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 PERUVIA 
Sunday, August 28, 2005
IranMania reports on an interview with Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi which focused on the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. However, at the end of the statement, Asefi expressed his regret over the Peruvian plane crash on Tuesday. "In his message, Asefi said the crash of the Peruvian passenger plane brought deep sadness to the Iranian government and nation. He expressed the Iranian government’s deepest sympathy to the relatives of the victims."
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 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:
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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
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005UPDATED: Including Anime, MVLL, Running in Cuzco and More Mining Anime Hit in Lima: The BBC reports on "Piratas en el Callao" a Peruvian animation film by 32-year-old director Eduardo Schuldt which "was seen by more than 100,000 people in its first week in Peru, overtaking other animated films, and leading its producer to say it could rival the recent success of Shrek 2." NOTE: "The film tells the story of nine-year-old Alberto, who goes back in time during a school trip to a fortress in the Peruvian port of Callao. This 20th-Century boy finds himself taking on Dutch pirates who are looting Spanish galleons full of Peruvian gold." See Also: February article in Variety (Lucien Chauvin). VLl in DC: Mario Vargas Llosa received the Irving Kristol Award, the highest one bestowed by the conservative American Enterprise Institute on March 2. You can read AEI's press release, read the introductions to MVLl, and his speech which begins, "I am especially grateful to those who have awarded me this prize because, according to their “whereases,” they are honoring me not only for my literary work but also for my ideas and political views." Mining - Buenaventura: Dow Jones (Rebecca Howard) reports on that "local authorities from several Peruvian regions marched Tuesday to Peru's highest court, the Constitutional Tribunal, to demand that it uphold a law that applies royalties to mining company sales." NOTE: "The court is expected to rule in mid-March on whether the law is constitutional." CITED: Alberto Portugal Velez (the vice president of Moquegua region) and representatives of Compania de Minas Buenaventura. ALSO: The first payment was due on Feb. 28 but mining companies are waiting for the judicial review. Mining - Barrick: Dow Jones and Reuters report on the clashes in Ancash on Monday between thousands of protestors near Barrick's Pierina mine. Reuters says that there were "angry at a court decision to waive a $141 million tax payment levied on Canadian miner Barrick Gold clashed with riot police, the latest in a run of anti-mining protests in the mineral-rich nation." NOTE: "Police used tear gas to disperse the farmers, teachers and striking city hall workers from the mountain road" leading to the mine. CITED: Pelayo Luciano (Ancash city hall official) who said that Ancash Mayor Lombardo Mautino Angeles was hurt by a rubber bullet; and Marco de la Rosa (an aide to the Mayor). ALSO: According to Barrick spokesman Vince Borg in Toronto, "The tax issue is resolved and we won't be altering that. We have done a lot of community work since we entered Peru in 1994 and we will continue to do so. Dow Jones also cites Mayor Lombardo Mautino (but also calls him a protest leader) and Barrick official Carlos Cabanillas. NOTE: Said Cabanillas, "In comparison to yesterday (Tuesday) there has been a positive change in attitude. They have turned to dialogue, rather than marching and provoking incidents." Mining - Doe Run: Doe Run in a press release put out late last night (not yet on their website), announces that "Doe Run Peru Sponsors Free Plastic Surgery for Children in La Oroya." This will be their second "Smile in the Andes" campaign in La Oroya with Rotary International. According to Doe Run Peru spokesperson Rosa Benel Calderon, "The operations are entirely free. The company will pick up all of the expenses from transporting the child, the operation and the recovery period, as well as expenses for the family member that accompanies the minor." The St. Louis Business Journal picks up Doe Run’s press release and adds little if anything to it. Mining – Newmont: The Associated Press offers a piece on the legal wrangling between Newmont Mining Corp. and Peruvian villagers "over a 2000 mercury spill near South America's largest gold mine is moving toward a showdown in Denver District Court. " Says Newmont spokesman Doug Hock, they can't agree on the "value" of the settlement. Fidelity in Lima: Fidelity National Financial put out a press release announcing the opening of a new office in Lima which "will initially provide first-level software support, project staffing and professional services." According to Prakash Jalihal, senior vice president and managing director of Fidelity Information Services' Latin America and Caribbean division, "We expect the staffing level at this office to grow significantly as we expand our capabilities to provide services to the entire region." In Bolivia: Dow Jones (Rebecca Howard) leads her story with President Alejandro Toledo's comments on RPP radio declaring his support for Bolivian President Carlos Mesa stating that, "I hope that the Bolivian Congress ratifies and affirms the continuity of the president." NOTE: "While the Peruvian president said he could not comment on internal political affairs in neighboring Bolivia, he said 'I think it is vital to give stability to democratic governance in the region. I think he is doing his job'." More In Bolivia: Several other sources include bits on Peru on their stories about the tensions in Bolivia. InterPress Service, the Miami Herald (Tyler Bridges), and Xinhua report that Mesa drew support Monday from Toledo. The New York Times (Juan Forero) reports on the tensions in Bolivia and includes a line about USA relations with the Andean countries. The Independent (Daniel Howden) reports that "Bolivia, along with Peru, has emerged as the second pole to Colombia in global cocaine production and Washington's insistence on coca eradication programmes has devastated peasant farmers who harvest the leaf for traditional consumption." Bloomberg (Alex Emery) quotes Rafael Sanchez, an analyst at Lima's based consultant firm M&N Consultora, declaring that "the protests could bring indigenous movements to the political forefront next year, when half a dozen Latin American countries hold elections. Indigenous majorities pose a growing challenge to the mixed- race elites of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru, as they seek more benefits from the region's natural resources." Warning: Reuters has some predictions in 'Wall St fears regional effects from Bolivia crisis' and quotes Stratfor saying, "The Andean ridge in particular is a tinderbox, and Bolivia easily could be the spark that ignites a wider conflagration of instability." In the DR: The Chicago Tribune follows through on the prison fire in the Dominican Republican over the weekend and recalls that "In February, five inmates were killed in Peru after gang members rioted in a prison designed for 1,800 inmates that was holding more than 7,000." Computing Carefully: The New York Times (David Pogue) has a computer column/warning on accessibility of internet-cafes in different countries. Said a letter writer to the newspaper: "I recently traveled in Peru, a land with a disproportionately large number of these Internet shops -- and cheap, about $0.30/hr. I found that nearly a quarter of the machines had keylogging software installed (that I could detect, anyway). The proprietors always alleged to know nothing about this. So be aware that when you use one of those computers, your every keystroke is being recorded. Passwords, personal emails, and financial details could later be retrieved easily by whoever installed the keylogger -- probably the guy who was waiting to use the computer right after you.” Running in Cuzco: CBS, the USA television channel, ran an episode of The Amazing Race all filmed in Cuzco. There are fan comments (such as 'Don’t forget to try the food such as olluquito con charqui, alpaca steak, llama jerky and choclo' from Angie in Los Angeles). There are also postings on other websites and news reports and blogs. Macro Econ:
Micro Econ:
Iquitos on Film in DC: The Washington Post includes "Burden of Dreams" in their review of the Environmental Film Festival in Washington DC and quotes the festival director's declaring that the documentary "has such an incredible essence of place, of that part of the Peruvian Amazon, and of the people there who were extras and starred in the film. [T]he film also unflinchingly shows how Herzog often exploited not only the indigenous tribespeople but the physical environment as well." Chulucanas in MD: The Towson Times (Maryland, USA) on a photography exhibit, "A Mission of Mercy: Caring for the People of Chulucanas, Peru," on display through March 12 at the Mercy Ridge retirement community, in Timonium. CITED: Mick Kukula, a physician's assistant from Timonium, who has participated in five of the annual Peruvian missions. NOTE: Kukula stated that "From the day you leave Peru, you start counting down the days and hoping you'll be chosen to go back down again."
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Tuesday, March 08, 2005Today is IWD: The International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions offers an interview with Guillermina Huaman Salazar, the CUT union representative for women in the informal economy on today, March 8, International Women's Day. Huaman Salazar is also the minutes and records secretary of the Departmental Federation of Street Vendors (FEDEVAL) in Lima and Callao. (See FEDEVAL's parent organization's web site, Central Unitaria de Trabajadores del Peru.) "We, as women, find that we are socially ignored, exploited, and that our social, economic and cultural rights are not defended. All of this creates instability of our living and working conditions, and limits our development. Women are asking for full recognition from the state, Peruvian society, and the international community. We want the laws and municipal by-laws that regulate and provide for the socio-economic activities within our country's informal economy to be better established. Newmont Case Cont.: The Denver Post (Greg Griffin) reports that "Newmont Mining Corp. is again squaring off against Peruvian villagers over a 2000 mercury spill near South America's largest gold mine." The trial, should it take place, will be in the Denver Distric Court. CITED: Ken Crowder (Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack) represents the plaintiffs, "1,100 Peruvians who live in Andean villages where the mercury was spilled." Doug Hock (Newmont spokesman) declared that "The parties have very disparate views about the value of settlement. ... Plaintiffs counsel did not want to continue to try to bridge the gap." Surfing Reigns: Reuters (Jude Webber) runs another surfing story pegged on the "new world women's champion, 21-year-old Peruvian Sofia Mulanovich, [who] has turned a surfing spotlight back on Peru and sparked a can-do attitude for those aspiring to join her. NOTE: Peru in February hosted a competition of the junior league, the World Qualifying Series. CITED: Jake Howard (Surfer Magazine) and Chelsea Georgeson (Australian surfer). The piece starts/ends with surfing history and includes the perennial Hector Velarde, winner of an unofficial 1962 world championship, Eduardo Arena, a Peruvian who was the first president of the International Surfing Federation, and the first official world champion, Peruvian Felipe Pomar in 1965. | Permalink; posted by Peruvia : 5:53 AM
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