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HUK. QORICANCHA-FIRST CHAPTER OF “CUZCO GOLD”

Our passion for South America continues. After we started our book club last year intending to support Latin America writers.

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The Milodón- the Giant Sloths in South America

Milodón is the Spanish word for an unusual extinct animal by today’s standards- the giant sloth. Giant sloths were once

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Nationalizations in South America

Recently, while reading a summary on a major mining district in Peru, a company published a book complete with color

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From Colombia-Statues of Volume-Botero’s signature look

The singular widely recognized artist in Colombia is Fernando Botero, known for the “full” figures done in large bronze statues,

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COMPLETION OF 2018 AND THE COMING YEAR OF 2019 WITH “SOUTH AMERICA TO THE WORLD”

The closing of 2018 completes our second full year of blogging about South America. We are placing the map of

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PLAZAS DE ARMAS IN SOUTH AMERICA

Las Plazas de Armas or the town squares are the heart of South American cities. The seat of government, a

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OCTOBER´S FEATURED DOOR OF THE MONTH – BOGOTA – COLOMBIA

While, performing photography for our book “Doors of South America” it is easy to slip into the abstract and symbolism

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National Parks in South America and Hot Springs

  What is the fascination with Hot Springs in South America? The answer is volcanoes. Excerpt from Hot Springs of

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The Extreme Hot Springs of the Andes

In this post we decided to review the 300 hot springs we described in our book Hot Springs of the

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