Peruvia

GENERAL NEWS:

'Peru's High Court Upholds Sentence for Convicted Drug Kingpin' (Associated Press) re: Fernando Zevallos
'Harrisburg Man Sought In Murder in Peru' (Patriot-News, Pete Shellem and Ford Turner) re: Jana Gomez Menendez de Smith and William Trickett Smith Jr.; see accompanying photographs; In Spanish: Peruvian television programs (1, 2, 3) on You Tube

QUAKE RELIEF & RESPONSE:

'Fund Raiser Planned for Earthquake Victims' (Las Cruces Sun-News) re: 'Yoga and Tea for a Cause'
'Tents, Cash Needed For Peru Quake Relief Trip' (Leader Call, Mississippi, Jason Niblett)
'Experts Find Positives for New Zealand After Big Quake in Peru' (New Zealand Press Agency)
'Some Help for Peru Quake Victims' (Providence Journal, Edward Fitzptrick)

MICRO/MACRO ECONOMICS:
APEC

'Looking Sheepish in Aus Coats' (Agence France-Press) re: Alan Garcia and other APEC leaders in Aussie coats
'APEC Leaers Disagree on Trade, Climate Change' (Bloomberg, Gemma Daley and Theophilos Argitis) " 'We must go back to the basic foundation and avoid the illusion of demanding or discussing all world issues in this forum,'' Peruvian President Alan Garcia told company executives in Sydney."
'China and Peru Thicken Ties' (Prensa Latina)
'Russia Boosts LatAm Woo Strategy' (Prensa Latina)
'2008 APEC Leaders Meeting To Be Held in Peru' (Xinhua News Agency)
'S. Korea, Peru Agree to Begin FTA Discussions' (Yonhap News, South Korea, Yoo Cheong-mo; Korea Times, Kim Yon-se)

General

'Southern Copper, Peru Workers to Hold Talks As Strike Looms' (Bloomberg, Alex Emery)
'Congress' Shift on Trade' (opinion, Miami Herald, Andres Oppenheimer) "The Senate Finance Committee is to begin hearings on the Peru treaty on Tuesday."

ARTS & LITERATURE

'Proms Season Draws Record Crowds' (BBC) "The main event featured Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez and the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Carl Davis."
Review: 'The Art of Political Murder' by Francisco Goldman (Los Angeles Times, Ilan Stavans) The author attacks Vargas Llosa "for having misunderstood the case."
'Poems Che Guevara Lived and Died By' (Guardian, Javier Espinoza) "Among the 69 poems are some by Peruvian Cesar Vallejo, who was one of the century's great poetic innovators."
Washington Post Book Reviewer on American Football from Lima (Washington Post, Jonathan Yardley) "Last winter, I watched most of the playoff games and the Super Bowl in my apartment in Lima, Peru, brought to me courtesy of ESPN and/or Fox Sports. A sports bar less than half a mile from the apartment carries NFL games every weekend and advertises them prominently on a blackboard outside."

SPORTS:

IMMIGRATION:

'Skilled Immigrants Often Stuck at Bottom of US Job Ladder' (Associated Press, Juliana Barbassa) re: Ines Gonzalez-Lehman
'Man In Ski Mask Sticks Up Motel, Flees with Cash' (Lancaster New Era, John M. Hoober III, Pennsylvania) "Police said the woman is an illegal immigrant from Peru."

PEOPLE:

'The Human Side of Industry Slowdown' (Bonita News, Gina Edwards, Florida) re: Roberto Lewis
'Spanish Teacher Making Her Way in Midland' (Midland Reporter-Telegram, Ruth Campbell, Texas) re: Duberlinda Mauricio
'Head Girl' (The Times, UK) re: interview with Helena Christensen

OTHER:

'Junk Food is Replacing Potatoes and Leading to Type 2 Diabetes in Peru' (Diabetes Health, Betty Wedman)
'Four Elkhart County Natives Travel to Peru for SST' (Goshen News, Indiana) re: Goshen College Study Service Term program; see accompanying blog by Professor Duane Stoltzfus
'Jungle Fever: Are Shamans the New Shrinks?' (The Times, UK, Clover Stroud) re: ayahuasca and Tahir Shah's Trail of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru
'Volunteer Vacations Combine Travel, Service' (Toledo Blade, Ann Weber) reporting from Chorrillos

Permalink; posted by Peruvia : 9/09/2007 08:20:00 AM