|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
 PERUVIA 
Thursday, March 10, 2005China & Peru: Prensa Latina and the Miami Herald (Pablo Bachelet) have pieces on China's influence in Latin America. The Herald's headline, ‘China's Latin growing influence,’ is pegged on USA Army General Bantz Craddock (United States Southern Command), in his first testimony before his countries’ Congress. NOTE: “He said 22 countries had their military aid cut, of which 11 were from Latin America and the Caribbean. The cuts meant that officers from those countries would not be trained in U.S. facilities.” ALSO: “The Chinese military was reaching out to their Latin American counterparts, especially in the Pacific rim and Andean regions. Chinese defense officials made 20 visits to Latin American and Caribbean nations last year, while nine high-level delegations from Latin America visited China.” NOTE: There is less interaction between Peruvian and USA militaries because the Bush administration argues “countries [like Peru] could use the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, Netherlands, to prosecute U.S. citizens for political reasons.” Prensa Latina reports on a meeting between Consul Generals and business people from seven Latin American, including Peru, in a Business Forum in Shanghai. NOTE: “About 140 Chinese business people also attended, and met separately with their Latin American counterparts. ALSO: “During the two-day forum, consul generals talked in depth about trade and tourism opportunities, and facilities Chinese business people can expect to enjoy in their respective countries.” China & Peru, Pt. 2: The People’s Daily (China) reports that Flavio Maestri will be the sixth Peruivan player to join the Chinese professional soccer. NOTE: "Maestri who is central forward, reached an agreement with a Shanghai soccer club, and will be officially introduced on Friday. The striker has been in the national soccer team of Peru and local clubs Sporting Cristal, whith which he reached the second position in Libertadores Cup in 1997, and with Alianza Lima." HISTORY: “Last decade, Peruvian strikers Andres Gonzales and Wilfredo Begazo, defender Alvaro Barco, midfielders Frank Palomino and Rodrigo Valenzuela, also played for Chinese teams.” In Sports:
Macro/Micro Econ:
Illegal Pilots? North Carolina’s News-Record reports that two Peruvians are among the 20 suspects, aircraft workers, "who were arrested Tuesday on immigration charges at Piedmont Triad International Airport and were carrying North Carolina driver’s licenses they shouldn’t have been issued." NOTE: One Peruvian, Percy Vega, “had obtained professional licenses, issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, to work on some of the most technical parts of an airplane.” Shining Path, Theologically: California’s Metro-Active offers an article on the Rev. Ben Daniel of Foothill Presbyterian Church in San Jose promotes dialogue for better Israeli-Palestinian relations. NOTE: The minister “remembers when he, as a chaplain in Newark, New Jersey, came across three Shining Path guerrillas from Peru who were stowed away on a ship that had docked at the port. ‘I found a Catholic priest to give them Communion,’ he says. He speaks carefully, calculating the effect of every word. ‘I said nothing, and I did nothing to repudiate the evils the Shining Path visited on innocent Peruvian civilians. And so, while I can condemn or feel disappointment with the students of the seminary for having met with a reputed terrorist organization, I can do so knowing in some way that I share their guilt.’ Again, as he does often when making a point, Daniel pauses. ‘But I have no remorse for serving Communion to those Shining Path guerrillas.’ " MVLl in DC, cont.: The Washington Times offers an op-ed titled ‘Can liberals rediscover liberalism?’ by Jacob Sullum which leads with Mario Vargas Llosa “accepted the 2005 Irving Kristol Award from the American Enterprise Institute, a bastion of inside-the-Beltway conservatism, and gave a speech extolling liberalism.” NOTE: “One of classical liberalism's central insights, Vargas Llosa noted, is that ‘freedom is a single, unified concept. Political and economic liberties are as inseparable as the two sides of a medal.’ By contrast, self-styled liberals in the U.S. tend to view economic liberty with indifference, if not hostility, leaving its defense to conservatives.” Comparing Parks: The Evening Telegraph (Australia) has a piece on a £6,500 eco-tourism grant, comparing national parks in Peru and Australia. CITED: Paracas Nature Reserve, Macchu Pichu, and the Manu Biosphere. PEOPLE
| Permalink; posted by Peruvia : 7:26 AM
 |
|
|
|
|
PERUVIA | About Peruvia | Click Here to Email Peruvia Copyright 2004 Peruvia. All rights reserved. |
