Inca Chic in Machu Picchu; High-Tech Peruvian Resort and Cable Car Project Pit Business Interests Against Preservationists From: The Washington Post | Date: July 25, 1999| Author: Anthony Faiola | Copyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

A few dozen feet before the lush mountain entrance to Machu Picchu, the "Lost City of the Incas" that is one of the world's foremost archaeological sites and a mecca for New Age spiritualists, visitors are greeted by a wooden sign welcoming them to "MACHU PICCHU, INC."

The INC. stands for Peru's National Culture Institute, but the sign has a double meaning these days--one that has business interests squaring off against preservationists in the biggest controversy here since the America...

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