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...ground to shift. The movement caused Juanita's ceremonial platform to collapse, and she literally tumbled off. Zarate had to rappel down a ravine to retrieve gold and silver statues, festooned with feathers, that were part of the traditional offering to the gods. Reinhard had scaled dozens of Andean peaks over the past 15 years searching for just such a treasure. Now he was worried that further underground movement on Mount Ampato might propel Juanita down the ravine, where she would be lost forever. "I couldn't just leave," Reinhard says. "I had it in my power to preserve...
...thought that scientists may have to acknowledge the existence of the soul. In faraway lands, even the most "ignorant" of people understand this. Scientists, on the contrary, get lost trying to find the components, without asking who provided the ingredients in the first place. For the Andean people who live where the sun kisses the morning first, this is no mystery. If we study their rich and ancient culture a bit more, we can probably solve many problems with less blood and more so-called consciousness. MONICA EICHMANN Miami...
These portraits introduce charmingly aphoristic essays filled with lively, unexpected detail (did you know that Andean peasants can identify 300 varieties of potato?). In the town of Cognac, which produces a world-famous, tongue-loosening brandy, Zeldin asked a housewife, With whom do you have your most useful talks? Her answer, "With my dog. He really understands me." This anecdote leads into Zeldin's discussion of conversation and of one of his heroes, Socrates. In an age when monologue was dominant-gods or kings lectured while common folk listened-Socrates developed the revolutionary notion of the dialogue. Another conversational revolutionary...
...rising continental integration and falling trade barriers, the armed clash between two democracies deep in the Andean jungle was more than a little bizarre. To the governments--and soldiers--of Ecuador and Peru, however, the situation was deadly serious. For much of last week, military units were mobilizing and troops were trading fire over a sparsely populated 78 km of undemarcated territory that has been claimed by both countries for the past 53 years. Some 60 soldiers on both sides were killed or wounded before the countries agreed to a tentative cease-fire...
...pornographic movies, dallied five months before approving it in September for viewers over 18. "My film is a reflection on the disintegration of a society faced with violence," says the producer-director, who has lived in Peru for 20 years. The insurgency's effects are seen through the fictional Andean village of Rayopampa. By enticing its young people into their movement and provoking the military, the Senderistas force everyone to take sides, creating deadly divisions. Though the story is fictional, the tragic reality is that similar scenarios mark Shining Path's 13 years of terror. The film has now opened...