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Crowdfunder: Peru-based couple bring their passion for conservation and helping indigenous locals plant a new future for Peruvian Amazon Basin

Mar 7, 2016, 4:14 PM 0

LatinaLista — Longtime Peru-based LatinaLista contributor Isabel Guerra wrote us saying that she and her husband, professional photographer, Jose Enrique, had decided to do their part to help save one of the world’s most important environmental treasures that literally…

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Crowdfunder: Filling the book shelves of village schools in Peru’s Sacred Valley of the Incas

Feb 26, 2016, 2:22 PM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: Books for the Students of Cuzco A book can change a child. A library of books can change a whole community. Folks at the NEA Foundation, a public charity, want to fill the bookshelves of village schools…

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Crowdfunder: LURUCHA: An original children’s tale to fund a one-of-a-kind school in Peru

Dec 15, 2015, 12:41 PM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: LURUCHA: A CHILDREN'S BOOK FROM A SCHOOL IN PERU Kuska School is an alternative elementary school located on a sustainable farm on Inca terraces in Ollantaytambo, Peru, near Machu Picchu. In small multiage groups, through…

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Peruvian 10-year-old gathering accolades from the United Nations to the Queen of England

Dec 2, 2015, 5:52 PM 0

LatinaLista — José Quizocala is only 10 years old and already this young Peruvian has accomplished more than most adults — and it only began three years ago. José first attracted attention at the age of 7 for his novel…

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Peru creates massive national park in the Amazon

Nov 23, 2015, 4:06 PM 0

LatinaLista — The Amazon has always held a mysterious attraction. Whether it’s because it shelters the last remaining civilizations unblemised by modern contact, its treasure trove of exotic and never-before-seen reptiles, mammals, birds and fish or its rich landscape…

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Young Texas expat promotes environmental education, women in science in Peruvian village of Huari

Nov 18, 2015, 1:42 PM 0

By Agnes Rivera Peru This Week Nestled in the mountains of the Ancash region is the town Huari, a small village that acts as the seat of the Huari province. Not too long ago, Huari was crowned “Peru’s…

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Let there be light! Peru’s University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) “plant lamps” shine in the Amazon

Nov 12, 2015, 4:15 PM 0

By Hillary Ojedga Peru This Week Remember that cool innovation that UTEC did involving a billboard that produces pollution-free lettuce? Well, the university’s researchers are at it again with another sustainable project. This time in the Amazon. Lima’s…

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Crowdfunder: Sustaining the natural environment of a sacred Peruvian healing center

Nov 11, 2015, 2:02 PM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: Friends of Mayantuaycu Friends of Mayantuyacu is a campaign to raise funds to support the future sustainability of Mayantuyacu so people from all over the world can continue to benefit from its healing power for…

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Creating green roofs in Peru to combat pollution

Nov 3, 2015, 2:01 PM 0

LatinaLista — In 2014, the World Health Organization cited Lima, Peru, a city of almost 10 million, as having the worst air pollution in all of Latin America. Since then, various initiatives have been proposed to relieve the health…

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Dung coffee: The most expensive coffee in the world

Oct 6, 2015, 2:03 PM 0

By Paul Adriel Tavera Aragon Peru This Week Yes, you read that right. Coffee harvested from the excrement of small, raccoon-like mammals in Peru is fetching a high price in the European market Can you imagine paying US$…

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New horror film based in Peru’s Amazon stars cannibalistic natives while stirring up controversy

Sep 29, 2015, 1:09 PM 0

By Hillary Ojeda Living in Peru Last week, a group of natives in Boca Manu in the Peruvian Amazon took hostage about 40 tourists. They were demanding that the construction of a local road be finished. After two…

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Peru turns to a higher source to protect its nature preserves

Sep 14, 2015, 3:57 PM 0

LatinaLista — Forget drones, Peru is looking to a higher source in helping officials monitor illegal activity among the 176 national, regional and private nature areas of the country. The National Service of Protected Natural Areas by the State (Sernanp) signed…

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Delving into the ancient mystery of the trophy skulls of Peru

Sep 10, 2015, 12:12 PM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: Ancestors or Enemies? Using Strontium Isotopes to Identify Trophy Skulls from Peru Trophy skulls of beheaded individuals are not uncommon at cemeteries dating to the turbulent Wari era in the Andes. In Arequipa, Peru, it…

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Peruvian scientists to make new varieties of quinoa

Sep 9, 2015, 3:49 PM 0

By Hillary Ojeda Peru This Week The new quinoa burger at McDonald’s in Germany might have been the most exciting quinoa news of the year, until a scientific development hit the public. Peruvian specialists are developing maybe 10 new…

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Peruvian indigenous share ancient knowledge in fight against climate change in new book

Aug 27, 2015, 5:21 PM 0

LatinaLista — Indigenous people have long been considered the caretakers of the planet. Traditions are passed from generation to generation on exactly how to care for Mother Earth. Until recently, those traditions have not been widely shared with the…

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Drones monitor Peru’s huacas, archaeological sites

Aug 11, 2015, 2:20 PM 0

By Hillary Ojeda Peru This Week Peru is a country with an abundance of archaeological sites, beautiful and ripe with cultural history. Unfortunately, the resources are lacking to protect all of them from threats such as environmental damage and…

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U.S. government awards funds to Peruvian project focused on preserving Nazca Lines

Aug 6, 2015, 2:22 PM 0

LatinaLista — Of all the countries in Latin America, Peru enjoys an extra fondness from the international community since its the steward of some of the most renown archeological treasures west of the Egyptian pyramids, namely Maachu Pichu and…

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Crowdfunder: Creating safe environment for children of Peruvian village damaged by floods

Aug 5, 2015, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: Project Taray Sonco Wasi, the non-profit parent organization to Project Taray, was founded in 2010 to support the children of Taray after a disastrous flood seriously damaged the village. They provide a wide variety of activities…

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