Ruth Buendia, the woman who thwarted a plan to build massive hydroelectric dam which would have flooded her people’s land. The first Ashaninka woman leader and the well-deserved winner of an ‘environmental Oscar’ – a Goldman Environmental Prize, …and me..
Peru
My interview with Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Testino on why he’s come home
Peru cracks down on antique trafficking
Peru is known for its rich cultural heritage. For centuries, though, that heritage has been plundered, and many of the country’s artefacts continue to be sold on the black market. But Peru is getting better at protecting its past.
Peru readies for the COP20 climate change summit
In December, Peru will host the 20th annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The goal of the meeting is to work toward developing a new legally binding international treaty that will replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2q1jtdGH7Q
Peru: reversing the brain drain
How Peru is bringing brains back home.
3D archaeology protects Lima’s history
How archaeologists are using drones to protect Lima’s pre-Colombian ruins.
Counting African-Peruvians
Peru’s counting its citizens of African descent to include them, and empower them.
Does Peru’s First Lady wield too much power?
Forced sterilisations in Peru
More than 2,000 Peruvian women say they were sterilised against their will in the late 1990s. They are still demanding justice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6-QSCWl9C8