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    Dr. Elmer E. Huerta – Principal Investigator (PI) of the Latin American Cancer Research Coalition

    Dr. Elmer E. Huerta is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Latin American Cancer Research Coalition (LACRC) and a member of the LACRC Steering Committee. He is currently the Founder and Director of the Cancer Preventorium at the Washington Cancer Institute in the Washington Hospital Center, the only cancer prevention/screening service for Latinos in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. The goal of the clinic is to encourage preventive screenings; therefore, the clinic is open to patients … [Read More...]

    Rostros que nos cuestionan

    * "Rostros que nos cuestionan: ancianos abandonados... y niños con VIH/SIDA" Este miércoles 27 de junio se realizo el lanzamiento oficial -a nivel nacional- de la Campaña de Solidaridad "Compartir" 2012, que este año tendrá como tema: "Rostros que nos cuestionan: ancianos abandonados... y niños con VIH/SIDA". El lanzamiento se realizará con una conferencia de prensa en el auditorio de la Conferencia Episcopal Peruana, a las 11:00 de la mañana. Según datos de la Campaña "Compartir" … [Read More...]

    I lost my job but realized that I could be Superman

    LIMA, Peru --         It's not easy being Superman. It only earns about $160 a month for Avelino Chavez, who dresses up daily as the caped hero. But oh, the adventures! The 52-year-old Chavez can't fly but does seem to be everywhere in Lima: at political rallies and speeches, at a wedding shoot for Peru's famed opera tenor Juan Diego Florez, hawking tours and flights on behalf of a travel agency in the central Plaza de Armas. "Hola Superman!" people shout to him. "Hola, Superamigo!" … [Read More...]

    Peru cruise: eating up the Amazon

    Peruvian cuisine has gone global, with new restaurants springing up everywhere   from Santiago to Soho. On an Amazonian cruise, Andrew Purvis meets the   Japanese superchef whose experiments with Asian-Peruvian fusion began in   Lima nearly 40 years ago. In the observation deck of the M/V Aria, the most opulently-appointed cruise   ship on the Amazon, there is less appetite than usual for the communal   Jacuzzi. Passengers would normally be immersing themselves in the cool,   clear … [Read More...]

    Six-day Kaypi Peru Festival celebrates Peruvian culture

    The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and the Embassy of Peru present Kaypi Perú, a festival highlighting the South American nation’s rich and diverse cultural heritage and traditional arts, today,Wednesday, July 25, through Monday, July 30. Kaypi Perú, which means “This is Peru” in the indigenous language of Quechua, includes an art market, music and dance performances, hands-on activities for kids, short films, photo exhibitions of Machu Picchu and the Inka Road, … [Read More...]

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