Looking down your nose at Peru- February 21, 2006 Lori Through the Looking Glass by Dr. Nicholas Birns of New School University (New York) for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs takes a US left-wing look at the Lori Berensen case and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights decision to not reverse her conviction. Birns subscribes this reversal to pressure put on the court by the Peruvian government:"Through the middle to later part of November (http://www.gci275.com/log/2006/02/looking-down-your-nose-at-peru.shtml Experiment with Wiki- February 21, 2006 I have started an experiment with a wiki on Peru. I don't know if I will be able to sustain it, but that's the point of a wiki -- it's open to other people contributing. The PBWiki is a freeby and they seem to be actively upgrading and improving the product.Correction: I have since changed the wiki from private to public so that anyone can now see it. Just be forewarned that there is not a lothttp://www.gci275.com/log/2006/02/experiment-with-wiki.shtml Afro-Peruvian music hits big- February 14, 2006 SFGate PERUVIAN SOUL: "Ronny Campos say the give-and-take between the dancers and percussionists is the essence of Afro-Peruvian music. 'The symbiotic relationship between dancers and percussionists is clear when you see a performance. There is melody, but the dancers and percussionists lead each other. The dancers set the tempo and the percussion follows." This article picks up a San Franciscohttp://www.gci275.com/log/2006/02/afro-peruvian-music-hits-big.shtml Times flies- February 13, 2006 Sorry that I have not posted any entries here for the past month. I had not even realized that it had been such along time. As a consolation, here is an interview that Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo gave the the Council on Foreign Affairs when he was up in the States in September, last year: A Conversation. Toledo gave some opening remarks and then fielded questions from the audience. Todayhttp://www.gci275.com/log/2006/02/times-flies.shtml |