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Peru stories: 50 news summaries

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 Peru Gang Accused 
 of Killing to Harvest Fat 

Cosmetics firms said to pay $60K/gallon; experts skeptical

Nov 19, 09 10:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Peruvian police today arrested four men accused of killing dozens of people and selling their fat to cosmetics companies in Europe. At a news conference that featured several bottles of fat, which police say the gang sold for $60,000 per gallon, authorities didn’t produce any evidence of sales,... More »

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crime • Peru • gang violence • cosmetics • strange stuff • fat harvesting

 Peru Flooding US 
 With Counterfeit Bills 

About $8 million in fake greenbacks found in U.S., another $18 million in Peru

Sep 13, 09 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - American officials have seized some $8 million in high-quality counterfeit US bills made in Peru, reports the Los Angeles Times. South American raids have uncovered another $18 million. The massive number of fake bills costs businesses and individuals millions, and threatens to undermine confidence in US currency, warn officials. "... More »

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counterfeit • Peru • counterfeiters

(Newser) - Almost 250 children in Peru under the age of 5 have died during one of the coldest winters in years, reports the BBC. Scientists blame climate change for the early arrival of severe temperatures, which began as early as March. Kids exposed to the cold have contracted hypothermia and respiratory... More »

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children • Peru • death • winter • harsh winter • child

Amazon Indians Win Repeal of Land Grab Laws

Decision hailed as major victory for indigenous people

Jun 19, 09 5:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Peru's Congress has revoked two laws that led to bloody clashes between police and indigenous protesters, CNN reports. Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of ditching the laws that opened up the country's Amazon region to mining, logging, and oil companies. Dozens of people died earlier this month when police moved... More »

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Latin America • mining • Peru • logging • oil companies • Amazon rainforest • indigenous peoples • land rights

 Photos Reveal 
 'Amazon Tiananmen' 

Photos from Peru add weight to claims government covered up massacre

Jun 19, 09 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Graphic photographs taken by aid workers reveal the extent of violence Peru's military used to crush a land-rights protest by indigenous people earlier this month, the Independent reports. Police are seen pulling injured protesters from ambulances and beating them and bodies are seen piled by the roadside, adding weight to... More »

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Peru • protests • protesters • Amazon rainforest • indigenous peoples

Nervous Peace Prevails After Peru Cops Quell Unrest

Curfew in place after clashes kill dozens of indigenous people, police

Jun 9, 09 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - An uneasy peace has returned to northeast Peru after 3 days of clashes between indigenous people and security forces that left dozens dead, CNN reports. A curfew is holding, and both police and protesters say they want to settle their dispute through nonviolent means. The leader of the indigenous rights... More »

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Peru • protests • Lima • curfew • Guatemala • Alan Garcia • protesters • Amazon rainforest • indigenous peoples • Alberto Pizango

(Newser) - The Peruvian Army has imposed a curfew and set up checkpoints following deadly clashes with indigenous tribes protesting plans to drill for oil and gas in ancestral homelands in the Amazon region, reports the BBC. Dozens of people, both police and protesters, were killed in the clashes that mark the... More »

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ecology • Peru • protests • Lima • Indian Tribes • Shining Path • green • oil drilling • protesters • Amazon rainforest • Amazon • Indians

(Newser) - Dozens of carefully buried human sacrifices have been found in a coastal Inca site in Peru, reports the Telegraph. Most of the dead are teenage girls, and one appears to have been pregnant. The bodies, which still contain skin and hair, all bear signs of knife slashes along the neck.... More »

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archaeology • Peru • Machu Picchu • South America • Spanish • Inca • human sacrifices • archaeologist

 Untested Stem-Cell 
 Treatments Lure 
 Americans Abroad 

FDA says they're untested, unsafe

Jun 3, 09 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of Americans have defied federal warnings against seeking untested—and often expensive—stem-cell therapy abroad, CNN reports. Though they lack scientific backing, such treatments for terminal diseases are popular in China, where the parents of one 8-year-old seek to treat her spinal muscular atrophy. “We are... More »

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China • FDA • stem cells • Peru • medical treatment • genetic disorders • clinic

Mexico Protests 'Unjustified' Response as Flu Stabilizes  

Health minister targets countries for restricting travel to country

May 3, 09 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico is striking back at countries it says are overreacting to swine flu fears, BBC reports. The country’s foreign minister singled out China, Peru, Argentina, Cuba, and Ecuador for halting flights to Mexico, saying, “We’re surprised by the adoption of unjustified measures.” The news comes as... More »

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China • Mexico • Cuba • Peru • Argentina • Ecuador • virus • swine flu

Japan Pays Latin American Workers to Go, Stay Home

Plan hatched to ease recession burdens

Apr 22, 09 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Faced with rising unemployment, Japan is paying foreign workers to leave the nation for good, the New York Times reports. The offer targets some 366,000 Latin Americans of Japanese descent who perform undesirable manufacturing jobs. With industrial production at a 25-year low, many of them are out of work,... More »

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immigration • Latin America • Japan • Brazil • Peru • recession • unemployment • labor market

(AP) - A special tribunal convicted former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori of murder and kidnapping today and sentenced him to 25 years in prison related to death-squad activities during his autocratic 10-year rule. The judge told a hushed courtroom there was no question the 70-year-old Fujimori authorized the creation of a military... More »

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human rights • Peru • trial • Alberto Fujimori • death squads

 Peru Court Ruling Protects Drunk Workers

Court rules drunks can't be fired

Jan 16, 09 6:17 AM CST
(Newser) - You might want to think twice about getting on a bus or even a plane in Peru because the nation's highest court has ruled that workers can't be fired for being drunk on the job, reports Reuters. In a decision criticized by government officials, a janitor fired for drunkenness was... More »

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Peru • Lima • drunkenness • Chorrillos • Constitutional Tribunal

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 World's Strangest Liquors 

From Pizza Beer to Lizard wine, gimmicks and folklore attract the curious

Jan 7, 09 12:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Necessity may have been the mother of invention for these traditional brewers, but a good marketing scheme has never hurt sales, either. (Remember the worm in the mescal trick?) Travel and Leisure gives us the world's most bizarre liquors:
  • Pizza Beer (Illinois): A chef couple wanted a beer to
... More »

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China • wine • beer • Peru • vodka • liquor

(Newser) - As the price of gold continues its steady climb—at $271 before 9/11, it's now above $835—National Geographic provides a sobering look at the human and environmental costs of finding it and digging it up. With the world's biggest deposits long gone and new discoveries rare, "it's an... More »

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China • India • Peru • gold • gold mine • commodity prices

 Did Bush Fall Off Wagon? 

President spotted sipping Peruvian cocktail at Lima summit

Nov 28, 08 4:36 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush's teetotalism may not be as total as thought, Gawker writes. On his recent visit to Peru for the Asia-Pacific Cooperation Summit, the president—who quit drinking 22 years ago—reportedly joined other world leaders in knocking back Pisco sour cocktails. The country's national drink is made with egg... More »

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alcohol • alcoholism • Peru • cocktails • George W. Bush • teetotalling

 Peruvian Rebel Group 
 Finds New Life 

Shining Path kinder, gentler and more ideologically muddled, but still deadly

Nov 12, 08 2:38 PM CST
(Newser) - All but forgotten, Peru's Shining Path guerrilla group has again become a force to be reckoned with, killing more people in October than it had in any month since the 1990s, the Washington Post reports in a look at its secretive ranks. Today’s drug-financed Path leans more liberal narcoterrorist... More »

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Peru • drug trafficking • coca • Shining Path • Maoism • drug traffickers • narco-terrorism

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Bet You've Never Heard of This Megachef

But that'll change when he conquers US with his Peruvian cuisine

Nov 12, 08 11:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Peruvian cuisine is the latest craze to hit south of the border, writes Andrew Curry in Portfolio, "thanks in part to superchef Gastón Acurio." With a hit TV show and more than a dozen eateries on two continents, this culinary rock star has cooked up a multi-million-dollar... More »

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Peru • restaurant • chef • South America

Hey, Obama Girls, Peru's Got Your Puppy

Not cute or furry, but Peruvian Hairless loves kids, is hypoallergenic

Nov 11, 08 1:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Peru may hold the solution to the president-elect’s canine conundrum, the Telegraph reports. The Peruvian Hairless, a dog with ancient Inca origins, is hypoallergenic and family friendly, perfect for Obama’s allergic daughter Malia; a puppy has been offered to the incoming first family. “If we send it... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • Peru • Machu Picchu • dog • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • hypoallergenic • Peruvian Hairless

OPINION

 Would You 
 Eat These? 

Cute kittens a welcome distraction from economic apocalypse

Oct 9, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thank goodness for cultural differences. If it weren’t for an animal-rights crusade against Peru’s cat-eating festival, British Sun readers would have been subjected to yet another headline about the economic crisis yesterday, the Guardian’s Justine Hankins writes. Instead, they got “a story that brilliantly combines two... More »

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food • Peru • cat

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