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Posts tagged "Peru"

Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa is the fifth Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Who else should win?

Mario Vargas Llosa courtesy nobelprize.org Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa won the Nobel Prize in Literature Thursday. The Swedish Academy said he won “for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat.” Vargas Llosa fuses art and politics. He unsuccessfully ran for president of Peru in... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
October 7, 2010 at 8:47 am
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Hillary Clinton in Peru or Joran van der Sloot in Peru. What's the bigger story?

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Peru. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Peruvian President Alan Garcia. Photo from the State Department. Unfortunately, the detention of Joran van der Sloot, the leading suspect in the 2005 murder of  Natalee Holloway, now suspected of killing a Peruvian woman, Stephany Flores, is garnering bigger... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
June 7, 2010 at 2:51 pm
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Susana Baca from Lima to Chicago

Susana Baca, the Grammy-winning Afro-Peruvian, singer will perform in Chicago Friday night. And when I was in Peru in January with my colleague Elio Leturia and a group of Columbia College Chicago students we interviewed Baca at her home in Lima. Here is a video that I took of Baca in Lima, and she sang... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
April 23, 2010 at 9:12 am
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Machu Picchu region hit by mudslides stranding tourists

I was in Peru’s Machu Picchu, one of the modern wonders of the world, just 11 days ago. It was slightly rainy and foggy but that did not stop us from appreciating the incredible beauty and spiritual energy of the famous archaeological ruins. But in recent days mudslides have stranded as many as 2,000 tourists... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 26, 2010 at 11:24 am
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My photo album of Argentina and Peru

I’m back in Chicago now and on this overcast day I am thinking back on my three- week trip in Argentina and Peru. I miss the architecture, from colonial to baroque, the colors, which are vibrant, and the landscape from the Pacific Ocean in Lima to the lush green mountains outside Cusco, Peru. So this... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 22, 2010 at 10:25 am
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Oh cuy! I ate guinea pig in Peru.

In Cusco, Peru, one of the celebrated delicacies is called cuy. Translated that means guinea pig. It’s on the menu in many of the restaurants in this beautiful city where the Spanish built colonial buildings over stone Inca foundations. And so I thought I should try it. I was told that they served it whole... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 17, 2010 at 5:17 pm
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Journey to Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu is one of the seven modern wonders of the world and it is truly breathtaking. Fog hovered over the emerald green peaks of the mountains and llamas ran freely around the site mingling with tourists. I was there Friday with a group of students from Columbia College Chicago for a travel writing course... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 16, 2010 at 1:31 pm
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Traffic jam in Lima worse than Chicago

One thing I will not miss about Lima, Peru, is the traffic. I’ve been here 10 days now and it’s some of the worst traffic I’ve seen anywhere in my travels. It’s not just traffic jams which you can see in my video below. A ride to the downtown from the Miraflores neighborhood – a... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 13, 2010 at 9:41 pm
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Chicago has two major daily newspapers. Lima, Peru has 20 plus.

Chicago has two daily newspapers. By comparison, in Lima, Peru, there are more than 20 dailies. Walking by a local newsstand you can see the daily editions posted on a wall. There is a variety of names from Sol, Extra, Ajá, Expreso and La Razón. Many of them are tabloids and some have racy photos... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 12, 2010 at 10:56 am
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Take a look at this erotic art from Lima, Peru

Warning: This following post is R-rated for graphic content. Seriously, though. It’s about the Erotic Gallery I visited at the Museo Larco, a museum founded by anthropologist Rafael Larco Hoyle, in Lima, Peru. I’ve been traveling in South America the last two weeks and will be here another week. I can say I’ve never seen... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 10, 2010 at 6:32 pm
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