
• 'Julio Cusurichi On Amazonian 'Development' ' (Counter Punch, Zachary Hurwitz) republished from Sept 1; re: the Inter-Oceanic Highway; Cusurichi is the 2007 Goldman Environmental Prize winner and representative of the Federación Nativa de Madre de Dios

FREE TRADE?

• 'Trade Pact With Peru Will Be Approved In 'Near Future,' US Commerce Secretary Says (Associated Press)
• 'Trade Deal With Peru Appears On Track For Congressional Approval' (Associated Press, Jim Abrams)
• 'Peru Free-Trade Agreement Set To Move In House After Delays' (Bloomberg, Mark Drajem)
  
• 'US Benefits From Trade Deal With Peru' (Miami Herald) excerpts from Sept 11 testimony at US Senate Finance Committee
• 'US Envoy Talks Trade Deal in Peru' (Prensa Latina) "US Congress will start discussing a controversial bilateral free trade agreement on September 25"
• 'US Trade Secretary Upbeat on Peru Trade Deal' (Reuters)
  
• 'US Commerce Secretary in Lima: FTA With Peru 'First On The List' " (Xinhua News Agency)
  

MICRO/MACRO ECONOMICS:

• 'IDB To Decide In December Whether To Fund Peru LNG Project' (Dow Jones)
• 'Peru's July GDP Expanded 8.38% vs Year Ago, According to INEI' (Dow Jones)
• 'Peru's Central Bank Intervenes To Buy $10 Million' (Dow Jones)
• 'Peru's Sep 11 Foreign Reserves $24.28 Bln Vs $24.03 Bln Sep 4' (Dow Jones)
• 'Peru's July Trade Surplus Shrank to $865Mln, according the Central Bank' (Dow Jones)
  
• 'The Booming Economy You Never Heard About: Peru Makes Its Way' (Money Morning, Jason Simpkins) "It is likely the free trade agreement with the U.S. will be ratified by congress by October, with the first votes coming this month, but that’s no guarantee."
• 'Peru July Trade Surplus Falls 25.4% on Year' (Reuters)
  
• 'IDB Sees $1.6bln - $2.5bln in Loans To Peru' (Reuters) re: interview with IADB President Luis Alberto Moreno in Lima
  

Mining:

• 'High Ridge Clarifies Land Holdings and Announces Acquisitions in San Mateo' (High Ridge Resources press release)
• 'Norsemont Mining Appoints Project Manager and VP for Constancia Copper Project' (Norsemont press release) re: Sean Spraggett
  
• 'Video Games Train Miners in Peru' (Reuters, Terry Wade and Marco Aquino) re: Caterpillar "he simulators at the 28th biannual mining conference in Peru's colonial city of Arequipa are modeled after similar ones used to train airplane pilots."
• 'Miners Struggle With Demanding Communities in Peru' (Reuters, Terry Wade) re: Areqipa
• 'Peru Mines Try to Meet Environmental, Community Concerns' (Reuters, Terry Wade)
  

INTERNATIONAL:

• 'Extradition Bid Awaited' (Patriot News, Pennsylania, Pete Shellum) re: William Trickett Smith; "Peru has an extradition treaty with the U.S. which was updated in 2002 by President Bush. Peru only has the death penalty for wartime treason."
• 'Cuban Ambassador To Peru Meets Cajamarca Governor' (Prensa Latina)
• Peru Representative for Latin America at UN Convention to Combat Desertification (Syrian Arab News Agency)
  

SPORTS:

• Several Peruvians Play Tennis at University of Southern California (University press release) re: Javier Tori (Lima, Peru/Markham College), Renzo Airaldi (Lima, Peru/Domingo Faustino Sarmiento), Vivian Neuenschwander (Arequipa, Peru/Mah-Uhle)
• 'Sofia Mulanovich Wins Third Consecutive Surfer Poll Award' (Transworld Surf)
• 35th Anniversary Surfer Poll & Video Awards (Surfer Mag) see listing with Sofia #1!
  

ARTS & CULTURE:

• 'Seton Hall Hosts Premiere of Documentary Film, The Calling' (Seton Hall University, Dr. David Foster) re: The Calling; film played in New York in January
  

TRAVEL:

• 'Latin Airports Struggle Over Hazards' (Miami Herald, Tyler Bridges) "In July, Iquitos' newly elected mayor, Salomón Abensur, fulfilled a campaign promise by moving the dump 15 miles from the airport. Nearly all the birds went with it.Aviation officials lifted the ban on daytime flights. But the flights have yet to resume, in part because 300-400 vultures remain to feast at nearby hog and chicken farms."
• 'Just Back From The Amazon, Peru' (San Francisco Chronicle) re: Shirley and Mike Foster
• 'Cajamarca, Peru: Hotel & Spa Laguna Seca' (New York Times, Clifford Krauss) re: tomorrow's print edition - Laguna Seca
  

FOOD:

• 'What's Cookin' Behind The Curtain - Perusing Some Peruvian' (LAist, Ryan Young) re: Inka Mama's
• 'Living It Up' (Economic Times, India) re: Peruvian Food Festival in Delhi
  
• 'Music, Dinner Hail Hispanic Heritage' (News-Leader, Jaime Baranyal) re: Angie Keller

OTHER:

• 'Hispanics Shift Hospitals' Resource' (Dallas Morning News, Jason Roberson) re: Galina Chavez
  
• 'Rental Costs Squeeze Tenants' (San Mateo County Times) re: Jose Morales

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