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When he woke that morning he looked at his left foot, sticking out from under the quilt. Was that soreness, or just stiffness? It looked the same. The two feet, side by side, they looked identical. He found himself walking … Continue reading →

Key moments in the seventh most corrupt dictatorship in recent history, or as his supporters say, the reign of “the Greatest President Peru has Ever Had”. Currently less than half way through his 25 year jail term for running death … Continue reading →

Countdown to an uncertain future September 2016 to December 2017 … read more …

We know that in the Andean world of the Incas, horizon alignments and sun shadows were an important part of their rituals. Machu Picchu and Cusco, together with many Inca carved stones and huacas around Cusco, are considered to have important … Continue reading →

There were three important times for the Misminay community in the Andes close to Cusco, according to Gary Urton – harvest in April, planting in June, close to the reappearance of the Pleiades, and the coming of the rains in October. Urton links … Continue reading →

Ten million people living on a coastal plain where it never rains – that is the paradox of Lima – the biggest desert city, some say, after Cairo, after Las Vegas. And yet there are green parks in every district. … Continue reading →

It was on my fourth visit across the river that I found the latest figure, low down and dark, almost invisible, on the Pariacaca rock. By viewing the surface rock in the reflection of the sun, only possible close to … Continue reading →

My first attempts to derive some quantitative estimate of age from the brightness of the images on the rocks of Rio Mala used the Kublenka Munk theory for a thin layer of material described by its coefficients of absorbance and … Continue reading →

Proponents of the Cochineros images as primarily representing Inca aggression point to figures which could suggest ritual sacrifice. There are several human figures on the stones of Chincheros with objects which some have considered tumis, sometimes holding llamas by a … Continue reading →

There is a similar complexity to the positions of tupus, shawl pins, in South American history and pre-history. Long pins are seen on the engravings of Guaman Pomar de Ayala, a native Peruvian born shortly after the Spanish invasion of … Continue reading →

In the lobby of the World Trade Centre four leading Mexican furniture companies have built a brick wall with the face of Donald Trump looking down on vistors – portrayed with orange hair, a clown’s red nose and a cigarette … Continue reading →

The writings on this site are like the beggining of the solution of a jigsaw puzzle. There may be areas where the picture begins to emerge, a branch of the tree or some roots, but it is unlikely that you … Continue reading →

My first morning in Jauja, I needed a hat to shade me from the sun. To my surprise, I found a store just outside the hotel – “Specialista en sombreros de todos partes”. hatshats hats Walking the streets in my … Continue reading →

17 April 2016 – Paulista, the main business street in the centre of Brazil’s commercial capital Sao Paulo, is packed with thousands wearing green and yellow shirts and facepaint, or draped in Brazilian flags, and gathered at the focal point … Continue reading →

The Tango, invented in Buenos Aires, is a taut, teasing, intricate dance for two. And foreign businesses looking for opportunities in Argentina can soon find themselves taking the first steps in their own version of Argentina’s national dance. Because in … Continue reading →

For three years Brazil has been hit by power cuts, hurting business and creating headaches for the government. The reason – Brazil put all its energy eggs in the hydroelectric basket. 65% of its energy should come from hydroelectric power, … Continue reading →