Peruvia

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS:
Quake updates continue today including reports of a 5.2 aftershock. The US Agency for International Development provides a helpful updated factsheet on the situation in Ica (see also their full 3-pp report).

Yale Daily News (Rachel Boyd and Andrew Mangino) reports that "Yale and Peru are closer than ever to resolving their long-standing dispute over artifacts from Machu Picchu, and a delegation from Peru will be arriving at Yale late next week for negotiations about the status of the objects." ('Peru Talks to Enter Key Phase')

Several notable articles are on the arts including the re-release of ¡Gózalo! Bugalú Tropical, Volume 2 which Toronto's Now Magazine says is "a stellar second installment in their amazing document of the searing Latin jazz, storming R&B and bruising boogaloo jams recorded in Peru during the 60s and 70s." CD versions of Vol 1 and Vol 2 are available online from Munster Records (Spain).

Finally, there are also several food-related items today. (Thursdays are usually devoted to restaurant reviews in the North American press.)

QUAKE RELIEF & RESPONSE:

• 'Red Cross Fundraising Efforts for Victims of Peru Quake Fall Short' (Antelope Valley Press, Alisha Semchuck)
• 'Bulletin IV: AMDA Multi-National Medical Mission' (Assoc of Medical Doctors of Asia)
• 'Gala To Aid Quake Victims' (Benton Daily Record, Arkansas)
• 'Auroran's Earthquake Aid Collection Headed to Peru' (Fox Valley Villages Sun, Kristen Zambo, Chicago)
• '100 Mile Traveller Survives Tragic Earthquake' (Free Press, Joan Silver) re: travelers were in Titicaca
• 'Family Tells of Ordeal After Quake Hits Peru' (Gloucestershire Gazette, Alex Ross, UK) re: Turner-Saona family
  
• 'Earthquake Teaches It Doesn't Do Any Good To Worry About Things' (Hot Springs Village Voice) re: Carrie Thomsen
• 'Vital Communication Links Restored After Peru Quake' (International Telecommunication Union press release)
• 'Aid Headed for Peru' (Montreal Gazette)
• 'US Should Be Helping Its Own Disaster Victims First' (opinion, Sun-Sentinel, Ann Ouellette, Florida)
• 'Earthquake Fact Sheet #4, FY 2007' (US Agency for International Development; see full 3-pp report)
• 'Area Native Brad Huffey Winesses 8.0 Earthquake in Peru' (Waukon Standard)
  
• 'What Children See After Quake in Peru' (World Vision, Yadira Pacheco)
• 'Peru Hit By Strong Earthquake With No Deaths' (Xinhua News Agency) re: 5.2 on Richter
  

MICRO/MACRO ECONOMICS:

• 'Microlender Creditos Arequipa Plans to Enter Debt Market' (BNAmericas)
• 'Commerce Chamber Pushes for US$250 million Water Project' (BNAmericas)
  
• 'Andean Community, EU To Aim for Wide Social, Trade Accord' (Dow Jones)
• 'Behind he Scenes Ahead of the APEC Meeting' (Financial Times, Peter Smith) "Peru, which will host next year's APEC summit, have sent an observer team to monitor whether the Aussies have got it right."
  
• 'Peru, China To Talk Trade' (Prensa Latina, Cuba)
  

FREE TRADE?:

• 'Panama, Peru Pacts Likely for Action as Democrats Weigh Trade Politics' (Congressional Quarterly, Victoria McGrane)
• 'Democrats Should Be Grilled on Trade Policy' (opinion, Miami Herald, Andres Oppenheimer)
  
• 'Democrats Say Support Growing for Trade Pacts' (Reuters, Doug Palmer)

FUJI FILE:

• 'Fujimori Case Heats Up Peru-Chile Riff' (Prensa Latina, Cuba)
  

ARTS & LITERATURE:

• 'Christie's Axes pre-Colombian Sales' (Art Market, Roland Lloyd Parry) "Denied the move was due to pressure at a time when Peru and the US government are cracking down on the looting of antiquities from the Andean country."
  
• 'Spanish University Awards Honorary Degree to Writer Vargas Llosa' (Associated Press)
  
• 'Island Talen Featured in Art and Literary Journal' (Block Island Times, Gloria S. Redlich)
• 'Chavez' Influence Is "Not An Irresistible Risk' (El Universal, Venezuela) Vargas Llosa on Chavez
• Revived Music: ¡Gózalo! Bugalú Tropical, Vol 2 (Now Magazine, Toronto) "A stellar second installment in their amazing document of the searing Latin jazz, storming R&B and bruising boogaloo jams recorded in Peru during the 60s and 70s." CD versions of Vol 1 and Vol 2 are available online.
  
• 'Theatre Artists Honored with 2007 Princess Grace Awards' (Playbill, Adam Hetrick; press release) re: Gisela Cardenas

FOOD & RESTAURANTS:

• 'Utensils in Kitchen Subject of Lesson' (opinion, News Press, Alessia Leathers, Florida) "Cape Coral resident Alessia Leathers, who is from Peru, South America, writes about how words in Spanish and English can often be misinterpreted."
• The Patio in California (ContraCosta Times) re: Marcelo Abusada and The Patio Tapas
• 'A Peruvian Twist for Chicken' (Delaware News Journal) re: Erik Christopherson "why not try some a la brasa?"
• 'Super Pollo' (Falls Church News Press, Rachel Castro, Virginia)
  
• 'Taste of the Tetons' (Jackson Hole Star Tribune) re: Gustavo Suclla Schiaffino
• 'Nazca Owner Dreams Big, and Diners Reap Rewards' (Miami Herald, Rochelle Koff) re: Juan Carlos Tizon, Nazca Restaurant
• 'Peruvian Food Comes Here' (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) re: Chicken Latino, Shelbin Santos and Art Evana
• 'Latin Routes' (Washington City Paper, Tim Carman) re: Rumberos
  

SPORTS:

• 'Steph Hits Back in Style' (Fox News; The Age, Australia) "Peru's Sofia Mulanovich also overcame the conditions by posting a near-perfect 9.25 out of 10."

TRAVEL:

• 'Vacationing with a Purpose' (King5-TV, Seattle) "Dancing with the natives of Peru."
• 'Archaeological Splendour of Peru' (Travelbite, UK)
  

IMMIGRATION:

• 'We're Going to be Together' (Pulse Journal, Ohio) "Engaged couple faces uncertain future after fiance's arrest in Koch immigration raid."
• 'Marriage Plans Now in Hands of Judge' (Pulse Journal, Ohio)
  

OTHER:

• 'Teens Spend Month in the Andes Helping Children at Orphanage' (The Acorn, Stephanie Bertholdo)
  
• 'Lawyer: Man Killed After He Came on to Suspect' (Grand Rapids Press, Barton Deiters; WOOD-TV) "Scarborough left a message on Robinson's cell phone saying he'd taken care of the 'Peruvians'."
  
• 'LexisNexis Announces Conference on Economic Development and the Rule of Law' (LexisNexis press release) including Alejandro Toledo
• 'Amazon Visit Inspires San Anselmo Anthropologist' (Marin Independent Journal) re: Bea Agins with the Achual
  
• 'Policy on School Uniforms Doesn't Fit All' (Newsday, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher) re: Luis Garcia
  
• 'Africans Must Blow Whistle On Political Leaders' (New Vision, Uganda) "Malawi today is only second to Peru globally in the most dramatic reduction of infant mortality."
• Venezuela, Peru in Row' (UPI, Carmen Gentile) re: asylum for Carlos Ortega

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