LIMA — As millions in Latin America follow events in London obsessively, the reality is that for decades, the region has largely failed to live up to its sporting potential. But why have so few Latin Americans graced an Olympic podium?
LIMA — By all accounts, Ben Horne and Gil Weiss were experienced mountaineers. They understood perfectly the risks inherent in the sport they loved. The bodies of the two Americans, still roped together, were discovered over the weekend below Palcaraju West, a remote 20,000 foot summit in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca range. Ted Alexander, of guiding company Skyline Adventures, believes a block of ice collapsed beneath one of the pair. “They were just unlucky,” he told GlobalPost.
LIMA — Hemorrhaging followers to the evangelical movement across Latin America and with its credibility damaged by its condemnation of contraception, the Catholic Church cannot afford more spats. Yet in its latest confrontation with otherwise faithful disciples, the Vatican has been bluntly told by Peru’s top university that it will not be allowed to meddle with academic freedom.
Rescue coordinator Ted Alexander said his three-man team found the bodies of 29-year-old Weiss and 32-year-old Horne on Palcaraju in the Cordillera Blanca range on Saturday.
CHACHAPOYAS, Peru — The pre-Columbian fortress of Kuelap is an impressive feat of engineering. Like its better-known cousin Machu Picchu, Kuelap is one of Peru’s largest and most breathtaking archaeological sites. Yet while the world-famous Inca citadel is overrun with tourists, Kuelap is all but empty. That mismatch is causing authorities here a headache as they attempt to sustainably manage Peru’s archaeological riches.
Peru teen Luis Canelos, 17, who accidentally shot himself in the groin with a rifle when he was nine, will undergo reconstructive surgery in Miami to get a new penis.
COROSHA, Peru — Homero Francisco Lopez shudders as he recalls how he used to hunt one of the world’s most endangered monkey species. “I'm ashamed when I think about it now,” says the 58-year-old subsistence farmer. He once shot a yellow-tailed woolly monkey because it had playfully goaded him. “But now that we have learned what a unique animal it is, and how it can even bring tourists here, we want it protected.”
LIMA — Historical tensions between Chile and Peru are rising ahead of a keenly awaited ruling on the South American nations’ disputed maritime frontier. The latest source of friction has been a leaked draft of Santiago’s national defense strategy, published in Peru, in which Chilean President Sebastian Pinera warns his country must be ready for armed conflict.
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