Peru bans flights over Inca ruins

September 11th, 2006

 

Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu was rediscovered   in 1911.

Dan Collyns, BBC News: The Peruvian government has reversed a decision to allow flights over the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu after an outcry from environmental groups.

Peru’s Transport and Communications ministry has declared the area around the site a no-fly zone.

Environmentalists said a number of rare animals and plants would have been severely affected by the low-flying helicopter tours.

Machu Picchu, a world heritage site, is Peru’s biggest tourist attraction. Read the rest of this entry »

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Peru’s Garcia Cuts Salaries, Including Own

July 31st, 2006

Oritinal article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/31/AR2006073100523.html
Media: Washington Post - United State
Date: July 31,2006

LIMA, Peru — President Alan Garcia cut government salaries, including his own, on Monday, three days after announcing a long list of austerity measures in his inaugural address. Garcia, whose 1985-1990 government was plagued by mismanagement and corruption that left Peru nearly bankrupt, blasted outgoing President Alejandro Toledo for spending lavishly while failing to help Peru’s poor. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ancient plant provides key evidence of climate change in Peru

July 24th, 2006

Original article: http://www.advance.uconn.edu/2006/060724/06072409.htm
Media:University of Connecticut
Date:July 24, 2006

The oldest flowering plant specimen – and one of the recent additions to the herbarium in the Biology Collections at UConn – is providing a key piece of evidence in a scientific paper that documents a dramatic warming trend in the high Andes of Peru. Read the rest of this entry »

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Peru Villagers Flee From Ubinas Volcano

June 13th, 2006
Original article: http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/feeds/ap/2006/06/11/ap2807434.html
Media:Forbes - USA
Date: June 12, 2006

Increased activity by the Ubinas volcano in southern Peru prompted the evacuation of 408 villagers, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »

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Andes people look back to the future

June 13th, 2006
Original article
Media:Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Date:June 12, 2006
The Aymara people in South America have a concept of time opposite to the rest of the us, so that the past lies ahead of them and the future behind, according to a study published yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »

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A short walk in Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru..

April 14th, 2006

A great trip! Short in this case means 10 days, 9 nights, excluding the nights at either end in the hotel in Huaraz. A short but succinct description of the place is given in the Moon handbook. This was a trip I was checking out for Peru Discover as well as for my own pleasure. The main problem setting it up was that there was no regular trip I could join in, and no friend could be tempted along, so I ended up doing it on my own, with own guide, ‘arriero’ and flock of ‘burros’ (donkeys). But it was still fun, and there were fellow trekkers (not many) to talk to from time to time. Read the rest of this entry »

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A boy’s view of Peru and the Inca trail

April 7th, 2006

I am a boy of 11 years and this is my description on my trip to Peru. This has been probably the longest trip I have gone on but definitely one of the most exciting ones. Read the rest of this entry »

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Trip around Peru….

April 6th, 2006

This was my first trip to Peru, and I was very excited, and looking forward to seeing all of the wonderful sites and places that I read so much about. When we arrived in Lima we were met by our guide, who was there waiting for us. Our ride to our hotel (Los Delfines) was an ejoyable one, but I really did not have a chance to appreciate the city, since we arrived in Lima around 930pm, I did see lots and lots of casinos (tragaderos) along the way. Our guide told us that this was something that was recently leaglized, so you could imagine that it was like a Baby Las Vegas… Read the rest of this entry »

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Peruvians See Chile as Natural Enemy

April 5th, 2006

Original article
Media:Angus Reid Global Scan - Vancouver BC, Canada
Date:May 4, 2006

(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in Peru’s capital believe a neighbouring nation is a rival, according to a poll by Apoyo published in El Comercio. 57 per cent of respondents in Lima consider Chile and Peru as natural enemies.
Peru claims to have lost access to fishing waters in the Pacific Ocean after an accord signed in the 1950s. In November 2005, the Peruvian Congress approved a law establishing the country’s maritime borders. Chile claims the proposed limits go beyond those defined by international treaties. Read the rest of this entry »

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Chile potato claim perturbs Peru

April 4th, 2006

Original article: http://www.freshplaza.com/2006/04apr/2_cl_potatoclaim.htm
Media: Fresh Plaza
Date: April 04, 2006

Chile potato claim perturbs Peru They fought a war over a swath of mineral-rich desert, battled countless times on the soccer field and have even dueled over the origins of a pungent liquor both claim as a national drink. Read the rest of this entry »

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