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One Book Peru's Presidents Really Must Read

David Hill | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Alan Garcia, Ollanta Humala, Peru, Uncontacted Tribes, Environment, Oil Company, Brazil, Amazon, Perenco, Books News
David Hill

There's a wonderful moment in The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes when the author, Scott Wallace, finds himself staring at a path apparently made by indigenous people living without any contact with outsiders.

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WikiLeaks: U.S. and Brazil Vie for Power in Peru

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Wikileaks, Ollanta Humala, Alan Garcia, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Dilma Rousseff, Marco Aurelio Garcia, Odebrecht, World News
Nikolas Kozloff

The geopolitical competition for Peru has fallen somewhat under the radar, but a close reading of WikiLeaks cables lays bare Washington's secret agenda.

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WikiLeaks: More Evidence of Brazil's Rise on World Stage

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nelson Jobim, Alan Garcia, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Wikileaks, Lula-Wikileaks, Brazil, WikiLeaks Cables, Brazil Wikileaks, World News
Nikolas Kozloff

Brazil has aggressively pursued narrow-minded self interest in order to further Machiavellian geopolitical and economic goals.

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Yale To Return Inca Artifacts, Peru President Says

AP | CARLA SALAZAR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peru Artifacts, Inca Artifacts, The Northeast, Alan Garcia, Macchu Picchu, Yale, College News

LIMA, Peru — Peru's president announced Friday that Yale University has agreed to return thousands of artifacts taken away from the Inca citadel...

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The King is Naked! In defense of Michele Santoro.

Aldo Civico | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Future of Journalism, Italy, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Peru, Free Press, Mauro Masi, Mexico, Alan Garcia, Media, Press, Rai, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Journalism, Anno Zero, Freedom of Speech, President Hugo Chavez, Guatemala, Liberty, Ethics in Journalism, Colombia, Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Freedom, Alvaro Uribe, Honduras, Michele Santoro, Media News
Aldo Civico

There is no democracy, unless there is dissent and that dissent can be overtly expressed. It obfuscates one's mind to see how heads of states, democra...

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Victory in the Amazon

Laura Carlsen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peruvian Amazon, Alan Garcia, U.S./Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, Bagua, U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement, World News
Laura Carlsen

This recent clash between indigenous peoples and the Peruvian national police sends a powerful message from the Amazon jungle straight to Washington.

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The Free Market's Marked Men, From The Niger Delta To The Amazon

Amy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Niger Delta, Alien Tort Claims Act, Wiwa v. Shell, Lima, World, World News, Environment, Politics News, Oil Spills, Peru, Peruvian Jungle Interethnic Development Association, Shareholders, Corporate Crime, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Amazon, Human Rights, Alberto Pizango, U.S./Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, Chevron, Africa, Royal Dutch Shell, Oil, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Pollution, Shell Oil, Center for Constitutional Rights, Rainforests, Ken Wiwa, Alan Garcia, Ecuador, Oil Companies, Genocide, Green News, Breaking Politics News, Ogoni, Ptpa, Aidesep, World News
Amy Goodman

Ken Saro-Wiwa's family and others just won a landmark settlement in U.S. federal court, ending a 13-year battle with Shell Oil. Alberto Pizango's ordeal is just beginning.

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Protests Over Amazon Escalate In Peru

AP | FRANKLIN BRICENO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Protests, Peru, Amazon, Land, Oil, Gas, Indians, Amazon Indians, Oil Drilling, Logging, Mining, Large-Scale Farming, Alan Garcia, Bagua, Green News

BAGUA, Peru — President Alan Garcia accused Amazon Indians of "barbarity" Sunday in the killing of 22 members of a paramilitary police force sen...

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