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Peru: Air Force Officer Charged with Spying for Chile

As the facts are being revealed, such as the information revealed to Chile includes the Armed Forces Strategic Plan, as well as the Basic Core Defense [es], public opinion and bloggers showed their anger and rejection. Carlos Yancul of the blog Cortina ...

From JUAN ARELLANO, Global Voices Online,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Vladimiro Montesinos

Peru: One Hundred Years of Writer Ciro Alegría

One hundred years ago, Peruvian writer Ciro Alegría was born in the Northern Department of La Libertad, and who wrote novels such as The Golden Snake (1935) and The Hungry Dogs (1939). Alegría's works often centered on indigenous Peruvians, and their ...

From JUAN ARELLANO, Global Voices Online,  7 Nov 2009

Peru: Demolition of Municipal Building in Iquitos

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From JUAN ARELLANO, Global Voices Online,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Patrick Manning,  Basdeo Panday (politician)

Peru: Chimbote in Blogs

Chimbote is a city located to the north of Peruvian capital of Lima, and which can be reached in six hours by land. Those who have walked its streets recall its perennial smell of fish, as well as what some say might say is the apparent rudeness of the ...

From JUAN ARELLANO, Global Voices Online,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  Ignorancia,  Creative Commons

Peru: The Abortion Debate

The current Peruvian legislation (Penal Code 1991) stipulates [es] (.pdf format) the criminalization of all forms of abortion, except for therapeutic and includes such mitigating figures, as the ethical or sentimental abortion, and eugenic abortion. ...

From JUAN ARELLANO, Global Voices Online,  26 Oct 2009

Peru: Renewed Attention on the Shining Path

In Peru, there has been talk about the resurgence of the terrorist movement “Shining Path,” because of various news reports of attacks on police stations [es] and military bases [es], as well as reports of young people being trained [es] by the ...

From JUAN ARELLANO, Global Voices Online,  11 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Vladimiro Montesinos

Peru: Preservation Efforts in the Chan Chan Archaeological Site

Chan Chan is the Pre-Columbian city of mud-brick built by the Chimú culture in the 9th Century and located in the La Libertad region, 5 km west of the city of Trujillo in Northern Peru. The Chan Chan complex covers an area of approximately 20 km² and ...

From JUAN ARELLANO, Global Voices Online,  26 Sep 2009

Related Topics: UNESCO,  Creative Commons

Peru: Looming Problem of the Inambari Hydroelectric Power Station

The name Inambari does not mean very much to Peruvians. Some of them may think of it in relation to the Inambari River, which flows through the Cuzco, Puno and Madre de Dios regions. Others may think of the Alto Inambari district in the Puno region of ...

From JUAN ARELLANO, Global Voices Online,  15 Sep 2009

Related Topics: National Geographic

Peru: Contamination in Mining Town La Oroya

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) recently declared the petition admissible against the Peruvian State for committing human rights abuses against the residents of the mining city of La Oroya, located in Central Peru. The suit ...

From JUAN ARELLANO, Global Voices Online,  24 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Creative Commons

Peru: Proposal Shortens Time for Media to Correct Inexact Information

The Peruvian Congress has begun to debate a bill that shortens the time allowed for “inexact information” to be corrected by the media from 7 to 3 days. The current Penal Code will be modified to include online publications, including websites and ...

From JUAN ARELLANO, Global Voices Online,  21 Aug 2009

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