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Needless Deaths in the Andes

June 2nd, 2009 · 9 Comments · Money, Economics, Politics, Peru's Andes Mountains

A front-page article in Sunday’s El Comercio exposed the criminal indifference of local and state governments to the deaths of children in the Andes. Some Peruvians are outraged at the country’s indifference to the preventable deaths of children in the Andes, as this widely circulated cartoon shows. Others shrug their shoulders and say, “That’s Peru.” This year alone, [...]

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