Midtown Blogger/Manhattan Valley Follies: Peruvian Times

BREAKING NEWS:

Tia Maria: Gov’t Declares State of Emergency in Islay, Arequipa 3 weeks ago
Ines Melchor: Next Stop, Toronto Games 3 days ago
President Humala in Brussels for EU-CELAC Summit 6 days ago
Three Peruvian Restaurants Among World’s 50 Best 2 weeks ago
Global Soccer Scandal to Have Repercussions in Peru – Anti-Corruption Official 3 weeks ago
Tia Maria: Gov’t Declares State of Emergency in Islay, Arequipa 3 weeks ago
Ines Melchor: Next Stop, Toronto Games 3 days ago

Ines Melchor: Next Stop, Toronto Games

3 DAYS AGO

Peruvian athlete Ines Melchor took a gold medal this week at the South American Athletics Championship, held in Lima, winning the women’s 10,000 meter (or 10k) race in 23:28.87 and becoming the fastest woman on the continent. Just a week earlier, in Ecuador, Melchor won the gold in the 15K […]

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President Humala in Brussels for EU-CELAC Summit

President Ollanta Humala is in Brussels this week for the EU-CELAC Summit, being held June 10 and 11. This eighth summit between the...

June 10, 2015, 3:08 pm 0
Measuring Morality: A New Index Ranks Countries by the “Good” They Create

Op-Ed by Simon Anholt — The Mark News— In the age of globalization, everything’s connected, and that’s wonderful. But so far,...

June 5, 2015, 2:43 pm 0
U.N. Team To Study Peru’s Forced Disappearance Cases

A United Nations working group arrived in Lima this week to gather information on forced and involuntary disappearance cases in the...

June 2, 2015, 3:29 pm 1

OPINION

Procedural Change: Lessons from Abroad Craft A New Abortion Care Model in the U.S.
JUNE 10, 2015
Op-Ed by Christopher Purdy and Melissa Grant — The Mark News — One of every three women in the
Measuring Morality: A New Index Ranks Countries by the “Good” They Create
JUNE 5, 2015
Op-Ed by Simon Anholt — The Mark News— In the age of globalization, everything’s connected,
Killer Robots and the Laws of Man: Who’s to Blame for Mission Malfunction?
JUNE 1, 2015
Op-Ed by Bonnie Docherty — The Mark News — What would happen if countries took a step beyond

ARCHAEOLOGY

South American Heritage: 2015-2020 Action Plan
MAY 6, 2015
Leading historians, archaeologists and conservation specialists from eight neighboring countries
MailOnline rips off Machu Picchu Master Plan analysis
APRIL 30, 2015
(Update**) Mail Online, the Web site of British tabloid The Daily Mail, is notorious for unabashed
The Master Plan: Machu Picchu Reconceptualized
APRIL 22, 2015
By Rick Vecchio ✐ Peruvian Times Contributing Editor ☄ An ambitious master plan for Machu

Procedural Change: Lessons from Abroad Craft A New Abortion Care Model in the U.S.

Op-Ed by Christopher Purdy and Melissa Grant — The Mark News — One of every three women in the United States will have an abortion in her lifetime. Despite the fact that abortions are a common experience, women are increasingly unable to obtain these services due to restrictions that are […]

by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES · June 10, 2015 · 0 comments· International Analysis, Op-Ed Contributors, Opinion

Three Peruvian Restaurants Among World’s 50 Best

Central Restaurant, tucked into a quiet corner of Miraflores’ popular dining neighborhood, has been ranked the fourth best restaurant in the world, in the 2015 World’s 50 Best restaurants competition announced in London yesterday. Headed by chefs Virgilio Martinez and Pina León, Central remains Latin America’s best restaurant for the second year […]

by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES · June 2, 2015 · 1 comment ·Arts/Culture, Exploration, Travel/Tourism

Killer Robots and the Laws of Man: Who’s to Blame for Mission Malfunction?

Op-Ed by Bonnie Docherty — The Mark News — What would happen if countries took a step beyond remote-controlled drones and used weapons that targeted and killed people on their own, without any human intervention? Who would be responsible if one of these weapons made a fatal mistake, and who […]

by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES · June 1, 2015 · Comments are Disabled · International Analysis, Op-Ed Contributors, Opinion

Global Soccer Scandal to Have Repercussions in Peru – Anti-Corruption Official

A corruption scandal that has roiled soccer’s governing body, FIFA, will likely have repercussions in Peru, according to the superintendent of the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit, Sergio Espinosa. This week, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced charges against 14 current and former executives from the top soccer organization, known as […]

by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES · May 29, 2015 · Comments are Disabled · Corruption, Sports