News tagged "peru" on mun2

international waters

daily dos

tue 12/2/2008

(image by Chelsea Nicole Conner via flickr)

Tension between neighbors Chile and Peru remains high after a Peruvian general said that Chileans in Peru would leave the country in coffins or body bags. A video of the general making the remarks was posted to YouTube earlier this year.

turn styles

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sun 11/23/2008

After signing various trade deals with Cuba, Chinese President Hu Jintao continued his tour of Latin America with visits to Costa Rica and Perú.

get off your ass

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wed 10/8/2008

A satellite has discovered an ancient Peruvian pyramid buried by centuries of plant growth.

born again

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thu 8/21/2008

Protests by indigenous groups in Perú have been scaled back after the government voted to repeal laws which the groups maintained would have made it easier for companies to purchase their land. President Alan Garcia, who supported the laws, called the decision a "huge mistake."

mini-skirt the issue

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tue 8/19/2008

(image by Felixe via flickr)

Peru declared a state of emergency after indigenous groups occupied oil installations and a hydroelectric plant in protest of a law which they say makes it easier for energy companies to purchase their resource-rich land.

without a pause

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thu 7/10/2008

Thousands of people marched in Perú to protest the economic policies of President Alan Garcia. Mario Huaman, organizer of the marches and leader of the Confederación General de Trabajadores del Perú, says the country has failed to distribute its growing wealth to its poor population: "This is a government of the rich and the transnational companies."

Immortal Technique

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sun 6/29/2008

New York rapper Felipe Coronel – aka Immortal Technique – relishes a battle.

Like Eminem before him, the Peruvian-born MC made a name for himself in underground hip hop by defeating established rappers in freestyle battles. In 2001, he dropped his debut, Revolutionary Vol. 1. An aggressive political album in the vein of Dead Prez and Public Enemy, the album's most popular track, Dance With The Devil, is a seven-minute lament on the tragic, violent fall of a criminal. His sophomore release, Revolutionary Vol. 2, became an underground sensation in 2003, spawning hits like The Point of No Return and Industrial Revolution.

One year later, the gravel-voiced Immortal Technique teamed up with the ubiquitous DJ Green Lantern (Eminem, 50 Cent) to release Bin Laden featuring Mos Def and Eminem. The controversial track samples a line from Jadakiss' Why to claim "Bush knocked down the towers." This summer, Immortal Technique and Green Lantern are back with a new album, The 3rd World, on indie Viper Records (Coronel is the label's Executive VP). With guest appearances by Psycho Realm, Ras Kass and Chino XL, the record should hold over fans eagerly awaiting Immortal Technique's forthcoming albums, The Middle Passage and Revolutionary, Vol. 3.

In the meantime, they can catch Coronel on the multi-city Rock the Bells Festival tour with hip hop legends A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and Rakim.

See: myspace.com/immortaltechnique

me first

daily dos

tue 6/17/2008

(image by chattingjason via flickr)

Peru and Chile are beefing over the origin of potatoes. Last week, Chilean agriculture minister Marigen Hornkohl proclaimed: "Few people know that 99 percent of the world's potatoes have some type of genetic link to potatoes from Chile." Peruvian Foreign Minister José Antonio García Belaúnde responded: "Obviously, the world has known for centuries that the potato is from Peru and that the Peruvian potato saved Europe from hunger." Charles Crissman of the International Potato Center: [T]he first potatoes came from what is today Peru." (via FP Passport)