Word: peru
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...racial purity, I would never make the guest list. Like most other Latin American families, mine is a multiethnic stew that has left me with the generic black-eyed and olive-skinned look typical of large swaths of the world's population. My father's family is from Peru, my mother's from Chile. Their parents were born and reared in South America. Beyond that, I know nothing about my ancestors. That was fine by me--until the new and growing industry of personal DNA analysis created a need I never knew...
Emerging markets have been all the rage the past few years, with U.S. investors plowing billions of dollars into the far corners of the globe, from Pakistan to Peru. If you take a look at how some of those regions have performed, it's no wonder. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index exchange-traded fund (ETF), which tracks a basket of stocks from such countries as Taiwan, South Africa, Turkey and Poland, is up 89% over the past two years. That trounces the S&P 500's 18% gain. A dip in stocks worldwide this spring shook emerging markets...
...women pre- and post- delivery are effective in reducing the transmission of HIV to the child, some experts believe that using ARVs before exposure to HIV may have the same effect in protecting partners. Five trials, all involving two compounds, Tenofovir or Truvada, are now underway in Thailand, Botswana, Peru, West Africa and even the U.S. It's being tested in groups at highest risk of transmitting the virus - commercial sex workers and gay men. "What you want is a high level of ARV in the blood and body secretions, so that when you are exposed...
...heir to Fidel Castro, using his country's oil bonanza to purchase political influence all over the continent. But in recent months, the Chávez movement has run up against opposition from forces that view it as wrongheaded, militaristic and undemocratic. In Mexico's election, as in Peru's last month, Chávez turned out to be more of a liability than an asset to the leftist candidate carrying his banner...
...electing conservatives, Colombia and Mexico have bucked the leftist trend sweeping through Latin America. Over the past few years, left-of center governments have come to power by winning elections in Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru...