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Tiahuanaco
T IAHUANACO T he Inca civilization of South America, unlike the Mayan, was still at its height when conquistadors arrived. One of the conquistadors, Cieza de Leon (1518–1560), followed trails from the coast of Peru into the foothills of the Andes and... Read more |
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Iquique
Iquique , city (1990 est. pop. 148,500), capital of Iquique prov., N Chile. A port on the Pacific, it exports nitrates and ore from the Atacama Desert. The city, founded in the 16th cent., was taken (1879) from Peru by Chile during the War of the Pacific (see Pacific, War of the ). Since rain... Read more |
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Aymara
Aymara , Native South Americans inhabiting the Lake Titicaca basin in Peru and Bolivia. The originators of the great culture represented by the ruins of Tiahuanaco were very likely Aymara speakers. Although subjugated by the Inca in the 15th cent. after a long struggle, the Aymara continue to... Read more |
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La Libertad
La Libertad, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines Peru: a region formed in 1821. The name means ‘liberty’ or ‘freedom’ in Spanish, but although Peru declared its independence in 1821 it did not gain its freedom until 1824 when... Read more |
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Southern Peru Copper Corp
Southern Peru Copper Corporation Avenida Caminos del Inca 171Chacarilla del EstanqueSantiago de SurcoLima 33PeruTelephone: (511) 372-1414Fax: (511) 372-0262 Public Company (54% Owned by Grupo Mexico, S.A. de C.V.)Incorporated: 1952Employees: 3,682Sales: $711.09 million (2000)Stock Exchanges: New... Read more |
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Meredith Monk
Meredith Monk Since the 1960s, American performing artist Meredith Monk (born 1942) has earned renown as a composer, singer, dancer, choreographer, filmmaker and critic. Although trained originally as a dancer, she pioneered the multi-textured extended vocal technique and her vocal compositions and... Read more |
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Philip Ainsworth Means
Philip Ainsworth Means 1892-1944, American historian and archaeologist, b. Boston. An assistant on a Yale expedition to Peru (1914-15), he was later (1920-21) director of the National Museum of Archaeology at Lima, Peru. He traveled widely in Latin American countries, and between 1921 and 1932 he... Read more |
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Garcilaso de la Vega
Garcilaso de la Vega , 1539-1616, Peruvian historian; son of the Spanish conquistador Sebastián Garcilaso de la Vega and an Incan princess and therefore called the Inca. He grew up in Peru during the turbulent post-Conquest period. He went (1560) to Spain, where he first served in the army... Read more |
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Peru
Peru , Span. Perú , officially Republic of Peru, republic (2005 est. pop. 27,926,000), 496,220 sq mi (1,285,210 sq km), W South America. It borders on the Pacific Ocean in the west, on Ecuador and Colombia in the north, on Brazil and Bolivia in the east, and on Chile in the south. Lima is... Read more |
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CAL POLY ARTS BRINGS AFRO-CARRIBEAN SOUNDS WITH PERU NEGRO MARCH 16
...experience the pride and vibrancy of Peru's African heritage through...celebratory Afro-Peruvian sounds to 46 cities on a three-month...arrival of African slaves in Peru in the 1600's. The 20-piece...sizzles with rhythms of black Peru. "A non-stop carnival ... |
 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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AMBASSADORS BRING ONSTAGE DISTINCTIVE SOUNDS OF PERU.(TimeOut)
...and banshee stalk the streets, Lima-based Peru Negro will perform at the Madison Theater...tradition endured, and the distinctive Peruvian sound was born. According to their Web site, "Peru Negro has performed all over the world and has... |
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Congressman sounds off on Peru
...BETH WARD YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLICU.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, who had pushed for a seasonal tariff on asparagus imports from Peru, said Friday he will be "hard-pressed" to support a free-trade agreement with the Andean nation when it comes before Congress... |
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Various The Rough Guide to Afro-Peru.(Sound Recording Review) (sound...
...The Rough Guide to Afro-Peru is an outstanding selection...ensemble formed in the late 1960s, Peru Negro give us "Ruperta...in "Herida Obscura." Black Peru is a thriving culture, mixing...create an exciting and festive sound that carries on from the late... |
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Various: The Roots of Chicha 2: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru.(Sound...
...2: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru Barbes 0028 Back in 2007, when...out, few people outside of Peru had ever heard of chicha music...cassettes brought back from Peru by Barbes label founder Olivier...towards the more "Andean" sound that eventually emerged to ... |
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Various: The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru.(Sound recording...
...Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru Barbes Records 0016 Sometimes a song can...El Milagro Verde." Juaneco y Su Combo sounds a bit more contemporary, although "Ya...perfect match for this unexplored music from Peru.--DB |
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President says Peru financial structure sound
Maybe sometimes it helps to be poor. Peru's President Alan Garcia on Thursday urged...driven by new high-speed technologies. Peru "does not have such economic or technological...opening a newly paved road in Lima. "Peru is a country free of financial crises and... |
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Fitch: Peru Elections Could Herald Sound Economic Policies.
...become the next president of Peru this July. In April, in the...in power, Fitch downgraded Peru's sovereign ratings to `BB...administration articulate and implement sound economic policies in the medium...measures, could serve to reverse Peru's negative ... |
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INCA SOUND SYSTEM IS RAISING THE ROOF; Peru hyms for ArtsFest choir.(News)
Byline: BY ANNA JEYS THE sound of a thousand Birmingham songbirds could be heard in the city when one of the biggest choirs in the region held its first rehearsal... |
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Various: Traditional Music Of Peru 6: The Ayacucho Region. (sound recording...
...VARIOUS Traditional Music Of Peru 6: The Ayacucho Region Smithsonian...VARIOUS Traditional Music Of Peru 7: The Lima Highlands Smithsonian...This South American music sounds Native, because it is, but...Six: The Ayacucho Region, sound Asian. Track four, ... |
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