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Why Not “A Gringa in Lima”?

Because the g-word is (1) too loaded to serve as my moniker, and (2) I am more American than I care to admit.  Some reader is probably wondering, ‘Isn’t it incorrect nowadays to use the term American...

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Peru’s Porters Win Ausangate Gold Medal for Weightlifting

The Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics are officially over, the winners have scurried home with their medals, and the losing athletes are either chastised, pitied or forgotten by most of the world. No...

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Moby Dick, Herman Melville &“Strange, Sad” Lima

“…like a Lima tower, cutting my boat in two” Rereading yesterday’s post on writers and Lima’s weather, I became curious about Herman Melville’s riff on Lima as “the strangest, saddest city thou can’st...

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Who’s Peruvian? Film “Soy Andina” documents two dancers’ search for identity

Who is Peruvian? Who is Andean?   Can a Peruvian dancer who’s made a new life in New York City return after 15 years to her remote hometown in the Andes to reclaim her heritage? Can a young American...

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Inca Princess Photo Project Celebrates Indigenous Beauty

Beautiful women -- three Inca noblewomen face the sunset in Jimenez Mercado's series "Munay Warmikuna" (Inca Princess Project) A tourism company in Cusco is sponsoring an intriguing photo project to...

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Pituco Summer

  Bring on the inflatable breasts! It’s summertime in Lima It’s summer in Lima. It’s hot, there’s no air-conditioning, all the pitucos are at the beach, and the city street-sweepers are roasting in...

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Maids Still Banned from Swimming at Peru Beaches? Sadly, Yes

Artist’s depiction of discriminatory laws at some Peruvian beaches that prohibit maids from swimming during daylight hours (until 7 p.m. at Asia beach) It sounds like a scene straight out of the Jim...

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