Peru

Hopkins enters into agreement with Peruvian hospitals

2013-02-13 10:28:00

John Hopkins Medicine International entered into a collaboration with a network of Peruvian hospitals in an effort to improve medical services in the area. The deal with Pac�fico S.A. Entidad Prestadora de Salud also includes making improvements at an�...

Ancient attractions

2012-11-15 15:16:00

An authentic Indiana Jones is alive and well, right here in town. Baltimore, meet Douglas Comer. Operating rather inconspicuously from his Charles Village-based firm Cultural Site Research and Management, Comer has overseen some of the region's most...

Deportation reprieve for illegal immigrants starts Wednesday

2012-08-14 16:53:00

When Sarita Santillan moved from Peru to Maryland with her family in 2003, she was just 11 years old — and had little clue how hard it would be to stay here. This week, Santillan, 20, an illegal immigrant who lives in Greektown, will be among...

Baltimore-area chocolatiers create sweetness to savor

2011-12-20 06:24:00

People who want chocolate a cut above the stuff found near grocery store checkout lines have plenty of big-name national brands to choose from. But connoisseurs know the only way to get truly fine chocolate is to find a local chocolatier. In the...

Pisco Sour: At Talara, South American grape brandy Pisco hits American tastebuds

2011-08-17 13:20:00

Don’t let the name give you pause; yes, it's pronounced Piss-co. But you must order a Pisco Sour, a hidden gem of a cocktail featured at nuevo Latino bistro Talara in Harbor East. You’re probably thinking what I was: what IS “Pisco&...

Torrential Peru rains strand 1000s at Machu Picchu

2010-01-28 16:22:13

Here's a weather story that has not received as much press as it deserves: More than 2,000 tourists, including many foreigners, including Americans, remain stranded by heavy rains, flood waters and mudslides near the Incan ruins at Machu Picchu, in the......

Foreign tourism offices

2007-03-04 00:00:00

For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at 212-963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or delegation....

18 indicted in alleged gambling ring that used violence to collect

2013-06-19 14:32:00

SAN DIEGO -- Eighteen members of a gambling ring that allegedly used the Internet and toll-free numbers to take sports bets and then violence to collect from losers were indicted Wednesday in San Diego. The 18 suspects, most from San Diego and Los...

Chicago sales and shopping events

2013-06-19 00:00:00

Penelope's (1913 W. Division St., 773-395-2351, shoppenelopes.com) has taken 20 to 60 percent off spring men’s and women’s wear by brands such as APC, Sessun, Brooklyn Tailors, Folk, Dusen Dusen and more. Celebrate the summer solstice from 4...

Peru protesters push to stop $5 billion Newmont mine project

2013-06-17 14:50:04

By Mitra Taj PEROL LAKE, Peru, June 17 (Reuters) - Thousands of opponents of a $5 billion gold project of Newmont Mining circled a lake high in the Andes on Monday, vowing to stop the company from eventually draining it to make way for Peru's most...

Quake shakes Peru's capital of Lima

2013-06-18 12:59:02

LIMA (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake shook buildings in Peru's capital on Tuesday but there were no reported injuries or damage, Reuters witnesses and safety officials said. Peru's geological survey recorded a 5.6 magnitude quake, while the USGS said...

Peru Humala's approval rating slips for fourth straight month

2013-06-16 18:24:00

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Ollanta Humala's approval rating fell in June for the fourth straight month to nearly the lowest level of his term, due in part to his refusal to pardon jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, according to a poll...

Peru's President Ollanta Humala announces to the media his denial of the request of former President Alberto Fujimori for an humanitarian pardon based on medical reasons, at the Government Palace in Lima,

2013-06-16 18:29:09

To sidestep the backpacker hordes of El Pueblo de Machu Picchu and the urban grit of Cuzco, some discerning and well-fixed travelers prefer the pastoral calm (and fancy windows) of the Sol & Luna Hotel in Urubamba, in the Sacred Valley outside Cuzco.

2013-06-06 16:07:59

The salt works of Maras, in the Sacred Valley outside Cuzco, include hundreds of evaporation ponds, which local families have used for centuries to gather pink salt for sale. The site is about 11,000 feet above sea level.

2013-04-29 11:50:10