What does it take to keep land traffickers from selling off your country's most treasured cultural sites? In Peru, it takes a fearless, cardigan-wearing historian.
In Peru, where it's hard to get a book contract, young writers put on wrestling masks and duke it out in the ring. But instead of wrestling, they're writing short stories, in front of an audience - on a clock.
When Victoria Contreras was diagnosed with breast cancer, she felt frightened and isolated. She rediscovered hope and community at the Breast Club, a local support group in Lima, Peru.
In Peru, where it's hard to get a book contract, young writers put on wrestling masks and duke it out in the ring. But instead of wrestling, they're writing short stories, in front of an audience - on a clock.
What does it take to keep land traffickers from selling off your country's most treasured cultural sites? In Peru, it takes a fearless, cardigan-wearing historian.
When Victoria Contreras was diagnosed with breast cancer, she felt frightened and isolated. She rediscovered hope and community at the Breast Club, a local support group in Lima, Peru.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Peru makes book writing into a spectator sport and invites aspiring writers into combat
PRI's The World
September 30, 2013
In Peru, where it's hard to get a book contract, young writers put on wrestling masks and duke it out in the ring. But instead of wrestling, they're writing short stories, in front of an audience - on a clock.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Peru has a new love affair with its hairless dogs
PRI's The World
January 02, 2014
Peru's breed of hairless dogs almost died out. But now Peru claims these dogs as "cultural patrimony."
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Health & Medicine
Everyone in this small Peruvian town knew about the men who go blind by age 50. Then they found out why
PRI's The World
May 29, 2014
Updated
Parán is a small town in Peru where many men go blind. When they finally found out why, they began to blame themselves.
Ancient Pyramid Destroyed in Peru as Developers Eye Land
Peruvians are struggling to protect a 4,000-year-old archaeological site that is being threatened by real estate development.
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Arts, Culture & Media
A woman dodges rocks and Molotov cocktails to protect Peru's ancient sites
PRI's The World
October 28, 2013
What does it take to keep land traffickers from selling off your country's most treasured cultural sites? In Peru, it takes a fearless, cardigan-wearing historian.
The Breast Club: Victoria finds sisterhood and hope
Development & Education
Video: The Breast Club
PRI's The World
December 03, 2012
When Victoria Contreras was diagnosed with breast cancer, she felt frightened and isolated. She rediscovered hope and community at the Breast Club, a local support group in Lima, Peru.