Excerpts from the paper Coping with High Food Prices and the Financial Crisis by World Food Program visit http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/newsroom/wfp197596.pdf

When the high food and fuel price crisis hit, it increased both the incidence and severity of hunger and poverty worldwide, raising the risk of social unrest Continue reading →

Chile (pronounced /ˈtʃɪliː/ ( listen),[5]), officially the Republic of Chile (Spanish: República de Chile [reˈpuβlika ðe ˈtʃile] ( listen)), is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean Continue reading →

Did you know the largest dinosaurs were found here. Perhaps the east coast of South America was connected to Australia. However, I will say the similarities to Australia were remarkable.

Very interesting country Argentina, a regular Jurasic Park. There are… Continue reading →

Argentina (i /ˌɑrdʒənˈtiːnə/), officially the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina, pronounced [reˈpuβlika arxenˈtina]), is the second largest country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area Continue reading →

Bolivia (pronounced /ˌboˈliːviːa/ ( listen)), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia,[9][10] (Spanish: Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, IPA: [esˈtaðo pluɾinasjoˈnal de βoˈliβja]) is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina to Continue reading →

Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Pikchu) – “Old Mountain”, pronounced [ˈmɑtʃu ˈpixtʃu]) – is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level.[1][2] It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest Continue reading →

About Arequipa

The area was inhabited since 7600 B.C. by primitive men, and in the nearest antiquity it was inhabited by the tribe pre-Inca the Collaguas, and then conquered by the Inca Mayta Capac who ordered to found the first city, giving it the name towards Continue reading →