FIESTAS PATRIAS IN PERU – HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY PERU
Every July 28th we celebrate Independence Day in Peru, it was thanks to Don Jose de San Martin, the Libertador
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This post is a listing of observations, sayings, rules of thumb, beliefs, value statements, and even stereotypes that all integrate
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Antofagasta Port City-Chile
ANTOFAGASTA The name of the mine-related shipping port along the coast of the Atacama Desert in Chile is strange, but
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July’s book review “The Last Days of The Incas” by Kim MacQuarrie
As a Peruvian I was very curious to find out what this book had to offer, after all, the topic
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The Red, White and Blue-Happy Independence Day!
Here at southamericatotheworld, we are a diverse family. Jim is from North America, and Yani from South America. I am
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Mil Hojas a Father’s Day Dessert
Mil Hojas (One Thousand sheets) pastry dessert Mil hojas pastry dessert is something that Peruvians are very familiar with. This
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Chicha morada- a drink made from brewed purple corn
In Latin America it is very common to have “menús” set meal for lunch, which typically consists of salad or
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On the preservation and nature of paleo-surfaces and their associated deposits along the Pacific Flank of the Peruvian Andes
The westward-tilted erosion surfaces along the Pacific slope have a significantly greater amount of preserved volcanic deposits to the south
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Peru’s Andean flora at 4,800 meters in the Cordillera Occidental
The Peruvian Andes has very distinct biozones that vary by elevation in the Andes. Peru encompasses the hyper-arid Sechura Desert
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