A priest was stabbed and killed this morning in Lima’s famous convento de San Francisco in central Lima. Criminals entered the popular tourist attraction in the early hours of Friday in an attempt to steal precious objects from its interior.
August 27, 2010 | News
The millions and millions of dollars of funds stolen during the government of Alberto Fujimori total some S/.904,000,000 PEN or about $322,000,000 USD.
August 25, 2010 | News
A forest fire that began in the district of María in Amazonas when farmers attempted to clear dry grassland is inching closer to the Chachapoyan archaeological site of Kuélap, strong winds helping to fan the flames.
August 20, 2010 | News
Guinea pig races, beauty pageants, and yes, lot’s of people eating guinea pig in Huancavelica.
August 19, 2010 | Huancavelica Guide, News, Peruvian Food
The Quelccaya ice field is some 5,500 metres above sea level and 44 kilometres in length extending up the Vilcanota cordillera in Cusco, making it the largest in the tropics. Unfortunately it won’t exist for much longer.
August 6, 2010 | News
Some 40,000 families have yet to receive help in reconstructing their homes and are having to suffer an exceptionally cold winter with temperatures as low as 3.6°c. Many have been forced to re-occupy collapsing adobe homes to prevent illness.
August 2, 2010 | Commentary/Opinion, News
Announced last week, the 197-foot-long (60-meter-long) sacrificial chamber or passageway at the Huaca Bandera archaeological site belonged to the Moche culture.
August 1, 2010 | Archaeology, News
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of 79 Chachapoyans while carrying out restoration work at the hill-fortress of Kuelap in Northern Peru.
August 1, 2010 | Archaeology, News
The Korean government has decided to send emergency relief supplies worth 50,000 dollars to Peru, where people have died due to the recent cold wave.
July 31, 2010 | News
Temperatures in Puerto Maldonado this weekend dropped as low as 10°c (50°f) as cold air swept down from the icy Andes in a phenomenon that is often seen at least once each year.
July 19, 2010 | News
The Pomac Forest, first home of the Sicán civilisation, has revealed another ancient secret. Under Las Ventanas, one of several adobe pyramids that poke out above the dry forest’s trees, one of the most ancient tombs of the elite has been discovered.
July 18, 2010 | Archaeology, News
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A mild-looking, bespectacled Catholic priest, born in Portsmouth, educated at Oxford and now working in the Peruvian rainforest, is behind an important victory for local people over the logging companies laying waste to large stretches of Amazonia.
July 2, 2010 | Commentary/Opinion, Nature, News
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