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Americans Can Cash in with Investments in Peru

As American investors struggle with the beginnings of a financial crisis in this country, many are looking overseas for investment opportunities that can bring them a great return in a short amount of time. Manny Backus, known in investment circles as the stock trading whiz kid, says there are plenty of high yield profits to be made in the Peruvian stock market. "It's a little known but fastest growing stock market in the world," Backus said. If someone had invested in these foreign stocks in 2006, "you could have made 11 times more money investing in Peruvian stocks than you did investing in American stocks." (PRWeb - click here to read complete press release)


Cuban Residents in Peru Condemn US Economic Blockade

Participants in the First Encounter of Cuban Residents in Peru condemned the US economic blockade against the Caribbean nation and demanded the immediate release of five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters who remain unjustly imprisoned in the United States. (Cuban news agency - click here to read complete article)


RIGHTS-PERU: Fujimori Hemmed In

After 50 days of hearings, the Peruvian court trying former President Alberto Fujimori has heard virtually incontrovertible evidence that the former president was responsible for kidnappings and for two massacres of civilians perpetrated in the early 1990s, according to prosecutor Avelino Guillén. (IPS - click here to read complete article by Ángel Páez)


Missing Spaniard found dead in Peruvian jungle

The body of 23 year old Spanish student, Pablo Barbadillo Maestre, who was last seen alive in Pacal Guacamayo (Madre de Dios, Peru) on Sunday, April 13th, has been found in the Peruvian jungle. The well-preserved corpse displayed no obvious signs of violence, except for numerous animal and insect bites that may have been inflicted post mortem, and it is believed that Pablo died accidentally. (Think Spain - click here to read complete article)


Feds seize $4 million in heroin at airport

Customs and Border Protection agents say they uncovered $4 million in heroin concealed in Peruvian candy boxes at Newark Liberty International Airport. Tuesday's discovery came three days after a Colombian citizen was arrested on charges of trying to smuggle $1 million dollars worth of liquid heroin through the airport. (WNBC - click here to read complete article)


Potato production a solution to food shortages

Global potato production is expected to be boosted in response to the global food crisis. The recent spike in grain prices has led to food shortages in some countries, with riots in the most severe cases. The International Potato Centre in Peru is now reporting more interest from both governments and business to invest more in potato production. (ABC Rural - click here to read complete article)


Luxury Cruises Now Available on the Amazon River in Peru

Luxury cruises are available to nearly any destination you can dream up, but up until now, they weren't available on the Amazon. A company by the name of Aqua Expeditions has just launched the very first luxury cruise on the Amazon, and the area once unfamiliar to such luxury will now get its taste of in-suite air conditioning, and fabulous 280-thread count sheets. (Cleveland leader - click here to read complete article)


Susanna Baca's Peruvian Passion

A woman with an incandescent look on her face dances on the stage, inspired by a rapture the audience can feel. She stops for a moment and poses, then dances again; the smile on her face seems permanent, the joy she conveys – irresistible. (The Epoch Times - click here to read complete article by Cherian Philipose)