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July 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Art, Film, Music & Dance, Climate Change & Disappearing Glaciers, Peru's Andes Mountains

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July 19th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Blogging & Social Media, Festivals, Sacred Rituals, Religion, Money, Economics, Politics, Peru's Andes Mountains

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July 18th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Climate Change & Disappearing Glaciers, Peru's Andes Mountains

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July 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Climate Change & Disappearing Glaciers, Peru's Andes Mountains

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July 16th, 2009 · 18 Comments · Peru's Andes Mountains

A rescue worker (NOT with the Red Cross) helps a woman in Arequipa whose llamas have died of extreme cold (Reuters)

I was on Twitter tonight when I learned from actress Qorianka Buy Lexotan Without Prescription, that the death toll in the Andes due to extreme cold is up to 250 children, reports the BBC's Dan Collyns:

Almost 250 children under the age of five have died in a wave of intensely cold weather in Peru.

Children die from pneumonia and other respiratory infections every year during the winter months particularly in Peru's southern Andes, where can i find Lexotan online. Lexotan over the counter, But this year freezing temperatures arrived almost three months earlier than usual.

Experts blame climate change for the early arrival of intense cold which began in March, buy Lexotan no prescription. Buy Lexotan without a prescription, Winter in the region does not usually begin until June.

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

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Some Peruvians are outraged at the country's indifference to the preventable deaths of children in the Andes, as this widely circulated cartoon shows, buy Asendin from canada. Rx free Asendin, Others shrug their shoulders and say, "That's Peru."

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* Donate blanket and clothing to the Union Church of Lima (1155 Angamos Oeste, Miraflores), which is conducting a drive especially for the Puno victims.

* The Catholic charity Caritas has finally jumped into the game and is accepting clothing, food and cash donations. Here's information (in Spanish) from a June 1 article in El Comercio about the campaing "Bringing Warmth to Puno":

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La ayuda humanitaria podrá ser llevada a partir de hoy al almacén de Cáritas del Perú (calle Omicrón 492, Parque de la Industria y Comercio del Callao), a Cáritas Ayaviri (jirón Tacna 147), Cáritas Juli (avenida San Pablo 187, Chucuito) y Cáritas Puno (Edificio San Martin, jirón Ciudad de la Paz 145, Puno, y avenida Rosa Merino s/n, Juliaca).

Mientras que las donaciones económicas pueden efectuarse en el Banco de Crédito (cuenta en soles: 193-1807864-0-51), (cuenta en dólares: 193-1807514-1-26).

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It's not much, but it's a start.

Link: RPP video (in Spanish) on the Caritas campaign.

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March 19th, 2009 · Comments Off · Animals in Peru, Peru's Andes Mountains

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February 27th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Art, Film, Music & Dance, Money, Economics, Politics, Peru's Andes Mountains

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February 21st, 2009 · 5 Comments · Animals in Peru, Peru's Andes Mountains

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it is very social and lives in large groups in rock warrens separated into family "apartments";

it is nonaggressive and nonterritorial; when confronted with danger, it issues high-pitched squeals to warn other vizcachas to flee to the warren.

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In contrast, Peru's northern vizcacha leads a pretty idyllic life. It might make an occasional meal for a puma or a campesino, but generally other beings leave it alone.

Unless large numbers of motivated people begin to get serious about raising vizcachas for rodent stew, this small animal's personal economic future appears promising.

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February 18th, 2009 · Comments Off · Climate Change & Disappearing Glaciers, Looking Back at the United States, Peru's Andes Mountains

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Filling the gardens till the gardens flow,
Shining the olives, tiling the gleaming tile,
Waxing the dark camellia leaves more green,
Flooding the daylong valleys like the Nile.

Karl Shapiro

Links:

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON THE WATER RESOURCES FROM THE MOUNTAINS IN PERU
by Pierre Chevallier, Bernard Pouyaud and Wilson Suarez (Global Forum on Sustainable Development, Paris, Nov. 11-12, 2004)

Holy Water (1979), essay by Joan Didion

Quit Spewing Out Greenhouse Gases, America

Global Warming Claims Another Peruvian Glacier.

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February 15th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Animals in Peru, Peru's Andes Mountains

A baby monkey (related to the yellow-tailed) riding on his adopted father's back in the tropical forests of northern Peru; monkey protection program run by IKAMA Peru (photo courtesy IKAMA Peru)

Reductil For Sale, I could devote this entire blog to news about wildlife in Peru, where new species are discovered weekly and, conversely, where threats to native habitats have eradicated hundreds of existing species in the time that it takes to build a shopping mall. Buy Reductil from mexico, Because I focus on daily life in Lima and climate change in the Andes, however, Reductil for sale, Buy cheap Reductil no rx, I have to pass up many newsworthy stories about animals in Peru. The one, Reductil price, Buy Reductil without a prescription, however, caught my eye since it concerns one of the world's rarest (and might I add, online buying Reductil, Buy generic Reductil, most adorable) mammals, which is unfortunately about to become extinct, where can i find Reductil online. Buy Reductil online cod, Don't feel bad if you've never heard of the yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda). This elusive primate lives in the cloud forests of northern Peru, australia, uk, us, usa, canada, mexico, india, craiglist, ebay, Order Reductil no prescription, where there are only about 250 in existence (one group claims there are up to 1,000 of these monkeys), buy cheap Reductil no rx. Regardless of the exact number, they are so rare that for nearly 50 years (1926 to 1973) not a single yellow-tailed woolly was sighted, Reductil For Sale. Buy Reductil without prescription,

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Now the yellow-tailed woolly monkey has been included on a list of the 25 most endangered primates in the world, buy Reductil online no prescription, Where can i order Reductil without prescription, reports Living in Peru:

Specialists stated that the monkey had been declared endangered because of the destruction of Peru's rain forests and the migration of humans to the area.

"There are currently less than 1, buy Reductil no prescription, Online buying Reductil, 000 monkeys, which for a species is nothing, australia, uk, us, usa, canada, mexico, india, craiglist, ebay, Reductil pharmacy, that's why this monkey is just a step from extinction," said Fanny Cornejo, where can i buy cheapest Reductil online, Buy cheap Reductil, a researcher at the University of San Marcos.

She pointed out that the Woolly monkey had been on the International Primatological Society's "Most endangered species in the world" list since 2006, buy generic Reductil. Reductil for sale, At an international conference in Scotland, Cornejo stated the animal was completely helpless in Peru, purchase Reductil online no prescription, Reductil over the counter, thus confirming the IPS's decision to keep the monkey among the top 25 most endangered primates. Reductil For Sale, "The main threat these animals face is the destruction of the rainforests and the migration of humans that invade the areas where they live," said Cornejo.

Unlike the fictional Paddington Bear, who emigrated from "deepest, darkest Peru" to London's Paddington railway station with a pea coat and a suitcase in hand, the yellow-tailed woolly monkey cannot survive outside its native habitat. Unable to adapt to life outside its native cloud forest, the yellow-tailed monkey now depends on the cooperation of humankind to preserve its habitat. Given how recklessly we humans have destroyed the rain forest in the past, where can i find Reductil online, Order Reductil, that cooperation appears very fragile, unless more concerned people intercede.

One positive move in this direction was the United States' agreement in October 2008 to redirect $25 million of Peru's external debt into local funds to protect the country's tropical forests, order Reductil from mexican pharmacy, including habitats of the Peruvian woolly monkey, reports the U.S. government.

A few facts about the yellow-tailed woolly mammal that attracted my interest:

The monkey is part of a larger family of woolly monkeys, who are known for their long, thick fur that protects them from the cold. The yellow-tailed woolly monkey's fur is deep reddish brown, with a yellow tint running on the underside of the tail;

It eats fruit (particularly ficus fruit), as well as leaves, flowers and buds, and lives in the tree canopy;

It has a prehensile tail, which it uses as a fifth arm, and can leap distances up to 15 meters;

Yellow-tailed woollies live in polygamous, male-dominated societies, and they communicate by high, puppy-like barks.

You can help the yellow-tailed woolly monkey survive into the next century by supporting programs and groups that help endangered animals or preserve their habitats.

Some of these efforts include the EDGE (Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered) program and the Neotropical Primate Conservation group in Peru, which is launching a yellow-tailed woolly protection program in the Amazon to help communities fend off poachers, Reductil For Sale.

Another group that is protecting yellow-tailed woolly monkeys is IKAMA Peru, which runs an animal shelter for injured animals and abandoned young. I was not able to navigate their website successfully in a language other than French, but I did find a useful link to an English-language site associated with IKAMA where people can "adopt" a rescued baby monkey online.

A motherless baby monkey (born Sept. 2008) was brought to the shelter and is currently seeking sponsorship, notes the site:

Tingkishap is a male baby woolly monkey. When he arrived at our shelter after we confiscated it he was very small, very stressed and cried all day long. Now he is in Tarangue and goes out to the forest with the whole group of adults who love him. Tingkishap was adopted by Chayu, the alpha male of this group.

One of the online photos shows Tingkishap riding on Chayu's back(see above).

Click here to learn more and to donate to the effort.

Parents can download a coloring page of the yellow-tailed here for their children to fill in.

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January 11th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Money, Economics, Politics, Peru's Andes Mountains

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My posts on the CNN Planet in Peril: Battle Lines program that spotlighted the Doe Run smelting plant in La Oroya, Peru, have elicited comments from a range of people involved in the catastrophe: a journalist, activists and Peruvians whose families live near the toxic plant.

As American investigative reporter Sara Shipley Hines points out, Order Provigil no prescription, the CNN special gave the false impression that Doe Run's sister plant, in Herculaneum, Missouri, buy Provigil without a prescription, has cleaned up its operations so thoroughly that the town is a healthy place to live. That's not the case, Provigil for sale, as people familiar with the Missouri plant can testify. Yesterday in the Comments section of on An American in Lima, a resident of Herculaneum painted a devastating portrait of the town's contamined state and what it's like to grow up breathing air laced with heavy metals.

Rather than paraphrase, I'll let Sharon speak for herself and for the people of Herculaneum:

I am thankful that anyone [CNN]...anyone at all did a story on the lead contamination in Peru, buy cheap Provigil no rx. However, Buy no prescription Provigil online, I would like to see a story done with the title, ‘The Two Faces of Doe Run'.

You see, Provigil price, Doe Run is a beloved company in the communities that they operate in. Provigil from canadian pharmacy, This is orchestrated by Doe Run, in order to keep people quiet, smooth them over, buy Provigil from canada, and slap a smile on their face. They sponser so many things in the community that people get to thinking about all the ‘goodies' that would be lost if Doe Run packed up and moved away, Provigil For Sale. Where can i order Provigil without prescription, I was shocked to find out how many people would defend the company that was contaminating them and their families. It seemed that they were in some sort of denial not unlike something you would see on the ‘Twilight Zone'.

The story that was done with the people in Peru showed much the same sort of thing, buy Provigil online cod. Doe Run gives them a school and employs so many of their people, Rx free Provigil, that if the company pulled out, the community would be finacially impacted very heavily. Provigil For Sale, I live in the Herculaneum, Missouri school district here in the United States where the ‘other' Doe Run facility is located. They still do not have that site cleaned up to the satisfaction of the EPA, buy generic Provigil. They continue to pollute and we continue to let them. Buy cheap Provigil, It has been such an uphill battle to go against Doe Run here, that I feel very sorry for the people of Peru. They may never get any real help, online buy Provigil without a prescription.

I went to Herculaneum Schools from 1984-1989, Provigil For Sale. (There is a Junior High and a High School located in close proximity to the lead smelter.) This is the period of time just before Doe Run got concerned enough to build a new smoke stack, Buy Provigil without prescription, and put in the bag house that is supposed to filter out the sulphur dioxide and turn it into sulphuric acid that is a sellable product.

During that time, the contamination was visible in the air, order Provigil from mexican pharmacy, you could taste it in your mouth as you breathed it in, Provigil samples, you had to wipe the yellow residue off your car everyday, and people just accepted it as a reality.

There was a yellow cloud that laid like a thick fog in the air choking the environment to the point that gym teachers would not allow class to be held outdoors, order Provigil. When a student, Where can i find Provigil online, like myself, would run the track around the football field, it tasted like sucking on a book of matches, purchase Provigil online, because the sulphur dioxide was so very thick in the air. Provigil For Sale, What we didn't know, was that there were other harmful heavy metals that came along with the sulphur, ...like arsenic, zinc, nickel, cadmium ...the list goes on and on. Where can i buy Provigil online, No one seemed to care much, or if they did, their complaints fell on deaf ears, order Provigil online c.o.d. Doe Run is just ‘too big'. Where can i buy cheapest Provigil online, I suppose that is what the people in that small town in Peru are still facing everyday with that smelter being in their community.

Even when the EPA and other government agencies got involved, they were less than helpful, buy Provigil no prescription. It seemed to me that they were defending Doe Run, not sticking up for the community of people whom were being contaminated, Provigil For Sale. They seemed to parrot the same message over and over, Australia, uk, us, usa, canada, mexico, india, craiglist, ebay, that , ‘only children six years of age and younger were at risk of harmful effects of lead'.

I raised my hand at one of the meetings and asked, Provigil pharmacy, "Have you ever seen lead contamination this bad anywhere else, Buy Provigil from mexico, at any other time?"

The answer to that question was, ‘No.'

I then added, "So what medical precident has been set for an official position stating that no one else is at risk?"

I had a grandfather who died of uremic kidney poisoning after working in the lead mines in San Francios County his whole life, Provigil over the counter. That county neighbors Jefferson County where Doe Run is located and has been a major source of lead for them over the years. Online buying Provigil, I don't buy the theory that ONLY kids six and under suffer. Provigil For Sale, It is very simple for my mind to process the facts that if heavy metals go in, it is difficult to get them out of the body. The kidneys are the main filter for contamination in the body. I think more study should be done on this, buy Provigil online no prescription.

Out of frustration, the Herculaneum community formed the CAG group, (Community Action Group), to make their voices heard. Then the CAG pushed for all the children to be tested for lead poisoning. The results were staggering, Provigil For Sale. Children in the mile radius of the smelter were heavily contaminted with lead. All of this is going on AFTER the new and improved smoke stack has been in operation.

I would like to see some medical studies done on the population of people that lived and worked in the community before the new smoke stack went into operation when the contamination was at it's worst.

The community is not just dealing with lead. Provigil For Sale, There are many different contaminants coming out of that smoke stack. Lead gets the spotlight, but there are other serious environmental impacting contaminants that seem to have gone unnoticed.

The issue is so big that we tend to focus only on the impact to people of the community. The Mississippi River is being contaminated, the wildlife and vegetation around the smelter is being effected, the trains and trucks leaving the facility also contaminate everywhere they go by spillage and dust that falls from them. The air, the soil, and the water are all affected.

This is not old news, the contamination still exists, and I am still concerned, Provigil For Sale. I really hope that more stories are done about this factory both here in Herculaneum, Missouri and in the small town of La Oroya, Peru. Our hearts are with them.

Good news that the EPA is adopting stricter standards; let's hope the agency enforces them so the people around the smelter no longer suffer.

And renewed efforts must be made to do right by the people of La Oroya. Halfway measures are not good enough. Both Doe Run Peru and the Peruvian government must safeguard the public health and the enviroment now.

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December 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Money, Economics, Politics, Peru's Andes Mountains

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Sara Shipley Hines, who wrote the excellent Doe Run expose in Mother Jones in 2006, purchase Alprazolam online, Order Alprazolam no prescription, points out that CNN's special incorrectly portrayed Doe Run's Herculaneum smelting plant as model of environmental cleanliness. Unforunately, online buy Alprazolam without a prescription, Where can i find Alprazolam online, says Sara, it's still hazardous, buy Alprazolam online cod. Purchase Alprazolam online no prescription, Sara's written more on Doe Run since her award-winning MJ piece appeared, and you can visit her website for current articles, buy no prescription Alprazolam online, Buy Alprazolam without a prescription, including a piece for the Nation on religious leaders challenging Ira Rennert.

Notes Sara:

Another new wrinkle is that the U.S, Alprazolam for sale. EPA recently slashed the lead air quality standard to one-tenth of what it has been since 1978, Alprazolam For Sale. Order Alprazolam online c.o.d, This means that Doe Run will have to reduce its emissions in Herculaneum even more. See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27216428/ for more info.

Jacob Goad of the ecumenical organization Manos Peru is disappointed that the CNN special placed little blame on Peruvian authorities for not enforcing environmental agreements that the state entered into with Doe Run, buy generic Alprazolam. Alprazolam pharmacy, Notes Jacob:

One of the things that has become increasingly clear as I have been living in Peru and following the case of La Oroya is to see that the government has written reports condemning contamination in La Oroya and then later not taking its own advise to enact precautionary measures. The Ministry of Health, buy Alprazolam without prescription, Buy no prescription Alprazolam online, the Ministry of Energy and Mines, OSINERGMIN, order Alprazolam, Alprazolam samples, and the Ministry of the Environment are all now implicated in the public health crisis in La Oroya. Alprazolam For Sale, Minister Brack of the Ministry of the Environment would do well to use the authority that has been given to him to begin to address the situation in La Oroya with all of the ministers.

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Want to help make a difference at La Oroya. He recommends:

http://www.manosperu.org
http://www.savelaoroya.org
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You may also join the Facebook group “La Oroya que Soñamos”

Readers, please continue to add your comments and links to the discussion. I am here to faciliate the exchange of information and am learning much from your input.

I focus on water and climate-change issues in Peru when I write about the environment on this blog, but when another environmental crisis makes the English-language news, I feel bound to share what information I can.

Knowledge = power when it translates into action.

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December 16th, 2008 · Comments Off · Animals in Peru, Money, Economics, Politics, Peru's Andes Mountains

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A baby monkey (related to the yellow-tailed) riding on his adopted father's back in the tropical forests of northern Peru; monkey protection program run by IKAMA Peru (photo courtesy IKAMA Peru)

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