Only 5 of the 134 projects of the nine-year-old so called “master plan” have been executed to date, Repeated illegal land invasions by locals one of the principle problems for the ancient site. Chan Chan, the ancient capital city of the Chimú, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1986 because of its extraordinary architectural and historical importance. Unfortunately, the list World Heritage sites isn’t the only UNESCO list it is on.
July 6, 2009 | Archaeology, News
Bill Cochran, reader, librarian, Gutenberger and Twitter user, wondered what my take on reading, library and book culture in Peru was. I personally am an avid reader. I like reading factual texts, not entire texts, but just the parts that catch my interest before I spot another theme or topic of that launches me into another book – perhaps halfway through another book. I can while away hours like this, loosing track of time – my feeble product-of-its-time miniute concentration span and my constant hopping about never allowing me to become bored. Like probably a growing number of others, I don’t read much fiction for entertainment, preferring to have my imagination done for me in the form of TV. But at least I read.
What I am getting at is that I might not be as knowledgeable in this subject as I could be, and my opinion below about Peruvians is just my opinion. It may be incorrect, perhaps I have been meeting all the wrong people. If you are Peruvian or have lived here, I would ask you to please leave your comment at the end of this post and tell us what your experience is.
Do Peruvians read? No.
July 6, 2009 | Opinion
