San Valentín, in Latin America, is a day reserved for passion, sensual love, expectations, and the material exchange of tokens of affection, all to show devotion and commitment. Valentine’s Day in many Latin American countries also promotes “acts of appreciation” for friends, applauding non-romantic love.
Chiclayo, one of the most important urban areas in of Peru, is the birthplace of several genetically diverse crops (quinoa, kaniwa, llma beans, caigua & etc.), but it is also the birthplace of one of Peru’s most delectable dishes, Jalea.
Animal conservation groups are enraged over the brutal slaughtering of thousands of dolphins off the coast of Peru, where the mammals are used as shark bait for an Asian delicacy known as shark fin soup.
Alberto Fujimori, the 75-year-old former Peruvian President, began his fifth trial for misuses of public funds last Thursday after being convicted in four previous trials, and is already serving 25 years in prison for corruption and the authorization of death squads.
Peru may have bypassed Colombia as the biggest producer of coca (a South American plant used to make cocaine) with over 128,000 tons produced in the country last year, but that doesn't mean the country won't give up the fight against narco-trafficking.
