I used to hear that only APRA, or only foreign investment could save Peru. Then I heard that only Alberto Fujimori and the sinchis could save it. Now mining is supposed to be saving the country, which has coal among other minerals. We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to show this video about coal mining. … More Coal Is Not an Alternative Fuel
The owner of the bus company HORNA, in whose vehicle I was riding when it hit a truck and then crashed into a car, said that he had no way of controlling whether or not the drivers had accidents. He was therefore not responsible for anything that happened, so that it was not his duty … More Yet Another Coda
This is very good. H/T Hattie. As a side note, it alludes to one of my main themes: the fallacious idea that it is more healthy and “natural” (or “genuine”) for women to be irrational than for us to be logical. As we know, that idea is central in Reeducation. Axé.
It is a serious problem. Listen closely to the clever commentary by the reporter! And here, we see people burning electrical cables in the street near the Gamarra market. Update: Some of the commentators on the second video say the reason people are committing this ecological crime is that they are “shitty Indians” (sic). In … More Meones en Lima
FUN AND FLUFFY I associate Peru with seafood, but usually we eat many forms of starch, fruit, and milk – with instant coffee and herb tea. This diet causes me to crave fried eggs. Today, fortunately, we consumed meat, vegetables, and wine, and I was fortified at last. Then we consumed an item new to … More Your Travel Guide Requete-speaks
For the third day in a row I have failed to get into the Lima film festival. It is somewhat disappointing, but now I know: you have to study the program way ahead of time, and drop down on those tickets like a hawk the first hour they are available. I justified buying Jorge Bruce’s … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Jorge Bruce
This is a promotional film from General Motors, but check it out. You see a good mountain road, better than those I have been on recently. You discover that Lima has the oldest traffic laws in the world – ironic now that traffic is so savage, laws are not obeyed, and the discussion of the … More Lima en 1927
My voyage north has been judged daring and dangerous by the people in Lima. I think so too, although not for all of the reasons they cite. They fear assault, robbery and auto accidents, whereas I only fear auto accidents, and/but I fear these increasingly, based on my recent experiences and observations. I am in … More Your Travel Guide Reque-speaks
Now it is time to boycott the HORNA bus company and write letters complaining of their service to the newspaper La Industria in Trujillo, Peru, for their complete disregard for human life and dignity. [Upon proofreading: that sentence does not scan in English, but the syntax works well enough in Spanish, so I will let … More Boicotear la empresa HORNA de transportes
I saw in Sunday’s La República that the Archbishop of Cuzco is canceling the lease the traditional and beautiful Café Allyu, on the Plaza de Armas, has held for decades, so as to lease the space to Starbuck’s. This will of course hurt a high quality Peruvian small business in favor of a mediocre transnational … More Complete Boycott of Starbuck’s and the Catholic Church
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