Word: peru
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...months he had displayed all the appeal of a rock star as he campaigned from the barrios and suburbs of Lima to the ancient plazas of Cuzco and Arequipa. Youthful (35), tall (6 ft. 3 in.) and darkly handsome, he electrified crowds with his theme that "Peru is an unrealized hope." He promised food for the hungry, jobs for the jobless and an end to diseases like tuberculosis, which is still a major cause of death among Peruvian children. Several hours after the polls closed last week, Alan García Pérez bounded onstage at his party headquarters to proclaim...
...lead over his only significant rival, Lima's Marxist Mayor Alfonso Barrantes Lingán, who headed the ticket of the United Left, an agglomeration of eight leftist and Communist parties. Voters overwhelmingly rejected the Popular Action Party of outgoing President Fernando Belaúnde Terry, whose policies have failed to alleviate Peru's worsening economic crisis. The party's candidate, Javier Alva Orlandini, won only 5.9% of the vote...
...Edun, a clothing line manufactured with ethical production methods and meant to create sustainable employment in developing countries. "We wanted to show that you can make a for-profit business where everybody in the chain is treated well," she says. With factories set to roll in Peru and Tunisia, and a third planned for Lesotho, the Edun range, a partnership with U.S. label Rogan, will include everything from jeans to chiffon dresses. But Hewson isn't relying on altruism to sell clothes she describes as "more sensual than bling." "We want these clothes to sell on their own merit, because...
...with other school-age children. But a growing number of empty nesters are flinging open their doors to children from around the world. Despite global political turmoil, in the 2003-04 academic year more than 27,000 high school students from countries such as South Korea, Yemen, Uzbekistan and Peru lived with U.S. families, according to the Council on Standards for International Travel, the industry's trade association. Although the number of hosts who are empty nesters is not known, Ted Bennett, president of the Foundation for International Travel, says it is rising. Many, he observes, are boomers who have...
Recent guests include the leaders of Russia, Peru, Turkey, Rwanda, Slovenia, and France, as well as the Dalai Lama and Tony Blair, according to Burnett...