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Peruvian Maria Portilla Wins Baltimore Women’s Marathon
Great news for fans of María Portilla, the Andean-born marathon runner who represented Peru in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games. Maria Portilla (center) runs in the Baltimore Marathon / photo by Kristine Buls/Examiner Portilla won the Baltimore Women’s Marathon this past Saturday, October 11, with a time just shy of the Peruvian national record. The Baltimore Examiner reports: Maria Portilla of Peru won the women’s marathon in 2:36:32 — just short of the Peruvian world record of 3:35:19, which she set at the Beijing Olympics this summer. “After the half-mile point, I started to push hard,” Portilla said, adding she began to pull away around the 20-mile mark. Portilla,…
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Should Americans Consider Moving to Peru? Part I
Today my opinion piece “Escaping the U.S. Credit Nightmare” appears in the Sunday Miami Herald, Money section (10/12/08). The teaser reads: “An American who now lives in Peru finds that she no longer must fend off unwanted offers for credit cards and loans,” which highlights one of the unanticipated benefits I gained from our move to Lima last year. That benefit might entice some overwhelmed Americans to consider moving to Peru to experience a reprieve from credit offers or to weather out the economic crisis. I’ve heard from several friends, and a few strangers, that the idea has crossed their minds in the last month. Closing the door on a…
