The Sacred Traditions of the Andean Culture of Peru
The rich and powerful spiritual legacy of the Andean civilization is only now being properly recognized after 500 years of obscurity. This article takes a look at some of these traditions. Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley hold Retreat programs in the Andes and Amazon where we work with many of the traditional shamans and [...]
Peru has high maternal mortality rate, rights group says
Comments OffPregnant women in Peru are dying at scandalous rates, according to the author of an Amnesty International report into maternal mortality in the South American country.
The report, “Fatal Flaws: Barriers to Maternal Health in Peru” found that hundreds of poor, rural and indigenous pregnant women are dying because they are being denied the same health [...]
Peru bus collision kills 23 near Lake Titicaca
Comments OffTwo buses crashed head-on Thursday on a mountain road near Lake Titicaca in Peru, killing at least 23 people and injuring 50 more, police said.
The morning crash occurred in the Santa Lucia district, about an hour’s drive from Lake Titicaca high in the Andes, a Puno state highway police officer told The Associated Press by [...]
Peru's indigenous people win one round over developers
Comments OffLogging and other activities ruin tribal lands and set off protests that lead to the revocation of laws to further open the Amazon to outsiders. ‘The Indians beat them by a knockout,’ one analyst says
Peruvian tribal leader Luis Pizango says private investment in his part of the Amazon has brought only misery to him and [...]
Peru's Indian groups gain strength, push for change
Peru’s indigenous movement, which was dormant for years, has burst to life and could become a powerful political force like those in Andean neighbors Ecuador and Bolivia.
A coalition of tribes in Peru’s Amazon rain forest led months of blockades that turned into bloody clashes with police and forced Congress to overturn two laws that indigenous [...]
