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Citizen Journalists Respond to Cold Deaths in Andes

August 2nd, 2009 · 14 Comments · Money, Economics, Politics, Peru's Andes Mountains

These are the things I think of when I read the news reports on deaths in the highlands — the humble, hard-working people who live at such a remove from the “civilized” world and who can be helped at not that much cost, if only there are willing souls to climb the mountain paths and meet them halfway.

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