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That might be an apt description of García's first six months in office. But if his greatest gains have been psychological, that is no mean accomplishment. "Peru, once the seat of the Inca Empire, is a country with a history," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams told a House subcommittee in November. "What Alan García has said to his people is that Peru is also a country with a future. He has helped Peruvians to believe that they can better their fate." The test now will be to see if García can convert the positive...
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...Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force said it would disarm after the government agreed to discuss its demands for greater regional autonomy and a share of oil wealth. The NDPVF rescinded an Oct. 1 deadline for foreign oil workers to leave.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...
...Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. (2002 revenues: $2.75 billion). Yanacocha mined 2.3 million oz. of gold last year and earned $700 million, but 75% of the town's population lives in poverty. Cajamarca resident Silvio Suarez likes to show tourists the "ransom room," a stone building that the last Inca Emperor, Atahualpa, filled with gold for the Spaniards in 1532. Then they killed him. Foreign-owned mines, says Suarez, "are taking our gold the way the Spaniards took the Inca gold to their king...
...sweaters, swimsuits, thongs, handbags, belts and wallets. After Eye's owner, Karen Golov, saw Barney's custom-label cashmere letter sweaters two years ago, she says she "focused on everything I could find that had initials." Mass-producing customized goods isn't easy. Stephanie Hirsch, owner and designer of Inca, which makes initialed caps, visors and swimwear, says her best sellers are A, B, C, D and S. But she will whip up the occasional Q or Z to order. "Wouldn't you know," she says, "that the one thing that blows out of the store is the most difficult...