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Peru Cabinet Ministers Resign After Failing To Suppress Leftist Rebel Violence
Cusco :: Peru | 1 year ago
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On Thursday, Peru's defense and interior ministers announced their resignations on Thursday after facing criticism over their failure to fight leftist drug-trafficking rebels in the country. Share This Story Defense Minister Luis Alberto Otarola and
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Explorer: Celebrating the Snow Star Festival in the Peruvian Andes
Lima :: NY :: USA | 1 year ago
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Search 1,000+ destinations Explorer Into Thin Air, True Believers Andray Voronov Thousands of Peruvians gather in a remote Andean valley for the Snow Star Festival. Andean air, struggling to ease the dizziness as I inhaled from a portable oxygen tank.
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Peru policeman in jungle ordeal
Cusco :: Peru | 1 year ago
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Peru policeman reappears after 17 days in the jungle Luis Astuquillca's family was overcome with joy to see him again A Peruvian policeman who survived for 17 days in the jungle after escaping from clashes with left-wing rebels has been reunited with
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3 killed in combat with Peru rebels
Cusco :: Peru | 1 year ago
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Peruvian authorities say two police officers and a soldier have been killed in combat with Shining Path rebels while searching southeastern jungles for two disappeared comrades. Joint command spokeswoman Mirella Ausejo said the three were killed
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'Firelight' Star On Juvenile Delinquents
Cusco :: Peru | 1 year ago
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A lot of people know actress Q'Orianka Kilcher from her scene-stealing turn in director Terrence Malick's "The New World" (2005), but what a lot of people don't know is that the 22-year-old actress is Latina. The Huffington Post caught up with the
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Skanska workers held hostage by rebels in Peru
Cusco :: Peru | 1 year ago
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The report contradicted an earlier police statement saying most of the kidnapped workers, with two different companies, had been freed. "There were 28 workers from the Swedish company Skanska and eight from the company Construcciones Modulares who
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World Briefing | The Americas: Peru: Rebels Abduct Workers at Gas Pipeline
Cusco :: Peru | 1 year ago
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Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Shining Path rebels kidnapped 30 workers at a natural gas field in southern Peru on Monday before letting most of them go hours later in a remote jungle, regional police officials
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Peru 'rebels' kidnap gas workers
Cusco :: Peru | 1 year ago
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They are demanding the release of captured rebel leader "Comrade Artemio" in return for the hostages, local media say. The seized workers were involved in the Camisea natural gas development in the southern region of Cusco. Artemio, one of the last
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Steamboat Living: From Mount Werner to Machu Picchu
Cusco :: Peru | 1 year ago
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Trish O'Connell/Courtesy The O'Connell family from left, Chuck, Kathleen, Meg, Mary, Trish and Finn celebrating their hard-earned reward. Trish O'Connell/Courtesy Chuck O'Connell taking to the Incas' ancient cobblestones. Trish O'Connell/Courtesy
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Close encounters with a ‘Wonder of the World’
Iquitos :: Peru | 1 year ago
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Peru Once you cast your eyes on the marvel of Machu Picchu and its setting, it's immediately clear why this was chosen as one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World. Having traveled to over 90 countries, I feel safe in saying that Machu Picchu is
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