Word: peru
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ELECTED. Alan Garcia, 57, President of Peru from 1985 to 1990; to a new term as President, in a victory over fellow leftist Ollanta Humala, an ally of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez's; in Lima. By choosing Garcia--whose earlier tenure saw the explosion of guerrilla violence and 7,500% inflation--many Peruvians said they were rejecting the anti-Americanism of Chavez, whom Garcia dubbed a "midget dictator with a big wallet...
...developed world who will benefit. With HPV infections a major cause of cervical cancer deaths in the developing world, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has provided almost $28 million to create programs that will eventually provide the vaccine to women in India, Uganda, Peru and Vietnam...
Tragedy struck Harvard Law School this spring break when second-year law student Shirin Shakir was killed in a white-water rafting accident in Cuzco, Peru. A native of Manhasset Hills, N.Y. and an alumna of Williams College, Shakir was 24. Shakir and fellow second-year law student Brendan J. Cooney were among six Law School students vacationing together in Peru over spring break. On March 31, the last day of the trip, the two decided to go white-water rafting down the Vilcanota River. Joining them were three other women and a male guide. Cooney said in interviews that...
...Since advancing to a run-off with Humala, Garcìa has moved to the right, deciding to support Peru's recently signed free-trade agreement with the United States and toning down his earlier calls for a revision of tax breaks for foreign mining companies. The transformation has paid off; he has led in every poll since April. "Garcìa has run the better campaign, appealing to voters who want change but are weary of Humala's radical position and his ties to Chávez. Garcìa has exploited these fears," says former Foreign Minister Diego...
...early 1990s, charges he flatly denies. His only political activity before launching his campaign was a brief, unsuccessful uprising against then-President Fujimori in October 2000. After Fujimori's government collapsed a few weeks later, Humala was pardoned and sent abroad as a military attach?, returning to Peru early last year. He is the clear favorite among Peru's rural and urban poor, who have not benefited from the country's fast-growing economy and are receptive to his promise of radical change. Those promises include claims that he would nationalize "strategic industries" like the energy sector, veto the free...