We needed to clean up the front page, but the articles are still interesting. Have a read. (Just don't forget to come back for updates on Peruvian Chocolate)
09/09/09- Peru's Drink from the Desert
I thought I knew pisco pretty well. We're friends. I started drinking pisco sours about a decade ago, right around when the ceviche trend was up and coming...
09/06/09- A Peruvian Cocktail Pisco-Sipping and Other Pleasures in The Land of the Incas
Never refuse a free drink. A sound policy, but my commitment is wavering as a Peruvian Woody Allen look-alike (same physique, head shape and beady, bemused gaze) leads me around an oddly appointed brandy cellar, doling out shots of liquor from centuries-old clay casks.
05/28/09- Earthy, sweet and pungent, onions define Latin flavor
Of all the seasoning ingredients we use, it is the onion, with its earthy sweetness and sharp pungency, that best defines Latin flavor.
In Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, red onions are preferred because they are perceived as more flavorful...
'Uncontacted' tribes forced to flee armed gangs and bulldozers in forests of Peru, Brazil and Paraguay, says Survival International...
05/27/09- Peru says poverty fell to 36.2 pct in 2008 (AP)
Peru's poverty rate fell by 3.1 percentage points to 36.2 percent in 2008 as high commodity prices boosted earnings for small farmers, the government's statistics institute said.
National Statistics Institute Director Renan Quispe says rural farmers saw an average 12 percent increase in prices for their products in 2008,...
05/26/09- Preserve Peru’s Biodiversity, Save the World
Peru, second in Latin America for total area of tropical forests, has adopted international laws, instruments and strategies to protect its wealth of flora and fauna...
5/25/09- Five-million-year old sloth fossil found in Peru
LIMA (Reuters) - The nearly intact fossil of an ancient sloth that lived 5 million years ago has been unearthed in Peru, a find about 4 million years older than similar ones discovered in the Americas, researchers said.
5/18/09- Mercury Pollution's Oldest Traces Found in Peru
(National Geographic) Demand for the mercury compound vermilion was strong enough to support a large-scale mercury mining industry in the Andes as far back as 1400 B.C., according to a new study...
2/17/09- World Bank warns of climate change in Andes (AP)
Global climate change threatens the complete disappearance of the Andes' tropical glaciers within the next 20 years, putting precious water, energy and food sources at risk, according to a World Bank report presented here Tuesday.
2/16/09- Dramatic Peru Floods Rescue (BBC video)
2/16/09- Peru's GDP surged in 2008
2/09/09- "Woodland Park Zoo Is Throwing A Penguin Party May 2nd"
Seattle, WA - This May, Woodland Park Zoo is going black and white and green all over! That’s because Humboldt penguins will return to the zoo in an all new, sustainably built “green” exhibit that will save 3 million gallons of water a year...
2/09/09- Peru with children: A beano in the Amazon (The Telegraph, UK)
"With its high-rise buildings, shopping malls and traffic jams, Lima is as bustling and contemporary as any capital city can be. It is a shock, therefore, to fly east for an hour to Cusco and find yourself transported back what appears to be several centuries,..."
2/08/09-"At play in a land of ancients" (The Age, Australia)
"Peter Gearin's boys dine on termites, see open-air mummies and fall in love with a bloke named Leo ... just an average family holiday in Peru..."
2/05/09- "Amazon Promise: Sustainable Health for Peru"
2/05/09- Lomo Saltado (Sun Sentinel) Recipe
2/04/09- "The History of Money: Peru" -"Peru is the nineteenth largest country in the world and is a diverse land, both in terms of people and geography. It is populated by over 29.2 million people (July 2008 estimate), largely descended from Spanish settlers, native Inca, and pre-Inca cultures. Peru has three national languages: Spanish, Aymara, and the native Quechua, reflecting the native Indian and Spanish roots that cultivated modern Peruvian society."
01/29/09- "Peru archeologists inaugurate new museum at Sipan" (Reuters)
The newest display of Peruvian archeology opened on Thursday -- just a few feet from where the golden tomb of the Lord of Sipan, dubbed the "Tutankhamen of the Americas," was discovered in 1987...
1/27/09- "Groups say Peru oil project threatens Indians"
The development of a remote oil field in Peru's Amazon jungle could threaten the survival of isolated Indian communities in the region, an Indian rights group said Monday...
1/21/09- "Chef Gaston Acurio carves Peruvian-flavored empire" (LA Times)
"With more than two dozen franchises, including one in the U.S. with several more planned, the famous chef gets closer to globalizing his country's cuisine..."
1/21/09- "Peru to plant 2 million trees to combat climate change" (Fordaq) -Peru’s National Soil and Water Conservation Program (Pronamachcs) is undertaking an initiative to plant 40 million trees in Peru to combat the effects of climate change, including through the capture of carbon dioxide.
1/19/09- "For Peruvians, Baskets for the U.S. Market Bring a New Way of Life" (New York Times)
Women in this remote Amazon village can weave fibers from the branch of the chambira palm tree into practically anything they need — fishing nets, hammocks, purses, skirts and dental floss...
6/19/08- "Coca Cultivation Rises in Colombia, UN says"
"Forced eradication, including aerial spraying, only guarantees more replanting," said John M. Walsh, who studies the drug war for the Washington Office on Latin America, a policy analysis group. Walsh said the focus should shift to improving infrastructure and helping the poor farmers who grow the coca crops move into other, legal crops.
"The easy pickings in terms of spraying coca in Colombia are over, and for there to be progress beyond this plateau there needs to be an alternative livelihood," Walsh said.
4/1/08-"From a Burial Pit in Southern Peru, a Golden Oldie" (New York Times)-Archaeologists have discovered what appears to be a gold necklace from a 4,000-year-old burial pit in southern Peru. It is the oldest example of worked gold ever found in the Americas...
4/1/08- Paracas Textiles on view for the First Time in Paris at the Musée Quay du Branly -(Art Daily)
3/31/08- Peru lures wealthy tourists with luxury train, yoga-(Reuters) Tourism in Peru is not just backpacking and Macchu Picchu. You can enjoy the natural beauty of the Peruvian Amazon
Peru's exports not affected by US economic decline- (Living in Peru)
SAB Miller sees '08 Peru beer sales up- (Reuters) Not a small business in the least but a positive article about business growth
3/29/08- From Peruvian Obscurity to a Major Derby Prep-(New York Times)
3/28/08- Traveller steps up to Peru's Challenge- (Ottawa Citizen)- Non-profit offers a chance to help give education, health care and safe environments to children
3/26/08- Dinosaur fossil found on bus in Peru- (International Herald Tribune)
3/20/2008-Tropical glaciers slowly vanish (Christian Science Monitor)- Rivers fed by melting glaciers across Latin America may soon dry up, forcing changes on the people who depend upon them.
3/18/2008-Using local ingredients to help the economy. (Forbes) The article deals with potatoes and wheat. At Peruvian Chocolate we use ingredients from Peru because they are delicious and better for the environment than bringing ingredients from afar.
3/14/2008-'Pre-Inca' temple found in Peru (BBC)- Archaeologists in Peru have discovered ancient temple ruins that could predate the Inca empire.
3/13/2008-Always something to rediscover in Peru. -LIMA (Reuters) - Researchers have found the ruins of an Inca temple built for religious ceremonies in the Andes mountains, at a park in the archeologically rich region of southern Peru that includes Machu Picchu.
3/12/2008- Peru is home to the most tropical glaciers in the world. With glaciers melting, Peru is looking to the ocean for its water.
3/11/2008- "How the Peruvian Meteorite Made it to Earth"-Science Daily
"Giant Fireball" Impact in Peru Upends Meteorite Theory"- National Geographic
2/26/2008- "Plaza in Peru may be the America's oldest"
A circular plaza unearthed at the ruins of Sechin Bajo, 230 miles north of Lima, may have been a site for gatherings and ceremonies, archaeologists say.2/25/2008-"Is U.S. Losing Out in Latin America?" - Kiplinger
Full Text ("Requiem for the Monroe Doctrine")
Similar article available in "Deeper Reading" titled "From Red Menace..."
2/25/2008-"Scientists discover ruins in Peru dating 5,500 years" - The Earth Times
2/23/2008- Op-ed Piece from the New York Times about the agreement between Yale and Peru over articles taken by Hiram Bingham III in 1912 and 1914-15. Read about it here
2/25/2008-(Counter from Yale)"Times column exacerbates Yale-Peru negotiations"- Yale Daily News
2/22/2008- New posts to articles from February in the BBC.
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"Peru's potato passion goes global" -2/08/2008
2/22/2008- International recognition for the improvement of living conditions in Peru. Thank you Bill and Melinda Gates
2/20/2008- New discoveries continue to expand our understanding of coastal Peru. Click here to read about the "Mysterious Pyramid Complex Discovered in Peru."
2/15/2008- Chocolate has a dark side. Child labor is a problem facing the chocolate industry. Our cacao is farmed without the use of child labor and our chocolates are made without the use of child labor. We know where our cacao comes from, and want you to know where your chocolates come from. Chocolate's bittersweet economy from Fortune on CNNmoney.com
Interview with the author available at Democracy Now
2/13/2008- We support all things Peruvian and the potato is one of the most famous foods from Peru. Click here for an article from Living in Peru about international recognition for the potato.
Deeper Reading
"From Red Menace to Radical Populism"
- World Policy Journal
"How Pixar Adds a New School of Thought to Disney"
- New York Times
