Sunday, September 16, 2007
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS:
The long trip back to Peru for many Machu Picchu artifacts that Hiram Bingham took with him to Yale seem to finally be at a turning point. Somewhat ironically this comes as Gene Savoy, the colorful explorer of other Peruvian antiquities, dies at age 80.
'Mr. Gauguin's Heart, a children's book (for ages 6-9) by Marie-Danielle Croteau, is quickly reviewed by Canada's The Record. The book focuses on the travel by ship from Denmark to the artist's grandmother's home country. And when they arrive in Callao, the young Gaugin doesn't want to leave the ship.
[Send corrections, questions, and submissions to peruvia @ gmail.com.]
YALE TO RETURN ARTIFACTS:
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The long trip back to Peru for many Machu Picchu artifacts that Hiram Bingham took with him to Yale seem to finally be at a turning point. Somewhat ironically this comes as Gene Savoy, the colorful explorer of other Peruvian antiquities, dies at age 80.
'Mr. Gauguin's Heart, a children's book (for ages 6-9) by Marie-Danielle Croteau, is quickly reviewed by Canada's The Record. The book focuses on the travel by ship from Denmark to the artist's grandmother's home country. And when they arrive in Callao, the young Gaugin doesn't want to leave the ship.
[Send corrections, questions, and submissions to peruvia @ gmail.com.]
YALE TO RETURN ARTIFACTS:
- 'Yale To Return Machu Picchu Artifacts' (Associated Press; Washington Post - last item) "Finally it has been established that Peru is the owner of each one of the pieces," Housing Minister Hernan Garrido Lecca, who led negotiations with Yale, told Lima's Radioprogramas radio."
- 'Yale University Agrees To Return Machu Picchu Artifacts to Peru' (Bloomberg, Kelly Riddell and Brian K. Sullivan)
- 'Yale To Return Incan Artifacts' (Hartford Courant, Edmund H. Mahony)
- 'Yale, Peru Reach Agreement' (Yale Daily News, Rachel Boyd)
- 'Joint Statement by Government of Peru and Yale University' (Yale University) "The Government of Peru will undertake to build a new Museum and Research Center in Cusco, for which Yale will serve as advisor, and where the proposed exhibition will be installed following its tour."
- 'Photo Auction to Benefit Quake Victims' (Arizona Republic) re: Yo Tambien Me Llamo Peru on Sept 17
- 'Peru Crisis 'Getting Worse' ' (BBC Video)
- 'Corruption Shock Peruvians' (Prensa Latina, Cuba)
- 'Drama Continues One Month After Earthquake' (Prensa Latina, Cuba)
- 'Explorer Who Found Lost Peru Cities Dies' (Associated Press, Martin Griffith) re: Douglas Eugene 'Gene' Savoy' "Dubbed the "real Indiana Jones" by People magazine, Savoy was credited with finding four of Peru's most important archaeological sites, including Vilcabamba, the last refuge of the Incas from the Spanish Conquistadors. ... Savoy discovered more than 40 stone cities of a mysterious pre-Inca civilization known as the Chachapoyas."
- 'Latin American Women Scholars Gathered in Peru' (United Methodist Church, Mary Beth Coudal) re: includes Congressman María Cleofé Sumire de Conde
- 'Peruvian President Apologizes To Patient Infected With HIV At State Hospital' (Xinhua News Agency)
- 'Biofuel Is The Region's Next Promising Venture' (Miami Herald, Tyler Bridges) "Rex Canon, Maple's president and chief executive officer, said Peru's northern coast offers among the best conditions in the world for producing sugar cane for ethanol, with hot, dry weather during the day and cool weather at night, year-round."
- 'Free Trade Initiatives Are On Life-Support As Export Growth Slows' (Miami Herald, Pablo Bachelet)
- 'Peru Begins Preparations For Extradition Of Former President' (Xinha News Agency)
- 'Cajamarca, Peru: Hotel & Spa Laguna Seca' (New York Times, Clifford Krauss) re: in Travel Section's Spa edition - Laguna Seca
- 'Dr. Cyclops' Film Set In Peru (Blog Critics Magazine, Matt Paprocki) re: review of DVD release of 1940 film; sci-fi film depicts escape from Peruvian jungle "though mostly captured on sound stages"
- 'Harry Potter Producer to Create Film Version Of Paddington Bear' (CBC News) re: David Heyman
- 'Children's Book Review: Mr. Gaugiuin's Heart' (The Record, Canada) "Little Paul Gauguin is sailing from Denmark to Peru when tragedy strikes"; the book is by Marie-Danielle Croteau
- 'Latino Lives' (Wilmington Star, North Carolina) "Peruvian native Edelmira Segovia takes issue with Hispanics being considered a race. 'We are a conglomeration of different backgrounds. We do have one thing in common, and that is our Spanish language root. Not all of us share the same culture. ... We've been generalized into this brown-looking people originally from south of the border. We have a long way to go to educate the majority in the diversity of being Hispanic'."
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