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☆ United States takes gold medal breather at Pan Am Games
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Paul, who had Trinidad and Tobago's only gold at the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima, successfully defended his title beating training partner Jair Tjon En Fa of Suriname in two consecutive races in the best-of-three final. Mexico had a productive day picking up four gold medals to leap frog Canada and move back into second on the table. The Mexicans continued their domination of the modern pentathlon winning the women's relay event to claim their fourth gold medal of the competition. There were also gold medals taken in the racquetball women's team event while Alejandra Zavala topped the podium in the women's 10 metre air pistol and Yareli Acevedo Mendoza won on the cycling track in the women's Omnium. Editing by Christian SchmollingerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Penaloen, Tobago's Nicholas Lee Paul, Silver, Suriname's Jair, Colombia's Kevin, Nicholas Paul, James Hall, Alexis Lagan, Rachel Tozier, Paul, Jair, Alejandra Zavala, Yareli Acevedo Mendoza, Steve Keating, Christian Schmollinger Organizations: Trinidad, United, United States Pan American Games, Games, Pan Am, Thomson Locations: Santiago, Chile, SANTIAGO, United States, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S, Mexico, Canada, Trinidad, Lima, Fa, Suriname

☆ Why Your Next Vacation Should Be a Language Class Abroad (Hint: It’s Nothing Like High School)
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Matthew Kronsberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

DIVE IN Language programs abroad go beyond apps or even conventional classes by combining instruction with immersive experiences where the language is spoken. IN LIMA and I am in bed, half awake, mentally conjugating verbs in Spanish. Grammar hasn’t had such an insidious hold on my consciousness since high school, when my failure to learn French convinced me I was facing a monolingual future. And so I signed up for a week of classes at Peruwayna, a language school located in the bustling Miraflores district of Peru’s capital. The curriculum’s rigor attracted me—each day of the roughly $223-per-week “super-intensive” program would start with four hours of small group classes.

Persons: Dan Page, hasn’t, I’d Organizations: IN, Spanish Locations: IN LIMA, Miami, Spain, Latin America, Miraflores, Peru’s

☆ Joran van der Sloot confessed to killing Natalee Holloway. Why he likely won't be charged with her murder
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Joran van der Sloot is no longer the suspect in my daughter’s murder. The office told the Associated Press it was not immediately clear whether van der Sloot could face murder charges there. Joran van der Sloot (center) is transferred in a police car from the Ancon I jail in Lima, Peru, on June 8. She was last seen leaving a nightclub with van der Sloot and two other men. In court on Wednesday, Manasco said she considered van der Sloot’s “brutal murder of Natalee Holloway” in her decision to accept the plea agreement.

Persons: Joran van, Sloot, Natalee, Holloway’s, “, ” Beth Holloway, van der, ”, Ann Angela, van der Sloot, Ben Grunwald, he’s, Stephany Flores, it’s, ” Grunwald, ” Van der Sloot, Joran van der, Ernesto Benavides, der Sloot, Holloway, Deepak, Satish Kalpoe, Holloway kneed, Anna Manasco, Flores, van, Manasco, Natalee Holloway, der, Hermann Walz, Walz, Natalee Holloway ”, “ It’s, ” Walz, ‘ Organizations: CNN, Aruba –, Alabama, Associated Press, Duke University School of Law, Getty, Local, Prosecutors, John Jay College of Criminal Locations: Aruba, Dutch, Caribbean, Peru, Peruvian, Grunwald, Lima , Peru, AFP, Alabama, van der, New York

Van der Sloot, 36, was extradited to Alabama in June from a prison in Peru, where he has been serving a 28-year sentence for murdering another woman in Lima. Eyewitnesses said she was last seen leaving a bar in a car with van der Sloot on the night of her disappearance. Van der Sloot has reached a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors that require him to also truthfully disclose what happened to Natalee Holloway, according to John Q. Kelly, a lawyer for the Holloway family. A public defender representing van der Sloot and a spokesperson for the U.S. attorney's office did not respond to questions about a plea deal. In 2012, van der Sloot was convicted in Peru after he confessed to beating, strangling and suffocating Stephany Flores, a 21-year-old Peruvian business student, in May 2010.

Persons: Joran van der Sloot, Natalee Holloway, van der Sloot, Holloway, Van der Sloot, Beth Holloway, John Q, Kelly, van der, Stephany Flores, Jonathan Allen, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, FBI, Thomson Locations: Peru, U.S, Alabama, Lima, Birmingham, Aruba, Caribbean, New York

☆ First batch of U.S. citizens leaving Israel arrive in Cyprus by boat
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] U.S. citizens arrive at Limassol port after their evacuation from Haifa in Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Limassol, Cyprus October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou Acquire Licensing RightsLIMASSOL, Cyprus Oct 17 (Reuters) - Dozens of U.S. citizens from Israel arrived in Cyprus early Tuesday on the first evacuation boat organised by the United States amid the escalating crisis in the Middle East. Some 159 people were on board the luxury liner Rhapsody of the Seas which left Haifa and sailed into Limassol port in Cyprus early Tuesday. Cypriot government official Victor Papadopoulos told Cyprus state TV more evacuation vessels were expected to arrive over the next 12 hours. Cyprus has been used as a transit hub for foreign governments to evacuate their civilians since just after the latest outbreak of violence on Oct. 7.

Persons: Yiannis, Victor Papadopoulos, Miral Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Rights, Cypriot, Thomson Locations: Limassol, Haifa, Israel, Palestinian, Cyprus, Rights LIMASSOL, United States

☆ Messi still in doubt for Paraguay qualifier, says Scaloni
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 11 (Reuters) - Argentina captain Lionel Messi is still a doubt for the World Cup qualifier against Paraguay, coach Lionel Scaloni said on Wednesday. Messi was included in the world champions' squad despite being sidelined by the muscle problem he sustained month which has kept him out of action for his U.S. side Inter Miami. Scaloni said the 36-year-old forward had been training well ahead of the match on Thursday. "We know that they are important absentees but those who come (to replace them) are very capable and can even stay," Scaloni added. Argentina host Paraguay at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires before facing Peru in Lima on Oct. 17.

Persons: Lionel Messi, Lionel Scaloni, Messi, Scaloni, Angel Di Maria, Angel Correa, Paulo Dybala, Angelica Medina Organizations: World, Paraguay, Inter Miami, AS Roma, Estadio Monumental, Thomson Locations: Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico City

Former President Donald Trump on Friday endorsed Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio to become the next speaker of the House of Representatives. Trump's endorsement of his close ally Jordan in a social media post came three days after the House voted to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as speaker. Trump wrote that Jordan "will be a GREAT Speaker of the House, & has my Complete & Total Endorsement!" "He is STRONG on Crime, Borders, our Military/Vets, & 2nd Amendment," Trump wrote early Friday on his Truth Social site. Trump is the clear frontrunner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination due to his strong popularity among Republican voters.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jim Jordan, Jim Jordan of, Jordan, Kevin McCarthy, Trump, Steve Scalise Organizations: Republican, Air Force, Airport, Representatives, Military, Republicans Locations: Ohio, Lima Allen, Lima , Ohio, Jim Jordan of Ohio

☆ UEFA set to reinstate Russian youth teams
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Following the invasion, which Moscow calls a "special military operation", UEFA decided in February 2022 that all Russian teams - national or club sides - would be suspended from participation in their competitions. "The Executive Committee has asked the UEFA administration to propose a technical solution that would enable the reinstatement of the Russian U17 teams (both girls and boys) even when draws have already been held." UEFA added that Russian teams' matches would be played outside Russia and would not feature the country's flag, anthem or national kit. "... by banning children from our competitions, we not only fail to recognise and uphold a fundamental right for their holistic development but we directly discriminate against them," UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said. Duka is head of Albania's soccer federation and has been a member of UEFA's Executive Committee since 2019.

Persons: Denis Balibouse, Aleksander Ceferin, Armand Duka, Luis Rubiales, Rubiales, Jenni Hermoso, Duka, Aadi Nair, Christian Radnedge Organizations: UEFA, Union of European Football Associations, REUTERS, Gazprom, Russian U17, Spanish Federation, UEFA's, Thomson Locations: Nyon, Switzerland, Ukraine, European, Limassol, Cyprus, Moscow, Russian, Russia, Bengaluru

Uranium stone is seen at a news conference of Macusani Yellowcake and Plateau Energy in Lima, Peru July 16, 2018. Investors in uranium have sharply outperformed investors in clean energy and oil & gas majorsThe significance of that change extends well beyond Finland's power market, which gets over a third of its electricity from nuclear plants. The Global X Uranium ETF , the world's largest ETF exposed to the uranium space, is up 31% year-to-date, while Canada's first uranium ETF, the Horizons Global Uranium Index ETF (HURA.TO), is up over 45%, LSEG data shows. However, even with the broad new backing for nuclear, it is far from certain that a significant increase in nuclear power output will actually materialise. In addition, the cost of building new nuclear plants has sky-rocketed in recent years.

Persons: Macusani, Mariana Bazo, NuScale, Gavin Maguire, Sonali Paul Organizations: Plateau Energy, REUTERS, Finland's Green Party, Green Party, Green, Finland Green Party, World Nuclear Association, Uranium, CME, France's EDF, EDF, Institute for Energy Economics, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Lima , Peru, LITTLETON , Colorado, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Niger, China, Europe, United States, England, U.S

☆ Peru declares state of emergency in parts of capital after crime spike
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Peru's President Dina Boluarte speaks as she meets with foreign press, in Lima, Peru January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Angela Ponce/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLIMA, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Peruvian President Dina Boluarte said on Monday her government has declared a state of emergency in three districts hit by a spike in crime, a measure that allows the military to help enforce security. In recent days, police reported attacks in San Juan including the throwing of a war grenade into a nightclub, which with another nearby grenade attack left at least 15 injured. Crime reports to police in Lima rose to nearly 160,200 last year, compared to 120,350 in 2021, according to the country's ombudsman office. Reporting by Marco Aquino; Writing by Carolina Pulice; Editing by Bill BerkrotOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dina Boluarte, Angela Ponce, San Juan de Lurigancho, San Martin de Porras, Boluarte, Alberto Otarola, Nayib Bukele, Marco Aquino, Carolina Pulice, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Lima , Peru, Peruvian, San Juan, San, Lima, Talara, El Salvador

The bodies appear ancient and share characteristics with humans: two eyes, a mouth, two arms, two legs. Maussan claims they were found around 2017 in Peru, near the pre-Columbian Nazca Lines. They have the same physical appearance, they are the same," Maussan said of Victoria and the two bodies he presented in Mexico. How the bodies arrived in Mexico is a question he says he cannot answer. Jose de Jesus Zalce Benitez, Director of the Health Sciences Research Institute of the Secretary of the Navy, participated in the congressional hearing, bolstering Maussan's claims.

Persons: Jaime Maussan, Raquel Cunha, Maussan, Elsa Tomasto, David Spergel, Rodolfo Salas, Gismondi, Leslie Urteaga, I'm, Clara, Mauricio, Jose de Jesus Zalce Benitez, Julieta Fierro, Fierro, Cassandra Garrison, Marco Aquino, Stephen Eisenhammer, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Nazca Lines, Princeton, NASA, Peruvian, Peruvian Culture, Health Sciences Research, Navy, University's, of Astronomy, UNAM, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, Mexican, Santa Fe, Peru, Peruvian, Victoria, UNAM, Lima

☆ Exclusive-A Close Encounter With the 'Alien Bodies' in Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

Maussan claims they were found around 2017 in Peru, near the pre-Columbian Nazca Lines. They have the same physical appearance, they are the same," Maussan said of Victoria and the two bodies he presented in Mexico. How the bodies arrived in Mexico is a question he says he cannot answer. Jose de Jesus Zalce Benitez, Director of the Health Sciences Research Institute of the Secretary of the Navy, participated in the congressional hearing, bolstering Maussan's claims. (Reporting by Cassandra Garrison in Mexico City; additional reporting by Marco Aquino in Lima; editing by Stephen Eisenhammer and Rosalba O'Brien)

Persons: Cassandra Garrison, Jaime Maussan, Maussan, Elsa Tomasto, David Spergel, Rodolfo Salas, Gismondi, Leslie Urteaga, I'm, Clara, Mauricio, Jose de Jesus Zalce Benitez, Julieta Fierro, Fierro, Marco Aquino, Stephen Eisenhammer, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY, Reuters, Nazca Lines, Princeton, NASA, Peruvian, Peruvian Culture, Health Sciences Research, Navy, University's, of Astronomy, UNAM Locations: Cassandra Garrison MEXICO, Mexican, Mexico City, Santa Fe, Peru, Peruvian, Victoria, Mexico, UNAM, Lima

☆ Peru's central bank cuts benchmark interest rate to 7.5%
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A worker walks pasts the logo of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) inside its headquarters building in Lima, Peru June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 14 (Reuters) - Peru's central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 7.5% after holding the rate steady for eight straight months, as the monetary authority in the Andean nation sees inflation easing. The central bank first held the rate steady in February following an aggressive series of hikes that began in August 2021. Despite inflation easing, the bank said on Thursday that its decision does not necessarily imply a cycle of successive reductions in the interest rate. Peru's annual inflation rate in August slowed to 5.58%, the lowest since September 2021.

Persons: Mariana Bazo, Carolina Pulice, Brendan O'Boyle Organizations: Central Reserve Bank of, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Central Reserve Bank of Peru, Lima , Peru, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Lincoln

Mexican journalist and long-time UFO enthusiast Jaime Maussan showed politicians at the hearing on Tuesday two tiny "bodies" displayed in cases, with three fingers on each hand and elongated heads. He claimed they were found in Peru in 2017 and were not related to any life on Earth. The images from the congressional hearing, the first of its kind in Mexico, sparked international curiosity as well as substantial scorn. Maussan, speaking to Reuters on Thursday, said his critics had yet to present evidence to counter his claims. "If you have something strange, make samples available to the world's scientific community, and we'll see what's there," he said.

Persons: Henry Romero, Jaime Maussan, Maussan, Ryan Graves, Graves, Leslie Urteaga, Urteaga, David Spergel, Cassandra Garrison, Joey Roulette, Marco Aquino, Rosalba O'Brien, Sandra Maler Organizations: San, REUTERS, U.S . Navy, Mexico's National Autonomous University, UNAM, Peruvian Culture, Ministry of Culture, Reuters, National Laboratory, NASA, Princeton, Thomson Locations: San Lazaro, Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, Peru, Mexican, Washington, Lima

☆ Marquinhos earns Brazil late win over Peru
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LIMA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Brazil made it two wins from two in 2026 World Cup qualifying on Tuesday after a late goal from Marquinhos earned them a 1-0 win over Peru in Lima. Brazil, who crushed Bolivia 5-1 at home on Friday, moved level on six points with rivals Argentina at the top of the South American qualifying standings. With the game heading towards a scoreless draw Paris St Germain defender Marquinhos headed home Neymar's corner at the near post to seal the win in the 90th minute. "We practised set pieces both in Belem and here. Set pieces define the game, today it did," Diniz added.

Persons: Marquinhos, Fernando Diniz's, Richarlison, I'm, Diniz, Janina Nuno Rios, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Argentina, South, Paris St Germain, Thomson Locations: LIMA, Brazil, Peru, Lima . Brazil, Bolivia, Belem, Venezuela, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Mexico City

☆ Take a look at Lima's 10-foot tall 'wall of shame' separating slums from luxury estates that's finally being torn down after 4 decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A 10-foot tall "wall of shame" separates some of Lima's wealthiest neighborhoods from its most impoverished. Now, a nearly three-mile section of the wall is coming down at the end of a four-year court battle. "This is an inadmissible wall in a democracy," a court magistrate told Le Monde in March. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Here are five photos that show the wall dividing some of the poorest and richest in Lima.

Persons: Le Monde, Gustavo Gutierrez Organizations: Service, Reuters Locations: Wall, Silicon, Lima

☆ Peru tears down Lima 'wall of shame' but wealth divide stays strong
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] The remains of a 4.5-kilometer wall, separating luxurious estates from a neighboring community living in poverty, are pictured as it is being torn down, in Lima, Peru August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda Acquire Licensing RightsLIMA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A 4.5-kilometer "wall of shame" separating luxurious estates in Peru's capital Lima from neighboring communities living in poverty is being torn down after some four decades, though divisions remain strong. The group was largely destroyed in the 1990s, but the wall dividing La Molina and the poorer Villa Maria del Triunfo remained and has grown in size. Francisco Dumler, the municipal manager of the La Molina, said residents would comply with the ruling but the demolition could take time due to unforeseen costs. La Molina boasts lush parks and large residences that can cost several millions of dollars.

Persons: Sebastian Castaneda, Gustavo Gutierrez, La Molina, Villa Maria del Triunfo, Francisco Dumler, Molina, Anthony Marina, Carlos Valdez, Marco Aquino, Sarah Morland, Nick Zieminski Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, La, Villa Maria, Thomson Locations: Lima , Peru, Peru's, Lima, La

☆ The US is making 'irreversible' progress with a former Russian partner in a tense corner of Europe, but not everyone in NATO will be happy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Constantine Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

For Cyprus, it's a move away from its longtime partner in Russia, but Turkey isn't happy about it. Cyprus has made "important strides" in its military and security cooperation with the US, Michalis Giorgallas, Cyprus' minister of defense, told Insider in response to written questions. Giorgallas told Insider. "This trajectory will continue," Giorgallas told Insider, adding that after the National Guard partnership, "our defense cooperation with the US has become irreversible and we look forward to what's to come." Giorgallas told Insider that the area is historically an unstable one and that the instability has become more visible in more domains, such as at sea and in the air over the region.

Persons: it's, Michalis Giorgallas, aren't, ROY ISSA, Panteleyev, Yiannis Kourtoglou, Giorgallas, John Yountz, —, IAKOVOS HATZISTAVROU, Christopher Cavoli, BIROL BEBEK, Constantine Atlamazoglou Organizations: Service, NATO, UN, Getty, Cypriot, Russian Navy, Airbus, US Army, Staff, Military Education, Training, Cypriot National Guard, New Jersey National Guard, National Guard, US European Command, Turkish, Fletcher School of Law, LinkedIn, Twitter Locations: Republic of Cyprus, Cyprus, Russia, Turkey, Wall, Silicon, Europe, East, North Africa, Moscow, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Ankara, Washington, Crimea, Ukraine, Limassol, AFP, US, Nicosia, Larnaca, John Yountz Cypriot, Cypriot, Greece, Tartus, Northern Cyprus

[1/5] Peruvian singer Lenin Tamayo records a song as he takes on Peru's music scene with a new genre that resembles South Korean pop music but with songs in Quechua, the language of the Incas, in Lima, Peru August 17, 2023. REUTERS/Angela Ponce Acquire Licensing RightsLIMA, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Lenin Tamayo, named after the leader of the Russian Revolution, is taking on Peru's music scene with a new genre that resembles South Korean pop music but with songs in Quechua, the language of the Incas. Instead, he is striving to tackle discrimination through music and bring attention to the importance of the South American country's ancestral past. "My music had to embrace my origins strongly," the singer told Reuters ahead of a concert in Lima's northern district. It was at school that Tamayo first began listening to Korean pop music, known as K-pop, which started gaining an international folloawing around a decade ago through supergroup BTS.

Persons: Lenin Tamayo, Angela Ponce, Tamayo, Tok, Kay Pacha, Uku Pacha, Hanan Pacha, Gabriel Castro, Gloria Lopez, Lucinda Elliott, Sandra Maler Organizations: Incas, REUTERS, Rights, BTS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Peruvian, Lima , Peru, Russian, Incas, Lima, Lima's, South America, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil, Korean

☆ Harrison Ford gets a new snake species named for him
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But the highlight of the trip to South America was discovering a species of snake new to science, which the team named for action icon Harrison Ford — a moment of levity in an otherwise dramatic excursion, noted Dr. Edgar Lehr, the lead author of a scientific paper describing the snake species. At the time, Lehr, who is a professor of biology at Illinois Wesleyan University, thought: “Wouldn’t this be cool to dedicate this new species to Harrison Ford? The national park is near “the VRAEM (Valley of Rivers Apurímac, Ene, Mantaro) area, which is the center of Peru‘s coca production and narco-trafficking,” according to the study. Otishi is considered “Peru‘s least scientifically surveyed national park,” according to the study. “This is very important (work), because we can only protect what is known,” Lehr said of documenting species new to scientists.

Persons: Harrison Ford —, Edgar Lehr, Lehr, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones ’, Harrison, — Juan Carlos Cusi, Ricardo Vera, Maura Fernandez, Otishi, ” Lehr, “, ”, Ford, Indiana Jones, Tachymenoides, ” Ford Organizations: CNN, Illinois Wesleyan University, Historia, US Department of State, Embassy, Conservation, “ Locations: South America, Peruvian, Peru, Lima —, Peru’s Junín, Cusco, Rivers Apurímac, Mantaro, Embassy of Peru, Washington , DC

Their data showed mercury contamination from informal gold mining making its way into the biodiversity hotspot's mammals — from rodents to ocelots to titi monkeys. Leaders from the eight countries around the Amazon meeting in Brazil next week will discuss how to end illegal gold mining. While the scientists began testing for mercury at Los Amigos in 2021, some of the samples were gathered as early as 2018. During Reuters' visit to Los Amigos, scientists caught rodents in metal traps baited with peanut butter and snagged birds and a bat in mist nets floating through the forest. In 2021, mining arrived on Los Amigos' doorstep.

Persons: Conservación Amazônica, Mrinalini Erkenswick, Erkenswick Watsa, biogeochemist Jacqueline Gerson, there's, it's, Gideon Erkenswick, Jorge Luis Mendoza Silva, Caroline Moore, Moore, Chris Sayers, Jake Spring, Gloria Dickie, Marco Aquino, Oliver Griffin, Katy Daigle, Suzanne Goldenberg Organizations: Los, Biological, Amigos, Reuters, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Projects International, Los Amigos, University of Colorado, REUTERS, Gold Council, USAID, Peruvian, Nature Communications, San Diego Zoo Wildlife, University of California, Thomson Locations: Peru, Peruvian, Peru's, de Dios, Madre de Dios, Brazil, Colombia, California, University of Colorado Boulder, Los Amigos, Dios, Latin America, Congo, Indonesia, University of California Los Angeles, London, Lima, Bogota

☆ Berry suspended for second time for anti-doping violation
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 2 (Reuters) - American hammer thrower Gwendolyn Berry, a two-time Olympian and a Pan Am Games gold medallist, has been given a 16-month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Wednesday. It is the second doping ban within a 10-year period for Berry, who was a member of the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Olympic teams. Berry’s violation resulted from her use of a topical medication containing the diuretic and masking agent spironolactone for which she had a prescription. However, Berry failed to obtain a Therapeutic Use Exemption for the medication. Berry's 16-month ban was backdated to April 28, the date her provisional suspension was imposed, ruling her out of this month's world athletics championships in Budapest.

Persons: Gwendolyn Berry, Berry, Steve Keating, Clare Fallon Organizations: Pan Am Games, United, United States Anti, Doping Agency, Olympic, Pan Am, U.S ., Thomson Locations: American, United States, Budapest, Lima, Toronto

☆ Whale fossil may be the heaviest animal ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A colossal ancient whale discovered in Peru might be the heaviest animal on record, according to a new study. What’s more, Perucetus likely weighed two to three times more than the blue whale, which today weighs a maximum of 149.6 metric tons (330,000 pounds). Giovanni Bianucci“Discoveries of such extreme body forms are an opportunity to re-evaluate our understanding of animal evolution,” wrote J.G.M. “It seems that we are only dimly aware of how astonishing whale form and function can be,” they added. The lifestyle of a colossal whaleThe findings suggest that gigantism or peak body mass among cetaceans had been reached around 30 million years earlier than previously thought, according to the study.

Persons: Giovanni Bianucci, “, ” Bianucci, Perucetus, ”, ’, Bianucci, pacificus, Mystacodon selenesis, Mario Urbina Schmitt, Schmitt, Thewissen, David A, Waugh, weren’t, Ingalls, Brown, ” Thewissen Organizations: CNN, University of Pisa’s, sirenians, Peru “, National University of San, Ohio Medical University Locations: Peru, Italy, Ica, Peruvian, National University of San Marcos, Lima

☆ Peru protesters take to streets in new round of anti-government marches
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Marco Aquino | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LIMA, July 19 (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets in Peru on Wednesday, part of a new round of marches organized by groups opposed to President Dina Boluarte's eight-month-old administration, as police deployed to guard government offices. Many Peruvians accuse Boluarte and her allies of illegitimately removing and jailing her leftist predecessor Pedro Castillo, which led to angry and sometimes violent protests through last March that claimed 67 lives. Some 24,000 police officers were deployed throughout the country, according to officials, as authorities braced for a so-called "third takeover of Lima." Ground transport officials said protesters blocked six highways by early afternoon on Wednesday, mostly in southern Arequipa and Cusco regions. Peru, the world's second-largest copper producer, could also face disruptions along its key mining corridor, where according to environmental groups, communities will support the protests.

Persons: Dina Boluarte's, Boluarte, Pedro Castillo, Roger Perez, Jorge Pizarro, Marco Aquino, Sarah Morland, Alexander Villegas, Will Dunham, Josie Kao Organizations: Local, Police, Congress, Thomson Locations: LIMA, Peru, Lima, Arequipa, Cusco, Huancavelica, Puno

☆ Peru's Boluarte calls protests 'threat to democracy,' key mining zones to back them
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Demonstrators participate in a march called by Peru's General Workers Union against President Dina Boluarte's administration, in Lima, Peru, March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque/File PhotoLIMA, July 18 (Reuters) - Peru's President Dina Boluarte said on Tuesday that anti-government protests expected to begin this week are "a threat to democracy and the rule of law," seven months after the ousting of her predecessor launched months of deadly protests. Key mining areas in Peru are planning to support a new round of anti-government protests, said Jose de Echave, the head of environmental NGO CooperAccion, who added that groups of miners from the Andean country's key copper mining corridor are set to arrive in Lima. Peru's is the world's second-largest copper producer and its mining corridor in Condoroma, Cusco, is used by MMG's . Reporting by Marco Aquino; Writing by Sarah Morland; Editing by Alexander Villegas, William MacleanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dina Boluarte's, Alessandro Cinque, LIMA, Dina Boluarte, Boluarte, Pedro Castillo, Jose de Echave, Peru's, Marco Aquino, Sarah Morland, Alexander Villegas, William Maclean Organizations: Peru's General Workers Union, REUTERS, HK, Thomson Locations: Lima , Peru, Peru, Lima, Condoroma, Cusco

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