Armed with research, compassion and bloody and graphic undercover footage, Stefan Austermühle, a Peruvian-based activist, and BlueVoice, a Florida-based NGO, are working to stop the slaughtering of what they estimate to be 5,000-15,000 dolphins annually in Peruvian waters.
Yesterday, the United States Department of Homeland Security announced that it will work with the Peruvian government to bring the country into its Visa Waiver Program.
Since 2008, the Peruvian government has been battling illegal miners. Amidst the wilderness of the Amazon jungle, explosives ravage the land, illegal prostitution oppresses the local population and disease spreads unmonitored.
In 2012, the Peruvian government passed legislation to curb the illegal gold mining rampant in its Amazonian departments. However, it did not fully enforce them until now. A deadline, which expired on April 25, allowed for illegal miners to register with the government. According to the AP, the government of President Ollanta Humala has vowed to enforce this latest deadline and will move against the remaining illegal miners.
San Valentín, in Latin America, is a day reserved for passion, sensual love, expectations, and the material exchange of tokens of affection, all to show devotion and commitment. Valentine’s Day in many Latin American countries also promotes “acts of appreciation” for friends, applauding non-romantic love.
Chiclayo, one of the most important urban areas in of Peru, is the birthplace of several genetically diverse crops (quinoa, kaniwa, llma beans, caigua & etc.), but it is also the birthplace of one of Peru’s most delectable dishes, Jalea.
Animal conservation groups are enraged over the brutal slaughtering of thousands of dolphins off the coast of Peru, where the mammals are used as shark bait for an Asian delicacy known as shark fin soup.
Alberto Fujimori, the 75-year-old former Peruvian President, began his fifth trial for misuses of public funds last Thursday after being convicted in four previous trials, and is already serving 25 years in prison for corruption and the authorization of death squads.
Peru may have bypassed Colombia as the biggest producer of coca (a South American plant used to make cocaine) with over 128,000 tons produced in the country last year, but that doesn't mean the country won't give up the fight against narco-trafficking.
