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...explosion in the snowy, rugged Andean peak came from a buildup of molten rock and trapped gases that was ultimately caused by the movement of two of the earth's huge tectonic plates (see following story). Similar forces were responsible for the Mexico City earthquake as well as the tremors that perennially shake California. But the eruption also bore an eerie similarity to the 1980 detonation of Washington State's Mount St. Helens, which left an estimated 65 people dead and missing. The initial Nevado del Ruiz blast sent steam and millions of tons of ash into the Andean...
...police were placed on alert on election day. A dynamite blast, blamed by police on guerrillas in the central Andes city of Huancayo, killed two children and wounded four other people. But a call by Sendero Luminoso to boycott the election went unheeded, and voter participation in the Andean regions was believed to be heavier than ever before. Said Writer Mario Vargas Llosa: "APRA was seen by many as the best defense against the extreme left...
...Andean plane crash was documented in Piers Paul Read’s book, “Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors” and later adapted in the 1993 film “Alive,” directed by Frank Marshall and starring Ethan Hawke...
...leave. Grower Pains PERU Riot police stormed an Inca temple in the southeastern city of Cuzco to free 19 foreign tourists briefly held by coca farmers protesting the government's U.S.-sponsored efforts to eradicate their crop. The increasingly restive coca growers say the plant is a part of Andean culture and their livelihoods depend on it; officials say it is mostly used to produce cocaine...
...differentiate ourselves," says Bernardo Hoffmann, marketing director for the Wines of Argentina export association. Hence the rebirth of Malbec, a French migrant long dissed as merely a blending grape. Enologists found the grape to be a more complex varietal than once thought, especially in Mendoza's dryer, Andean conditions. Today, Malbecs like Catena's, from $10 to $50, score high with U.S. critics for their exuberant, fruity and floral styles. "We're aiming for the 25-to-40-year-old market," says Catena in his state-of-the-art winery, built like a Maya pyramid. "It's more aligned with...