Living in Peru : your everyday companion

Weaving better future for Peruvians

NSCAD University students are stitching together a relationship that will take them out of the classroom and to another continent. Twenty design pupils are working with developmental groups in Peru to start an online shop that will connect craftspeople from villages in the high Andes to a global marketplace. Some of the students involved in the coursework, which they’ve dubbed Project Peru, got together Tuesday afternoon at a studio in the Halifax school to talk about what they hope to accomplish.(The Chronicle Herald - click here to read complete article by Kristen Lipscombe)


Peru police nab ex-Birmingham soccer coach on sex charge

Birmingham police say a youth soccer coach charged with molesting a 7-year-old boy is jailed in Peru after eluding arrest for 18 months. Twenty-six-year-old Claudio Caffelli was charged in October 2006 with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. He faces up to life in prison if convicted. Police say Caffelli molested the boy at his Birmingham home. They say a 2006 cell phone signal indicated he'd fled to Lima, Peru, his mother's hometown. (AP - click here to read complete article)


Perú Negro

It is widely accepted that during the international black pride movements, this ensemble-founded by Ronaldo Campos de la Colina to preserve Peru's African heritage 30 years ago-became the national standard other bands emulated. And they haven't let up yet. Peru Negro's first internationally-available recording, Sangre de un Don, was released by Times Square Records in the US in Spring 2001. (World Music Central - click here to read complete article)


Forex - Peru's Sol At 6-week Low Versus Buck [USD/PEN]

Peru's Nuevo sol slipped to a 6-week low of 2.8220 versus its U.S. counterpart at noon in New York on Wednesday, compared to yesterday's close of 2.7340. Peru's Central Bank President Julio Velarde said on Monday that the bank could further raise reserve requirements for bank accounts owned by foreign investment funds, to curb inflows of hot money as the Andean economy booms. On Monday, the Peruvian Central bank said that it wants to slow the sol's appreciation, which could cause trouble for banks and lenders if the sol were to enter a depreciation cycle. (RTTNews - click here to read complete article)


Soccer-FIFA ask Peru striker Pizarro to drop lawsuit - agent

Peru striker Claudio Pizarro, banned by his country for 18 months for indiscipline, has been asked by FIFA to withdraw a lawsuit he has taken out against the Peruvian federation over his suspension. Pizarro's agent Carlos Delgado said in a radio interview that soccer's governing body wanted the Chelsea player to keep his case to the sporting tribunals. (Reuters - click here to read complete article)