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Doctors in Peru battle increasingly drug-resistant TB

Francine Uenuma | Peru | March 02, 2010

MDR-TB patients face discrimination, long road to recovery in Peru Patients who develop multi-drug resistant tuberculosis face an arduous course of ...
Peru’s Mineral Wealth and Woes

Toni Johnson | Peru | February 12, 2010

Introduction LIMA, PERU -- The commodities boom of the last decade fueled growth, but it also poses social and environmental problems. Peru is emblematic of the economic promise and ...
Kurt Holle’s ecolodge employs locals while slowing the devastation of the Amazon

Matthew Clark | Peru | February 02, 2010

Kurt Holle opened the Posada Amazonas ecolodge in 1996 and will turn over all operations to locals in 2016. photo: Matthew Clark/The Christian Science ...
Peru farmers drop cocaine in favor of cocoa

Matthew Clark | Peru | February 02, 2010

Pinto Recodo, Peru — Deep in a valley where Peru's snow-capped Andes melt into Amazon jungle, Wilder Diaz Angulo cuts open a football-sized cocoa pod and separates precious brown beans ...
Latin America’s surprise rising economic star: Peru

Matthew Clark | Peru | January 05, 2010

Lima, Peru - Often overlooked as a player in the global economy, Peru is determined to prove that it’s more than just llamas, bowler hats, and Macchu Picchu. And these days, the Andean ...

Promise and Pitfalls in Peru

by Sean Carberry | February 17, 2010

Back in November I spent a couple of weeks in Peru on an International Reporting Project Gatekeepers Fellowship. The program was a whirlwind tour of the country. ...
Microcréditos en Perú (Spanish)

by Rafael Cores | November 23, 2009

Sheethal vive con su marido en Nueva York, donde tiene su propia empresa de marketing. Antes estudió su carrera y su maestría en la Universidad de Columbia, así que debe gustarle la ...
Rambling in Peru, Days 10 and 11: Gold fever

by Tom Barton | November 21, 2009

Think gold rush. Think boomtown. Think untamed frontier. Think dusty streets jammed with three-wheeled jitneys and scooters. Think “Romancing the Stone,” the movie where Michael ...
Rambling in Peru, Days 8 and 9: Attack of the Flying Ants

by Tom Barton | November 20, 2009

In some Savannah neighborhoods, you slowly learn the difference between the sounds of firecrackers and serious gunplay and whether to dial 911. In the Amazon region of South America, ...
Cebiches en La Mar (Spanish)

by Rafael Cores | November 20, 2009

Llevo menos de dos semanas en Perú y creo que habré ganado ya unos tres kilos. Ya hablé en un post anterior de la cocina Nova Andina, y anteayer nos escapamos a mediodía a La Mar, el ...