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URGENT: Máxima Acuña receives death threats from Yanacocha worker
Maxima Acuña de Chaupe, the human rights defender who has stood up to the world´s second largest gold producer and refused to leave her land, has received numerous death threats from a Yanacocha worker allegedly acting on orders from the company. The worker, who is employed by Yanacocha to supposedly watch the alpacas that Yanacocha strategically placed in front of Maxima´s … [Read more...] about URGENT: Máxima Acuña receives death threats from Yanacocha worker
Murdered trying to save the rain forest.
Lets save the rain forest. Sounds nice and easy. Right? Well in reality some people that live in the jungle in Peru die trying to save their home in the rain forest. Edwin Chota was one of those people. Gunned down over trees that are worth big money. Edwin Chota was gunned down with some other men trying to defend the jungle that they called home. The corruption is so bad … [Read more...] about Murdered trying to save the rain forest.
Adobe village in Santa Catalina, Peru. Plus chickens in fashion.
The long winding road up to the village. Though no hobbits live here, the village of Santa Catalina has that feeling. The feeling of maybe I'll run into a hobbit. Quaint adobe homes with odd doors and unorthodox stairs. Chickens roaming free in the high Andes mountains of Peru. … [Read more...] about Adobe village in Santa Catalina, Peru. Plus chickens in fashion.
Medicinal hot springs Collpa, Peru.
Do you believe in the power of healing mineral water or maybe you just like sitting in a nice hot bath. Either way Peru offers many hot springs to try and they say Collpa's water is the best for healing your sick body. Stories abound of people that have been cured of their ills. Getting to Collpa is tough. First you go to the town of Huaral that is 3 hours North of Lima from … [Read more...] about Medicinal hot springs Collpa, Peru.
Change the system not the climate.
Currently the gold mining companies in Peru are in the business of genocide. … [Read more...] about Change the system not the climate.
Viscas, Peru.
Three hours up a four donkey wide dirt road from Mala, Peru you will find the one hotel town of Viscas, Peru. Viscas is a producer of fruits (mainly apple). The long twisting road from Mala offers some nerve racking cliff hanger views from your bus or van. … [Read more...] about Viscas, Peru.
Red Dodge truck in apple country Peru, South America.
People that are fortunate enough to have a truck/car in Peru really take care of them. This old dodge looks pretty solid. Lots of times they are held together with putty. … [Read more...] about Red Dodge truck in apple country Peru, South America.