Stories about Peru from May, 2006
Peru: Voters Safety
Fabiola Bazo describes the measures being taken to ensure peaceful elections this coming Sunday.
Peru: Creative Commons Launch
With exclamation marks of enthusiasm, Derecho y Cultura Libre desde Perú announces the planned launch date for Creative Commons licenses to be June 27th at the iLaw Peru workshop.
Costa Rica, Peru: Same-Sex Marriage Ban and Anti-Homophobia Vigil
Rounding up LGBT news in Latin America, Andrés Duque writes that Costa Rica's Constitutional Court ratified a same-sex marriage ban. An anti-homophobia candlelight vigil will take place in Lima, Peru on May 30th.
Global Food Blog Report
#1: Viaggi & Sapori, an Italian living in Sweden, goes home in Venice for the weekend. She was invited to a wedding of a friend: Matrimonio al profumo di muggheto. You Will LOVE every photo and description of the menu, everything looks and sounds incredibly delicious! #2: Peru Food reviews...
Peru: Cucho La Rosa's New Restaurant
Peru Food describes the new restaurant in Pachacámac village by renowned chef Cucho La Rosa.
Peru: Debate, Human Rights, and Food
Alvaro Ruiz-Navajas has a helpful collection of links about last weekend's presidential debate. Jorge Bazo Escudero writes [ES] that Amnesty International “has condemned the blatant ignorance of both presidential candidates with respect to human rights issues.” And, away from politics, Peru Food has fresh content with a translation of an...
Peru: A Game of Sapo
Don Ball Carbajal explains the infamous Latin American game of sapo.
Peru: Reactions to Presidential Debate
Maxwell A. Cameron has written an excellent and thorough summary of the presidential debate between Alan Garcia and Ollanta Humala, concluding: “Garcia won on substance, while Humala won on style. The overall effect is unlikely to be decisive.” Gran Combo Club has a review [ES] of the reaction by Peru's...
El Salvador, Peru, Mexico, Chile: Internet Day
May 17th was “El Día de Internet,” or “Internet Day” in Latin America and several bloggers offered homages to the World Wide Web. From El Salvador, Hunnapuh asks [ES] “but really, what is the significance of the internet?” A commenter at BlogsPeru remarks that just around the corner is “International...
Peru, Chile: Chileans’ Pick for Peru's President
Jorge Bazo Escudero writes that, according to a new poll by a Chilean university, 57% of Chileans would rather see Alan García win Peru's presidential election [ES}. In a related item, Hugo Passarello Luna says that García's opponent, Ollanta Humala is hoping to find an agreement with Chile about their...
Peru: End of 2,000 Years of Tradition
Don Ball Carbaja is back blogging, this time with a photo of Peruvian fishermen from the coastal town of Huanchaco where an anthropology student from Utah spent time writing an ethnography, which describes the fishing villages dying culture.
Peru: Garcia holds comfortable lead, Apoyo poll shows
Both Un Lobo en Peru and Jorge Bazo Escudero (ES) quote a new poll released today that shows Alan García with a comfortable lead over Ollanta Humala. Support for García is especially strong in Lima.
Peru: Another Blogger Suicide
Following an unfortunately established precedent, “Leuzor” of BlogsPerú laments (ES) the suicide of Andres Kishimoto (ES), a blogger described by (ES) El Comercio as “a young 26-year-old psychologist and author of several books on existentialism.”
Peru: Toward the Second Round
And so the elections in Peru have passed, but they will return because they have no officially announced what we all already knew: there will be a second round of voting and it will be between Ollanta Humala and Alan García. This, as you can immagine, is occupying the thoughts...
Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru: Poll Numbers
Boz has his Latin America Friday poll numbers, Cinco de Mayo version. Three new polls in Mexico show a big change for the upcoming presidential election.
Peru: Chavez and Morales in the Peruvian Elections
Writing from Venezuela, both Miguel Octavio and Daniel Duquenal fear for Peru's political future. Un Lobo en Peru inspires some interesting comments with a post about the Peruvian government's decision to withdraw the ambassador to Venezuela. Maxwell Cameron of the University of British Columbia, meanwhile, says that presidential candidate Alan...