An aircraft carrying at least 70 Peruvian FIFA World Cup fans to Moscow was filled with smoke after a turbine reportedly caught fire in mid-air. A video online shows passengers panicking and smoke visible inside the cabin. The incident took place on a Utair flight from the city of Ekaterinburg in the Urals to the […]
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Peruvian lynching death underscores risk of trip into jungle and mind
The lynching of a Canadian in a Peruvian jungle town highlights the dangers associated the unregulated growth of the ayahuasca healing industry.
South America's New Feminist Champions: Peruvian Women
When a 45-year-old man pulled a 35-year-old woman into a room and raped her in the less affluent outskirts of Lima while she worked door-to-door for the census on October 22, the brutal crime appeared in keeping with an embarrassing reputation Peru has gained. In 2017 alone, the country has registered 94 feminicides, over 2,100 […]
The Peruvian Chef Daring to Serve Recycled Food — and End Hunger Nationwide
I arrive at 1087 Restaurante at 8 p.m., ravenous after a week of hiking in the Andes. Palmiro Ocampo’s bistro in the swanky part of Lima is everything I expected of the tattooed young chef — hip, sophisticated, modern — but it’s also completely empty. If he can’t fill his restaurant on a Friday night, […]