The Treasure of Cajamarca—And Other Peruvian Curses
On November 15, 1532, in the northern Peruvian city of Cajamarca, Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro slaughtered 7,000 Inca ...
Multinational Gold Rush in Guatemala
Somewhere amid the chaos that erupted January 11 along a stretch of the Pan-American Highway in Guatemala a protestor lost ...
VENEZUELA The Treasure of Estado Bolivar
The states of Bolivar and Amazonas in southeast Venezuela had until recent years been all but ignored. Left to their ...
Open Wounds
The steam railway I rode out of Lima, zig-zagged up the steep western slopes of the Andes and stopped at ...
In Another Vein
The sunny plaza outside La Paz’s San Francisco Church is a favorite spot for friends to meet, a picturesque colonial ...
Glaciers Under Threat by Mining in Chile
Chile’s lush Huasco Valley is flanked by bone-dry hills that reach up towards the towering ridges of the Andes. Some ...
Water, INC.
NASA’s ongoing mission to Mars seeks to find signs of life on the red planet. To determine if extraterrestrial life ...
