Thursday, September 06, 2007

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:
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:
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:
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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