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CORRECTION Peru Macchu Picchu

AP News 13 days ago

Swedish tourists Kjell-Eric Persson, left, and Holgersson Ingemar, second from right, observe a flooded area after the Huatanay river overflowed in Cuzco, Peru, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. Heavy rains and mudslides in Peru have blocked the train route to the ancient Inca ...

Thousands of tourists stranded at Machu Picchu

AFP Global Edition 14 days ago

Peru was Tuesday conducting an airlift evacuation of more than 2,500 foreign tourists trapped in and around its famed Machu Picchu ruins by rain and mudslides that killed at least seven people. The operation, which began Monday, had rescued 125 of the ...

Spain's Telefonica to invest 1.5 billion dollars in Peru

AFP Global Edition 18 days ago

Spain's Telefonica is to invest 1.5 billion dollars in Peru between 2010 and 2013 to put in place a new fiber-optic network that will improve Internet coverage in the country's Andean region. The company's president, Cesar Alierta, made the announcement Friday after ...

Haiti quake is a new warning of Latin America's faultline

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

The earthquake that devastated Haiti last week has reminded many Latin Americans of the perilous ground they stand on. A map of the world's faultlines makes the danger clear: A red line running from the frigid tip of South America, along the ...

Immigrant sheepherders endure harsh work, low pay

AP News 26 days ago

Advocates push change in working conditions for isolated immigrant sheepherders Alone and thousands of miles from home, the immigrant sheepherder roams some of the West's most desolate and frigid landscapes, tending a flock for as little as $600 a month without a ...

Yale says lawsuit by Peru should be dismissed

AP News 29 days ago

Yale seeks dismissal of lawsuit by Peru over Inca artifacts acquired nearly a century ago Yale University says a lawsuit by Peru seeking the return of thousands of Inca artifacts removed from the famed Machu Picchu citadel nearly a century ago should ...

Gold-silver results spark debate

Stockhouse 34 days ago

Channel samples from Peru help push share price higher. Condor Resources (TSX: V.CN, Stock Forum) reported Wednesday that it had discovered what it called “high grade gold-silver mineralization” at its property on its Peru Pucamayo property. Shares were up 12% to 37 ...

Junior miner soars on gold assays

Stockhouse 35 days ago

Includes 86.6 g/t over three metres Condor Resources (TSX: V.CN, Stock Forum) shares shot up 94% to 33 cents on Tuesday after the micro cap miner reported the discovery of gold-silver mineralization at several locations on its Pucamayo property in Peru. Gold ...

Bolivia demands access to Pacific Ocean: Arica tunnel

Reuters Environmental Online Report 36 days ago

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Three Chilean architects proposed a plan on Friday to expand sea access for Bolivia, which has been landlocked for more than a century, by constructing a tunnel that will run through Chile's first region in Arica. Sea access has ...

Prisoners riot in Peru; officials say 2 dead

AP News 39 days ago

Prisoners riot in northern Peru; officials say 2 dead, some jailers briefly held as hostages Peruvian officials say a riot by about 500 inmates at a northern prison killed two inmates and six guards were held hostage until negotiations got the prisoners ...

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