Why Miami Food Lovers Should Know Who Gaston Acurio Is
If you don't know who Gaston Acurio is, chances are you will soon. The Peruvian chef, who is arguably the face of Peruvian cuisine both in his home country and around the world, visits Miami this...
View ArticleFrom Pets To Plates: Why More People Are Eating Guinea Pigs
You may best know the guinea pig as a nervous little pet that lives in a cage and eats alfalfa pellets. Now, the rodents are increasingly showing up on plates in the United States. South American...
View ArticlePower To Peru: The (Quiet) Latin American Boom That's Making South Florida Swoon
Peru is the loudest Latin American boom you’ve probably never heard – but should. These are the kind of macroeconomic data that made the world swoon over Brazil in the 2000s: ● Peru’s economy has...
View ArticleFree From A Dark Past, Peruvian Entrepreneurs Embrace Their Roots
Superstar chef Gastón Acurio is a trend-setter. For the past four years, Astrid y Gastón, his flagship restaurant in Lima, Peru, has made the San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list . His...
View ArticleThis Must Be A First: Alpacas Blessed In Nation's Capital
Here's something you don't see every day in Washington, D.C. Standing just a couple of blocks from the U.S. Capitol, a group of Peruvian highlanders, draped in handwoven cloths and ponchos in all the...
View ArticleFive important news stories that aren't about Donald Trump
Donald Trump this, Rex Tillerson that. Russia, Russia, Russia. It's been a week of heavy news about US politics and America's relationship with the world. Let's catch up now on some news that's been...
View ArticleSeveral cities in Peru are underwater, and the 'coastal El Niño' isn't done yet
Peru is expected to experience another two weeks of highly unusual torrential rains, which have already caused devastating floods along large swaths of its arid coast, destroying homes and crops and...
View ArticleFamily ties and a presidential pardon — it's a 'Greek tragedy' playing out in...
Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski pardoned former autocrat Alberto Fujimori Sunday night. Fujimori was serving a 25-year prison sentence for corruption and human rights abuses. Days earlier,...
View ArticleTruck Driver Plows Over Peru's 2,000-Year-Old Nazca Lines, Leaving 'Deep Scars'
A semitrailer driver ignored warning signs and drove over Peru's famous Nazca Lines on Saturday, causing significant damage to the UNESCO World Heritage site. The driver, identified as 40-year-old...
View ArticlePeru’s President Offers Resignation Amid Political Turmoil
Embattled President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski offered up his resignation Wednesday ahead of an impeachment vote, seeking to put an end to a debilitating political drama playing out just three weeks before...
View ArticleThey're Having A Corruption Summit In South America. South Florida Should...
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned as president of Peru in March because of a corruption scandal – just a month before he was supposed to host the Summit of the Americas this week in Lima. But here’s the...
View ArticleNavy Hospital Ship Heads To South America, Awaited By Venezuelan Refugees
A U.S. Navy hospital ship leaves Norfolk, Virginia, Thursday on a mission that means a lot to people here in South Florida. It hopes to help bring relief to the worst migrant refugee crisis in modern...
View ArticleClimate Change Is Bad For Peru's Pastures ... But There's A 1,200-Year-Old Fix
Climate change, vanishing ice and erratic rain patterns are causing the wetlands in two Andean communities to shrink — and that's a big problem for the communities of Miraflores and Canchayllo. The...
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