Apr 9 2010
Poachers in Peru have killed over 150 vicunas, a rare animal prized for its wool, which sells at $1,000 for each animal in the international market. This is the second such incident this year in the southern highlands region of Ayacucho. The vicuna, an...
Jun 24 2009
Nine years ago, a discovery was made about a place called Caral in northern Peru that transformed the understanding of human history in the Americas. To get to Caral you take the Panamerican Highway north from Lima for 112 miles, then turn east along a...