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Mar 12, 2011, 5:55 pm
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Mar 8, 2011, 1:13 pm
After writing yesterday's tongue-in-cheek post about the U.S. Embassy warning about foreigners getting swept up in political demonstrations in Peru, I realized that I had nearly been caught in a violent protest myself. (To my credit, I had no illusion that it was a folkloric event.)
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Mar 7, 2011, 5:34 pm
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Nov 27, 2010, 9:44 am
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Nov 26, 2010, 6:44 pm
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Oct 10, 2010, 4:48 pm
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Oct 7, 2010, 7:19 pm
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Oct 7, 2010, 6:26 pm
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Sep 3, 2010, 10:01 pm
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Sep 3, 2010, 9:58 pm
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Mar 10, 2010, 1:25 pm
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Back in December, msnbc.com published a photo story on Qoyllur Rit’i and global warming, with photos by El Fotógrafo and captions by yours truly.
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Feb 28, 2010, 1:03 pm
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Feb 23, 2010, 7:13 pm
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Dec 11, 2009, 1:35 pm
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Dec 10, 2009, 9:16 am
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Dec 9, 2009, 12:33 pm
Jorge Recharte, Andes program director for the Mountain Institute, eloquently explains the special bond between Peru’s people and her mountains. This relationship has shaped 5,000 years of culture in both the coast and the sierra and will determine Peru’s future, says Recharte in th... Comment - Like
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Dec 9, 2009, 12:21 pm
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Here’s the video of the report that aired on NBC Nightly News on December 8.
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Dec 8, 2009, 4:23 pm
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I did. I even tweeted about it, erroneously.
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