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...explore their own roots; and the rich cultural and intellectual resources of Latin America, including its indigenous societies, economic and social inequalities, literature, and architecture.DRCLAS coordinates Harvard study abroad programs in Chile, Argentina, and Cuba, and assists students in applying for other pre-approved study abroad programs in Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. In addition, its summer internship program in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, and Brazil helps students find internships and coordinates homestays in these countries. “Most students that go on [the summer internship programs] are on some form of aid,” says Katie G. Ferrari...
...dishes and expectations because that’s what people want. Food is all relative. We think of tempura as Japanese but it’s actually from Portugal in the 1500s. And we think of potatoes as something very Irish, but potatoes are from Peru. THC: What kinds of discussions were you hoping to provoke with this book?JL: The large aim of the book is to make people think twice about what it means to be American. And that in a post-1965, post-Open Door Act world, when we’re in the midst...
...leading gold miner, last year purchased a company with gold-mining and exploration rights in Tajikistan and a stake in a Philippine gold and copper project. Zijin also led a consortium that bought a majority stake in London-listed Monterrico Metals, which owns a copper and molybdenum project in Peru. "All the big mining groups started this way," says Atherley, the Australian mining-company executive. "They get a good mine and they start acquiring. It is really down to corporate fate. That's the only thing stopping Chinese groups." Says Zhang of the China Gold Association: "We can keep this...
With her 20-lb. (9 kg) camera braced in the window of a tiny airplane, Mary Meader captured images of the Nazca Lines of Peru, the white summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and the massive pyramids of Egypt. Her aerial photographs were some of the first taken of parts of Africa and South America...
...during the agency's annual meeting this week in Vienna. It also put forward a proposal to remove coca from the U.N.'s narcotics list. That's not likely to happen. The big question is whether the U.N. will adopt the INCB proposal - which would essentially leave Bolivia and Peru in breach of international law if they continue to allow coca's non-narcotic use and commercialization. That in turn could result in the U.N. calling for commercial or other embargoes against them...