Sunday, April 06, 2008
Editor's Note: Thank you to all who have sent in notes, tips, and regards.
Peruvia will only be updated peripatetically.
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JUAN DIEGO WEDS
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Peruvia will only be updated peripatetically.
Link suggestions, corrections and questions can be sent to peruvia @ gmail.com.
- Hugely popular Opera star Juan Diego Florez weds in Peru (Associated Press; Canadian Press; Australian Associated Press) at National Cathedral; see photos
- 'Easy money' comes with high cost (Miami Herald, Patrick J. McDonnell, re-run of Los Angeles Times) "Scores of Europeans have been put in Peruvian jails on charges of attempting to smuggle cocaine out of Lima's airport."
- Coke’s strategy for emerging markets (The Times, South Africa, Carlos Niezen and Julio Rodriguez) "Here is the three-part strategy that Coke/Lindley developed for serving its mom-and-pop customers in Peru."
- Review: Pacifika (Newsday, Ed Morales) "From north of the border comes a new alterna-pop band called Pacifika, whose new album, "Asunción," is just out on Six Degrees Records. Led by Silvana Kane, who was born in Lima, Peru, but was raised in Milwaukee and Vancouver, Pacifika is a minimalist trio that traffics in an ethereal pan-Latin sound." Watch one of their videos here.
- IDB meeting embroiled in 'green' debate (Miami Herald, Jane Bussey and Jim Wyss) "In Peru, the bank has approved a $400 million loan to the Camisea gas project, which cuts through a biodiverse region of the Peruvian Amazon."
- Niche Lenders Feel Safe (Miami Herald, Jim Wyss) "During a banking crisis in Peru a few years ago, commercial banks saw defaults hit 12%, even as MiBanco hovered at 4%."
- Price controls are counterproductive, experts say (Reuters, Lesley Wroughton) story leads with an Alan Garcia comparison 1985/2008 "As Peru again faces rising food prices -- this time along with the rest of the world -- a re-elected Alan Garcia has drawn on past experience and rejected price controls."
- ICM plans sale of flagship Peruvian mine (The Independent, Mark Leftly)
- Arrests for participating in Bolivarian conference (Green Left, Australia, Raul Connolly) "Following their participation in the Bolivarian Continental Coordinator (CCB) in Quito, Ecuador, seven members of the Peru chapter of the CCB were detained upon returning to Peru on terrorism charges."
- How Would You Like Your Guinea Pig, Sir? (The Observer, James Doran) "Can a nation that barbecues small rodents really have anything to offer the serious gastronome? Plenty! In fact, the imaginative cuisine is one of the best reasons to visit Peru."
- Guinea Pig: The Andean delicacy (Andean Currents)
- A 20-year-old Amazon volunteer (Detroit Free Press)
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