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A onetime swineherd, cruel Francisco Pizarro, conquered the Incas and in 1535 founded the city of Lima. After laying out a great square, which he called the Plaza de Armas, he placed the cornerstone for a cathedral on the eastern side. Then he allotted spaces for a city hall and...
It started even before the Incas. Ever since, Peruvians have cherished the 40 million sea birds whose droppings make high-grade fertilizer (guano) for Peruvian farmers. In Inca days, the penalty for molesting the birds was death. Now the protection of the guano birds (cormorants, boobies and pelicans) is the...
Verdict on Progress. But there is an advantage to viewing Man at a single sitting, if only to see his mistakes bundled so tightly together. "Even in her errors," says Author Sédillot, "the Age of 'Progress' is no innovator. Monetary catastrophes are as old as-money...
The neighbors, one of the world's oldest international communities, seemed more interested in economics than defense. Replying on behalf of the visiting ministers, Brazil's Joáo Neves da Fontoura declared bluntly that in return for their cooperation in mobilizing, the latinos wanted a better economic...
Puny on the Plain. Four centuries after the Spanish conquest, perhaps four out of seven million Peruvians still live in the Andes, speak the Quechua and Aymara of the Incas, play their mournful five-noted pipes of Pan and on festive occasions get falling drunk on tinka, a poisonous potion...