Tuesday, April 08, 2008
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Peruvia will only be updated peripatetically.
Link suggestions, corrections and questions can be sent to peruvia @ gmail.com.
- Peru airlifts relief to marooned northern districts (Irish Sun) "The National Weather Service said there was no visible sign that the rain would relent in weeks to come."
- Police pull a man from a raging river swollen by heavy rains in Cajamarca (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Settled science, or dogged dogma? (Aspen Times, Addison Gardner) "In Lima, Peru, Dec. 17 — the Ward family (missionaries) built a snow fort in their backyard."
- Playrooms for young population affected by quake serve many roles (United Nations Children's Fund, Elsa Ursula)
- To get a real taste of Peru, visit the 'superstar of supermarkets' (The Telegraph, Alison Roberts) "Peruvians can't get enough of it, and Wong holds a similar place in their hearts. I can see why. It's the superstar of supermarkets and I've fallen under its spell too."
- Peru Olympic commitee chairman objects boycotting Beijing Olympics (Xinhua) "Carlos Paz-Soldan believes that all forms of boycotts of the Beijing Olympics are doomed to failure. "We object to the boycotting of Beijing Olympics," he said."
- The silence of the Bombonera (FIFA) "It was at this very venue, a place where many of the world's finest players have struggled to perform, that Peru pulled off one of the biggest achievements in their footballing history."
- Pizarro To Fight Peruvian International Ban (Goal.com) "Denied drinking alcohol or having women in his hotel room while on international duty with Peru."
- Dos y Dos: ISA Finals In Peru (Surfline)
- World Masters Surfing Championship (Surfers Path) "The Peruvian team rounded out the top four with 8766-points."
- Peru hopes to establish direct flight to China soon (Xinhua) "Peru's First Vice President Luis Giampietri Rojas said startup of the flight will help realize Peru's aim of turning Lima International Airport into a major traffic hub among all 21 APEC members. ... Peru receives 10,000 Chinese visitors each year and the number is expected to reach 250,000 by 2015."
- Peru Doe Run smelter says production hit by strike (Mining Journal) "La Oroya smelter and metallurgical facility struck for a third day on April 7. ... Peru is the world`s second-largest producer of copper and zinc and its fifth-largest producer of gold. It is the largest silver producer in the world."
- Peruvian Miners Strike (World Socialist Website)
- Letter to Editor Questions Trade (Chico Enterprise Record, California) "Recently we [the USA] signed a trade agreement with Peru. For your information, in 2006, Peru sold $5.9 billion worth of goods to the United States, while buying $2.9 billion in U.S. exports. Vern Leathers"
- Columnist Supports Trade (Argus Leader, Froma Harrop) "And the U.S.-Peru free trade agreement "took an important step forward," she said, in tightening the environmental rules. Among other things, it stopped the flow of illegally logged timber from Peru."
- Haynes and Boone Represents Irradia in Complex Cross-Border Financing of Peruvian Natural Gas Facility (press release) "The natural gas feedstock for the project will be sourced from the Camisea field in eastern Peru and transported by a pipeline, owned by several large international oil companies, from the Camisea field to Lima."
- Milpo stresses own value in face of Votorantim offer (Steel Guru) "BNamericas reported that Peruvian zinc miner Milpo is urging shareholders to think twice about tendering their shares to a public offer from Brazilian owned Votorantim Metais."
- Better care urged for world's moms, babies (Deseret News) "Gina Tambini, the area manager of family and community health for the Pan American Health Organization, said one woman in Peru asked after her young son died why no one had told her it was important to wash her hands to avoid disease."
- ADRA gives economic opportunities to women in Peru (Adventist Development and Relief Agency, Nadia McGill)
- Potatoes seen as 'food of the future' (Food Navigator) "In Peru, the government is urging people to eat bread made with potato flour to try to reduce costly wheat imports and keep food price inflation down."
- Tacna and Moquegua Regions in Southern Peru Declared Fruit Fly Free Areas (FAO)
- Peru incinerates over 4 tons of illicit drugs (Xinhua)
- The Lima wedding over the weekend is covered by media around the globe; a sampling includes the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Detroit Free Press. See video of the wedding in yesterday's Peruvia.
- Peruvian opera star weds in Lima cathederal (Andean Currents)
- Amazing lighting show at Real Felipe Fortress in Callao (Andina Press Agency)
- Bank details online for a fiver (Web User) "Peru has the highest rate of malicious activity per broadband subscriber in the world."
- Charleton Heston Obituary Cites Cine Metro in Lima (Los Angeles Times, Carina Chocano)
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