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Saturday, August 25, 2007

Click here for resources on how and where to send aid in response to the August 15 earthquake.

NUMBERS: The numbers have started coming in mainly related to the earthquake.
Deaths already officially certified
514
Injured
1,090
Houses destroyed*
39,741
Houses affected
12,781
Hospitals destroyed*
52
Hospitals affected
43

(*according to Peruvian Government preliminary assessments)

(Earlier, the Pan American Health Organization released a new Health Situation Report.)

An editorial note: Several readers have asked about the ordering of the articles listed below. Peruvia tends to prioritize newspapers and magazines near the top of each section, followed by other news items alphabetized by source. When possible, the name of the journalist is also included.

GENERAL QUAKE UPDATES:
RELIEF & RESPONSE:
MICRO/MACRO ECONOMICS:
ON IMMIGRATION:
OTHER:
PERUANOS EN EL EXTERIOR:

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Permalink; posted by Peruvia : 8/25/2007 08:35:00 AM

Friday, August 24, 2007

Click here for resources on how and where to send aid in response to the August 15 earthquake.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released their 'Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 9'. Most British and American newspapers have left the story though the Los Angeles Times' Patrick McDonnell continues to report in situ. Reports of private and public relief efforts continue fairly strongly.

Chile returns to the news both in the context of bilateral relations and the court verdict on Fujimori. And finally, Beverage World reports on '7.9', the limited run of a special pisco (up to 1,000 bottles) designed by the Association of Pisco Producers.

GENERAL QUAKE UPDATE:
RELIEF & RESPONSE:
MICRO/MACRO ECONOMICS:
OTHER:
PERUANOS EN EL EXTERIOR

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Permalink; posted by Peruvia : 8/24/2007 08:04:00 AM

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Click here for resources on how and where to send aid in response to the August 15 earthquake.

The story on the earthquake has moved from reporting on the event to a focus on the government's response with yesterday's Financial Times leading the charge and today's Inter Press Service article perhaps being the most critical. And though it took a week, slowly other news about Peru has started slipping back into the English-speaking press.

Of Note: Brian Andrews, a CBS4 reporter for a Miami television station, has been blogging as well as video-blogging about his trip accompanying American aid workers. Andean Currents, a blog written by C. J. Schexnayder, looks at "traditions and cultures of some of the locales most affected" by the earthquake. Today, he reports from Chincha on Afro-Peruvian traditions.

And Dow Jones' reporter Robert Kozak gets written up in his home-town newspaper, the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, apparently because he had family visiting during the earthquake.

GENERAL EARTHQUAKE UPDATE:
PHOTOS & VIDEO on QUAKE:
RESPONSE & RELIEF on QUAKE:
ON IMMIGRATION:
MICRO/MACRO ECONOMICS:
OTHER:
PERUANOS en el EXTERIOR:

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Permalink; posted by Peruvia : 8/23/2007 09:53:00 AM

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Click here for resources on how and where to send aid in response to the August 15 earthquake.

Andean Currents, a blog written by C. J. Schexnayder, continues today with reports directly from Pisco which includes commentary earthquake relief from Venezuela.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released their 'Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 8'. And the Pan American Health Organization has a quick summary of the 'Health Situation Report' with preliminary damage assessments:

Preliminary damage assessment(*)

Cañete
Chincha
Pisco
Ica
Other locations
Total
Deaths
6
75
335
71
16
503
Injured
172
240
100
487
43
1.042
Missing






Homes destroyed
928
16.010
16.000
300
1.012
34.250
(*) According to Estimates from INDECI, 21 Aug 2007.

And appropos of nothing but saving money, American Airlines announced $300 roundtrip fares between Miami and Lima in a press release, good for "early September to early December."

GENERAL QUAKE UPDATES:
PHOTOS & VIDEO on QUAKE:

RELIEF AND RESPONSE on QUAKE:

MICRO/MACRO ECONOMICS:

REPORTS:

OTHER:
PERUANOS EN EL EXTERIOR:

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Permalink; posted by Peruvia : 8/22/2007 08:57:00 AM

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Click here for resources on how and where to send aid in response to the August 15 earthquake.

Update: The International Federation of Journalists has appealed for 'Solidarity with media Victims of Earthquake in Peru,' according to a press release. It also noted that the International News Safety Institute has issued a safety alert for journalists covering the earthquake in Peru to help them deal with the potential trauma that can follow reporting from such a disaster.

Lawrence Summers was featured on PBS' Charlie Rose program this evening in an hour-long interview. A short on free trade and Peru starts around minute 21:00.]



Andean Currents, a blog written by C. J. Schexnayder, continues today with reports directly from Pisco which includes related YouTube video and other commentary. The United Nations Country Team in Peru offers their Situation Report No. 7. (You can also read the full 11-page report here.) And almost out of no where, Hugo Blanco offers an opinion piece: The Earthquake and the Vultures.'

GENERAL QUAKE UPDATE:
OPINION:

RESPONSE & RELIEF:ON IMMIGRATION:
MICRO/MACRO ECONOMICS:
OTHER:
PERUANOS EN EL EXTERIOR:

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Permalink; posted by Peruvia : 8/21/2007 11:52:00 AM

Monday, August 20, 2007

Click here for resources on how and where to send aid in response to the August 15 earthquake.

Andean Currents, a blog written by C. J. Schexnayder, reports directly from Pisco with a slide show and commentary. Elsewhere there is a tempering of news coverage and a shift among the reporters in the major USA dailies - and the Miami Herald and the Washington Post goes with wire copy in their print edition. The Financial Times starts the editorial critique of the response to the quake. The United Nations Country Team in Peru offers their Situation Report No. 6. Yesterday, The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released their 'Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 5'.

General Quake Updates:
PHOTOGRAPHS & VIDEO:
RELIEF & RESPONSE:

Opinion Pieces:

Other News:


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Permalink; posted by Peruvia : 8/20/2007 12:43:00 PM

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Earthquake Relief - How to Help 

Our prayers and thoughts go out to all those who are suffering
as a result of the earthquakes and tremors in southern Peru.
Below are a few places where you may choose to send help.
(Further below are some links to news items.)

How to Help: The Embassy of Peru in the United States has opened a bank account
to receive monetary donations to assist the victims of the earthquake that struck Peru
on Aug. 15.

Checks can be mailed to:
Embassy of Perú - Sismo Peru 2007
1700 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington DC 20036

For wire transfers within the United States:
HSBC Bank
Account Name: Embassy of Peru - Sismo Peru 2007
Account Number: 389060178
Routing Number: 021001088

Citibank
Account Name: Embassy of Peru - Sismo Peru 2007
Account Number: 15378535
Routing Number: 254070116

CARE
www.care.org
(800) 521-CARE
Emergency Response Fund (ERF)

American Red Cross
www.redcross.org
(800) HELP-NOW or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish)

Lutheran World Relief
www.lwr.org
(800) LWR-LWR2
Special mail fund: LWR-Peru Earthquake Response and Rehabilitation;
P.O. Box 17061; Baltimore, MD 21298-9832

For additional information, please call the embassy at (202) 833-9860.


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Permalink; posted by Peruvia : 8/19/2007 11:49:00 AM
UPDATE ON REPORTING: After an almost exclusive focus on Pisco, reports from other cities in Ica, including Chincha, begin to appear. Some stories are filing directly from Ica. Notably, the Los Angeles Times Patrick McConnell is in Pisco while Adriana Leon covers the story from Lima; and the New York Times has stringer David Rochkind there (though Simon Romero presumably is in Lima).

Missing in action is McClatchy's Tyler Bridges who had some of the finest reporting immediately after the earthquake but who files from Piura on ethanol; that said, McClatchy's Houston Chronicle does have John Otis in Pisco. And most stories today weave in reports of looting alongside the relief efforts.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released their fourth 'Situation Report' and added a detailed map outlining the geography of the disaster.

Stratfor has one of the few news articles in English about the earthquake's impact on the recent flare up between Peru and Chile but the Associated Press (in Spanish) has an article up today that Chile's Bachelet is open to giving Bolivia an opening to the Pacific. A quick reading forces questions of the timing of her statements.

And finally, Nobby Solano's media acuity shines as he calls for a football charity match between Peru and England to raise funds for the relief effort.

Yesterday we posted: news and blog accounts as well as You Tube and other videos on the earthquake in Pisco scatter the internet. The United States Geological Survey has some scientific details. For the quickist run down of general news updates, we recommend this Reuters page. To include other stories in the summaries below, contact Peruvia's editor.


GENERAL UPDATES:
VIDEO & AUDIO:

RELIEF AND CONDOLENCES:
SURVIVOR STORIES and OTHER:
OTHER NEWS:
FINALLY, two other names in the news today:

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Permalink; posted by Peruvia : 8/19/2007 09:11:00 AM
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