Word: peru
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...have been kidnapped in the last ten years," the woman said to me. She told me of the terror of living in Colombia under the rule of a president that entirely kowtowed to the demands of a much powerful nation--the omnipotent United States. Her reasons for travelling in Peru were simple; she wanted to see the beauty of South America, but could not travel within her own country due to the control of various guerilla factions and paramilitary groups. Though Colombia boasts incredible natural attractions along its northern coast and within the forests of its central highlands, the farming...
Frances G. Tilney '02, a Crimson executive, is a history and literature concentrator in Mather House. She was a researcher/writer in Peru this summer for Let's Go Publications...
...Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation this summer awarded a $44.7 million grant to a Harvard Medical School program that battles multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Peru...
Officials from the Gates Foundation hope the project in Peru will be used as a model for work in other countries...
...TRIAL GRANTED. For LORI BERENSON, 30, American imprisoned in Peru; after serving almost five years of a life sentence for treason, ordered by a military tribunal; in Lima. Peruvian authorities say new evidence shows Berenson was not a terrorist but an accessory in a radical group's attack plan. If convicted, she could receive a minimum sentence of 20 years...