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<B>earlier AP versions</b> appear in the <A HREF="http://www.boston.com/dailynews/303/world/Peru_s_Congress_approves_embez:.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.boston.com/dailynews/303/worl"><U>Boston Globe</U></A> and the <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Peru-Fujimori-Charges.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/internat"><U>New York Times</U></A>).  "Congress voted 65-0 to lift the immunity of Fujimori and three former Cabinet ministers, which allows prosecutors to file charges of embezzlement and criminal activity against them," reports the AP.  Reuters says there were no abstentions but EFE and the AP correctly point out that "55 other members of Congress either did not attend the session or abstained from voting." (AP)  EFE says that this was the third accusation "to be approved by the full Congress against the former president."  Reuters is the only one to name the three ministers who also lost their immunity: Boloña, Salas, and Bergamino.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>TOLEDO: "MAFIA STILL EXISTS"</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011031340000041.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>EFE</U></A> quotes President Alejandro Toledo saying "former spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos is plotting to weaken Peru's government, in an alleged conspiracy with 'some politicians'."  This news came from an interview with <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" >RPP Noticias radio network during a visit to Toledo's home town of Cabana. </FONT>  The <A HREF="http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news/world/digdocs/084387.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news"><U>Miami Herald</U></A> and <A HREF="http://news.excite.com/news/r/011030/12/international-peru-fujimori-dc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.excite.com/news/r/011030/12/"><U>Reuters</U></A> follows-up on yesterday's <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011030400000121.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>EFE</U></A> report on the pro-Fujimori gathering in front of the Hotel Crillon in Lima. (See "Rally for the Republic" yesterday.)  Reuters counted 1,000 people in the crowd whereas the EFE and the Herald counted over 3,000.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>OTHER PROTESTERS</U></b>  <A HREF="http://www.tomorrow-web.com/news_4week.html#011030" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.tomorrow-web.com/news_4week.h"><U>Tomorrow</U></A> reports that representatives of <B>Friends of the Earth</b> in Peru "denounced the [World] bank’s involvement in gold and copper mining in Peru."  <B>Gladys Marquez</b> "urged the World Bank to reconsider its support for three mining projects" which, she said, were "jeopardizing agriculture on which local communities depend for their livelihood."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="0d1474e0.jpg" border=0 width="71" height="78" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">WHO'S WHO HERE?</U></b>  <A HREF="http://europe.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/10/30/peru.corruption.reut/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://europe.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/america"><U>CNN.com</U></A> and <A HREF="http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters10-30-190624.asp?reg=AMERICAS" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reu"><U>MSNBC</U></A> use a re-edited version of a Reuters story  running from earlier in the week on <B>Fernando Zevallos</b>, the founder of <A HREF="http://www.aerocontinente.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aerocontinente.com"><U><B>AeroContinente</b></U></A>, who is accused of criminal activity. (See "Who's Sliming Who?" in Sunday, October 28.)    <A HREF="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/r/peru/feature/20011030/lim01d?r=/photo/location/per" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/r/peru/"><U>Reuters</U></A> also releases <B>a photograph of Zevallos</b>.  Reporter Missy Ryan reports that "the list of those who have been suspected or accused is <B>a Who's Who of Peruvian business</b> -- including the heads of six of the country's seven television stations, top officials from the country's biggest banks and industry leaders. "  (Photo: Reuters)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>NEWS FROM PYONGYANG</U></b>   <A HREF="http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=011031005623&query=peru" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchiv"><U>KCNA</U></A> (the North Korean News Agency) reports that "over 20 parties" including <B>the Socialist Party of Peru</b> "studied and disseminated famous works of Kim Jong-il ... to celebrate the fourth anniversary of leader Kim Jong-il's election as general secretary of the Korean Workers' Party."<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" ><B><U><IMG SRC="08364430.gif" border=0 width="100" height="67" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">4 </U></b></FONT><B><U>DIPLOMATIC DISPATCHES</U></b>  <B>1).</b> <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011031850000092.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011"><U>M2Presswire</U></A> reports that during a discussion at the United Nations on the International Court of Justice, Peru's Ambassador to the UN, <B>Osvaldo de Rivero</b>, said that "in recent times Peruvians had experienced the costs of the destruction of the rule of law and democratic institutions, and the subjugation of the political rights of citizens. Fortunately, those sombre episodes in history had been overcome, but watching an elected government demolish democratic institutions had served to reinforce respect for the enforcement of the law and justice."  <B>2).</b> Separately,  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011031720000041.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011"><U>M2Presswire</U></A> reports that speaking before the General Assembly, <B>Osvaldo de Rivero </b>stated that the Security Council's composition "was not representative of the Assembly's membership, and the veto continued to exert its anachronistic influence over the Organization" and declared that "the question of the veto was the cornerstone of reform."    <B>3).</b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011031830000642.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011"><U>M2Presswire</U></A> also reports that <B>Alfredo Chuquihuara</b>, speaking before the Third Committee on the issue of the <B>Indigenous People's Forum</b>, stated that States in his region had "recognized that the unique character of indigenous people required the adoption of special measures."  He added that this would "strengthen the social, cultural and economic development of societies and communities as a whole."  <B>4). </b>Finally, <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011031770000149.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011"><U>M2Presswire</U></A> reports that <B>Raul Salazar</b> spoke before the UN's Third Committee on <B>Agenda 21</b> and declared that "the  availability of resources, poverty eradication and social exclusion were key issues to be addressed," and that "topics such as unsustainable modes of production and consumption" should be included."  Salazar stated that Peru "had acceded to a number of environmental instruments, including the <B>Convention on Deforestation</b>."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>PLAYING CATCH-UP</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2001/10/28/national/coca28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2"><U>Philadelphia Inquirer</U></A> (USA) ran a Reuters story by Jude Webber on Sunday from the Apurimac-Ene valley on <B>the growth of coca cultivation</b>.  It says that harvester <B>Lucia Huarca</b> can collect 66 pounds in a day "for which she is paid around US$3."  Coca cultivation, the article says, "is thriving - even spreading."  ...   Today, the <A HREF="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/GIS.Servlets.HTMLTemplate?tf=tgam/search/tgam/SearchFullStory.html&cf=tgam/search/tgam/SearchFullStory.cfg&configFileLoc=tgam/config&encoded_keywords=peru&option=&start_row=1&current_row=1&start_row_offset1=&num_rows=1&search_results_start=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/GIS.S"><U>Globe and Mail</U></A> (Canada) re-runs a Reuters story by Eduardo Orozco on small-scale miners from <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>La Rinconada</b></FONT> highlighting Peruvian miner <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Grimaldo Vargas</b></FONT>.  (See "Most Days are Bad" in October 23 below.)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>OTHER BUSINESS</U></b>  </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://www.just-drinks.com/news_detail.asp?art=15242&app=1&c=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.just-drinks.com/news_detail.a"><U>Just Drinks</U></A>: <B>San Juan</b> brewing company profits drop 15.8% during the first three quarters of 2001</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://www.bnamericas.com/story.xsql?id_noticia=77614&Tx_idioma=I&id_sector=3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bnamericas.com/story.xsql?id_"><U>BNAmericas</U></A>: <B>Banco de Credito del Peru</b> post net income of US$17mn in 3rd Quarter, up 218% </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011030590000204.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>Business Wire</U></A>: <B>Exploration Sulliden Inc.</b> receives "Mining Prospect of the Year 2001" award from "Peruvian Mining Merit Awards Committee"</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011031520000175.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Business Wire</U></A>: <B>Telefonica</b> to introduce 2.5G technology based on IS-95B with speeds capable of 64kbps</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011031370000184.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>PRNewswire</U></A>: <B>Parker Drilling</b> announces net income of $4.5 million, or $0.05 per share, for third quarter of 2001</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011031950000356.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>PRNewswire</U></A>: <B>Thrifty Car Rental</b> plans to expand to Peru </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/011030/n30334347_1.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/011030/n30334347"><U>Reuters</U></A>: <B>Telefonica</b>: "healthy'' and has "operational growth" despite third-quarter net loss of S/.253 million ($72.3 million)</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=reu-n30316558&feed=reu&date=20011030&cat=INDUSTRY" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp"><U>Reuters</U></A>: <B>El Platanal</b> to be Peru's 2nd-biggest hydroelectric plant after (state-run) Mantaro;  operational by 2005 </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>ECONOMY</U></b></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?cat=USMARKET&src=201&feed=reu&section=news&news_id=reu-n30109404&date=20011030&alias=/alias/money/cm/nw" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp"><U>Reuters</U></A>: Peru to auction S/.250 million (US$72.5 million) of 2-year sovereign <B>bond issue</b> next week; third and final tranche </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?touch=1&btitle=Top%20News&T=sa_content.ht&s=AO_ADTxQ3UGVydSdz" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?tou"><U>Bloomberg</U></A>: <B>GDP</b> expected to expand in 3rd Qtr; first rise in four quarters (includes chart)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>TRAVEL NEWS</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/Wednesday/business_b3fd3acba28d90d70019.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/"><U>Atlanta Journal and Constitution</U></A> (USA) and Delta Airline's <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011030590000196.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>press release</U></A> report that <B>Delta will limit passenger baggage</b> to select Latin American cities, including Lima, beginning Nov. 1, 2001, and through Jan. 15, 2002.  "Delta will allow a maximum of two checked bags and one carry-on item (plus one personal item)." .....    <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011030760000059.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>Internet Wire</U></A> advances lowering rates for a December trip to Cuzco by FAR&WIDE Travel "14 nights, Was $1360 now $1156."</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> <I><B>OF SPECIAL INTEREST</b></I>  In a book excerpt in <A HREF="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001170001-2001374294,00.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,200"><U>The Times</U></A> (London): "I am also less concerned in ascertaining the righteousness of particular wars - whether a murderous Pizarro in Peru (who calmly announced, "The time of the Inca is over") was better or worse than his murdering Inca enemies."</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Tuesday October 30, 2001</U></b></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" ><B><U><IMG SRC="0e332270.jpg" border=0 width="50" height="39" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></b></FONT><B><U>ANTHRAX UPDATE</U></b>  In a USA <A HREF="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2001/index.cfm?docid=5785" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2001/i"><U>State Department briefing</U></A>, <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Richard Boucher</b></FONT> stated that the mail with <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>anthrax spores at the USA Embassy in Lima</b></FONT> was received last Thursday and one of six diplomatic pouches was confirmed to be anthrax-laden on Sunday.  Several sources report on yesterday's finding including the <A HREF="http://chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0110300244oct30.story" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://chicagotribune.com/news/nationwor"><U>Chicago Tribune</U></A>, the <A HREF="http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news/national/digdocs/046386.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news"><U>Miami Herald</U></A>, and the <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8863-2001Oct29.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/art"><U>Washington Post</U></A>. (See "Anthrax in Lima" below.)  Of these, <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>the Washington Post story adds</b></FONT> the most additional information including: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>1).</b></FONT> the embassy mail went through "the contaminated State Department mail center in Sterling, Virginia." <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>2).</b></FONT> it quotes a U.S. Embassy spokesman in Lima, Peru, saying "anthrax was on the interior of a canvas mailbag.  None of the letters or packages inside was opened."  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>3).</b></FONT> the mail picked up the anthrax spores through "incidental contact" as it passed through the State Department mailroom in Washington.   <A HREF="http://www.online.ie/news/latest_world/viewer.adp?article=1560189" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.online.ie/news/latest_world/v"><U>Online</U></A> (Ireland) was one of the few papers whose stories headlined the embassy.  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>RALLY FOR THE REPUBLIC</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011030400000121.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports that "about 3,000 people attended <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>a rally</b></FONT> in Peru to support former President Alberto Fujimori" in Lima.  The event was timed to commemorate the anniversary of the peace treaties with Ecuador, signed on Oct. 26, 1998, an event prominently highlighted at Fujimori's <A HREF="http://www.fujimorialberto.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fujimorialberto.com"><U>website</U></A>.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" ><IMG SRC="0cf46570.jpg" border=0 width="70" height="87" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT><B><U>BOTH FUN AND A DRAG</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.gainesvillesun.com/articles/2001-10-30d.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gainesvillesun.com/articles/2"><U>Gainesville Sun</U></A> (Florida, USA) runs a piece on former <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Ambassador Dennis Jett</b></FONT> (in Peru between 1996-1999) who recalls his experience  of "narrowly missed being taken hostage during the MRTA raid at the Japanese embassy.  Jett said he left the embassy 30 minutes before the terrorists embarked on their mission.  "Being ambassador was fun and I enjoyed the responsibility," he said, "but it came with a certain amount of obligations and scrutiny, and sometimes it was a drag." (<I>Photo: The Gainesville Sun</I>)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>LESSONS TO LEARN</U></b>  <A HREF="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_45/b3756011.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/con"><U>Business Week</U></A> reports on Latin America's relationship between terrorism and maintaining an open society.  "In the 1980s, the Maoist Shining Path guerrillas were so ruthless that Peruvians initially applauded the government's tough anti-terrorism measures, which included summary trials for suspected terrorists before hooded judges. But the government cast such a wide net in that it wrongly imprisoned hundreds -- perhaps thousands -- of people.   Says <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Han Landolt</b></FONT> of the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Institute of Legal Studies</b></FONT> in Lima, "Adoption of strict anti-terrorism legislation ... can degrade hard-won <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>civil rights</b></FONT> -- and they're <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>difficult to win back</b></FONT>." </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>STILL LANDLOCKED</U></b>   <A HREF="http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=011030005339&query=peru" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchiv"><U>La Razon</U></A> (Bolivia) reports that "the Bolivian Government wants to use gas as a key to recover a route out to the Pacific through Chile or Peru." <A HREF="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?touch=1&btitle=Politics&T=sa_content.ht&s=AO97HAxY9Qm9saXZp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?tou"><U>Bloomberg</U></A> (using a story in La Tercera, Chile) adds that</div> <div> "Bolivia wants ocean access in exchange for picking Chile instead of Peru for pipeline's route. The project would mean building a liquefaction plant on Chile's coast, adding up to $1.5 billion of investment."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>LESSONS LEARNED</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4287795,00.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Articl"><U>Guardian</U></A> (London) runs a column by George Monbiot who writes of the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>School of the Americas</b></FONT> in Fort Benning, Georgia (USA) which he calls "a terrorist training camp, whose victims massively outnumber the people killed by the attack on New York."  Renamed recently as <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation</b></FONT>, the article says that <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>General Juan Velasco Alvarado</b></FONT> "benefited from the school's instruction" and "so did the leader of the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Grupo Colina</b></FONT> death squad in Fujimori's Peru."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>INTEREST TOO HIGH</U></b>  <A HREF="http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?cat=USMARKET&src=201&feed=reu&section=news&news_id=reu-n29165252&date=20011029&alias=/alias/money/cm/nw" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp"><U>Reuters</U></A> reports that "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>interest rates</b></FONT> for Peruvian borrowers will <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>remain high</b></FONT> because bad debts and nonperforming loans abound and the country's stagnant economy has failed to pull out of a three-year slump."   Credits by Peruvian banks totaled about "9.5 billion in August, a 7.5 percent decline from the beginning of the year."  The story includes comments from <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Mario Guerrero</b></FONT>, (economist, Banco Wiese Sudameris),  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Jorge Chavez</b></FONT> (President, Maximixe), <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Oscar Jasaui</b></FONT> (Pacific Credit Rating Peru) and Central Bank members <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Richard Webb</b></FONT>, <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Julio Velarde</b></FONT>, and <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Kurt Burneo</b></FONT>. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" ><B><U><IMG SRC="08364430.gif" border=0 width="100" height="67" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></b></FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011030730000213.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011"><U>M2Presswire</U></A> reports on the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>United Nations's First Committee</b></FONT> (Disarmament and International Security) at which Peruvian Diplomat <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Hugo Flores </b></FONT>commented on the draft text on the Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is based in Lima). The Centre, he said, "did its work in the first inhabited region that was free of nuclear weapons. In less than three years, the Centre had brought together more than 500 diplomats from a number of backgrounds to help in the work of bringing stability and development to the region." </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>SUMMIT PLANNING</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011029010000081.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011"><U>EFE</U></A> and <A HREF="http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=011030005333&query=peru" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchiv"><U>Radio Havana</U></A> report that "Cabinet ministers and youth experts from 21 Ibero-American nations met Monday in Lima to draft a plan of action to improve the lives of 114 million Ibero-American children living in extreme poverty." (EFE)  This plan will be presented at the upcoming <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>XI Ibero-American Summit</b></FONT> in November.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>FLOODING IN JUNIN</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011030890000037.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011"><U>AFX</U></A> and <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011029950000190.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011"><U>EFE</U></A> report that at least 20 people are missing as a result of massive flooding in <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Junin</b></FONT>.  AFX says that "the storms destroyed 30 homes in the town of <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Jachahuanca</b></FONT>," while EFE says that "the worst flooding took place in the village of <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Sacahuanca</b></FONT>."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>SPORTING NEWS</U></b>  <A HREF="http://www.foxsports.com/story/story.adp?contentId=192965" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.foxsports.com/story/story.adp"><U>Fox Sports</U></A> reports that <A HREF="http://www.copaericsson.com/Players/playerdetail.cfm?PlayerID=33" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.copaericsson.com/Players/play"><U><B>Luis Horna</b></U></A> lost to Brazilian Alexandre Simone (6-4, 6-3) in the <A HREF="http://www.copaericsson.com/DrawResults/currentdraws.cfm?Year=2001&Play=MensSingles&City=3&Round=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.copaericsson.com/DrawResults/"><U><B>Ericcson Cup</b></U></A><B> </b>tennis tournament on clay courts in Santiago, Chile. (See also "Win Some, Lose Some" in Wednesday, October 24.)  .....  The <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/football/eng_prem/newsid_1627000/1627454.stm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/f"><U>BBC</U></A> reports that <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Newcastle United</b></FONT> coach Bobby Robson "has grown increasingly frustrated at <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>[Nolberto] Solano's</b></FONT> continued involvement in the Peruvian national team, despite assurances from the player that he would scale down his international commitments."  .....   <A HREF="http://internetsoccer.com/country/peru/221604.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://internetsoccer.com/country/peru/2"><U>TeamTalk</U></A> reports that Peru's national team coach <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>César Uribe has finalized the roster </b></FONT>for Peru’s meeting with Argentina on November 7  and includes eight foreign-based players but does not include Solano.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>OTHER BUSINESS</U></b></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011030730000288.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>CCN Newswire</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Southwestern Resources Corp</b></FONT> to drill on <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Intihuatana Property</b></FONT>, 410 km northwest of Arequipa </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://atimes.com/china/CJ30Ad04.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://atimes.com/china/CJ30Ad04.html"><U>Asia Times</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Ximo Electronic Appliances Co.</b></FONT> receives regular orders from Peru</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?tick=PCU&newsid=953500" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?"><U>Stockhouse</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Southern Peru Copper Co</b></FONT> reports net earnings of $11.6 million for the 3rd quarter of 2001</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FE20011029070000187.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FE20011"><U>Ascribe News</U></A> reports that "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>The Mummy Road Show</b></FONT>" will be shown on the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>National Geographic Channel</b></FONT> tomorrow which includes the " 'who, what, when, where, and why' of well-preserved corpses" in Peru, among other countries.  Separately, <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011030260000104.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Business Wire</U></A> reports that Discovery Channel Store offers a Macro-Microscope, which "comes with 5 never-before-seen prepared slides, including a one-of-a-kind <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Real Peruvian Mummy fabric swatch!</b></FONT>"</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>POLICE PICKPOCKETS</U></b>  <A HREF="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_436719.html?menu=news.quirkies" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_436"><U>Ananova</U></A> reports on Canadian <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>René Ouellet</b></FONT>, the bicyclist who is aiming to travel the world on his bicycle without spending any money on accommodation.  Ouellet says "he has been <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>robbed</b></FONT> only twice, once <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>inside a Peruvian police station</b></FONT>." (For news on <A HREF="http://www.biciclown.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.biciclown.com"><U>Popy</U></A>, another bicyclist touring Latin America, see "Two Continental Races" on Wednesday, October 17.)</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Monday October 29, 2001</U></b></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>ANTHRAX IN LIMA</U></b>   <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011029650000052.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>AFX</U></A>,  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011029710000092.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>EFE</U></A>, the <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Anthrax.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national"><U>New York Times</U></A> (using the Associated Press), and the <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-attack-anthrax-state.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news"><U>New York Times</U></A> (using Reuters) all report that "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>anthrax spores were found</b></FONT> in a bundle of mail <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>at the U.S. Embassy</b></FONT>" in Lima. (EFE)  AFX says that it was "a diplomatic pouch" that may was tested positive for the bacteria.  Reuters says it was in a "mail bundle."  The Associated Press says that "six mail bags at the U.S. Embassy in Peru were tested and one was found to contain traces of anthrax."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="0c76c470.jpg" border=0 width="108" height="71" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">SURVIVING SELLING COFFEE</U></b>  <A HREF="http://www.msnbc.com/news/648828.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.msnbc.com/news/648828.asp"><U>Newsweek</U></A> publishes an article, ostensibly about fair trade, and suggests that "the market for kinder, gentler capitalism is limited."  The story opens with "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>coffee farmers of the Marmas Valley</b></FONT> in northern Peru [who] are overcoming a crisis of historic proportions."  However, "7,000 Peruvian growers are guaranteed premium prices for part of their crop by <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Fairtrade</b></FONT>."  The piece, by Newsweek's Joseph Contreras, reports that "the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Association of Coffee Producing Countries</b></FONT> abandoned its bid to become the industry's equivalent of OPEC and <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>closed down</b></FONT> operations two weeks ago."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>LUCCHETTI JUDGE SUSPENDED</U></b>  <A HREF="http://just-food.com/news_detail.asp?art=44726&app=1&c=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://just-food.com/news_detail.asp?art"><U>JustFood</U></A>,  <A HREF="http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters10-28-112517.asp?reg=AMERICAS" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reu"><U>MSNBC</U></A> and <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/10/28/peru.chile.lucchetti.reut/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/1"><U>CNN.com</U></A> report (all using Reuters) on Peruvian daily <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Liberacion's</b></FONT> story on the 30-days-without-pay suspension of <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Jorge Barreto</b></FONT> "a judge overseeing corruption charges against executives of Chilean pasta maker <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Lucchetti</b></FONT> in a case linked to former spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos."  Barreto is  one of six special anti-corruption judges investigating allegations tied to Fujimori and Montesinos.  Senior Lucchetti executives have been seen negotiating in a <A HREF="http://www.elcomercioperu.com.pe/ecespe/html/montesinos/vladivideos_index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.elcomercioperu.com.pe/ecespe/"><U>Vladi-video</U></A>.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>GOOOOOOL!!</U></b>  <A HREF="http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters10-28-190845.asp?reg=AMERICAS" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reu"><U>MSNBC</U></A> (using Reuters) reports that President <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Alejandro Toledo</b></FONT> said that Peru had "scored a 'complete success' with <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>more than US$1.8 billion</b></FONT> in international financial aid secured last week" during his trip to Europe. "Peru has scored a goal in the international arena,'' Toledo said during a televised address upon his return to Lima.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>NUN DIES IN CHILE</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011029080000151.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports that <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Lita Castillo</b></FONT>, "the Peruvian nun who was doused with kerosene and set on fire by a Chilean man, died Monday from burns covering 70 percent of her body."  A suspect is in custody, but police are still trying to determine the motive for the crime.</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="0c958860.jpg" border=0 width="88" height="134" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">MIRACLES IN NYC</U></b>   The Associated Press offers two photographs (<A HREF="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/20011028/us/1004307464peruvian_procession_nyr106.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/200110"><U>one</U></A>, <A HREF="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/peruvian/procession/20011028/nyr108" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/peru"><U>two</U></A>) on yesterday's observance of <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Lord of the Miracles</b></FONT> procession down 9th Ave. in New York City.   Reuters offered two photographs (<A HREF="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011018/wl/imdf18102001140905a.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/200110"><U>one</U></A>, <A HREF="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/r/peru/religion/20011018/lim02d?r=/photo/location/per" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/r/peru/"><U>two</U></A>) of the  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Señor de los Milagros</b></FONT> procession in Lima on October 18. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>SPORTING NEWS</U></b>  <A HREF="http://www.sportserver.com/track_field/story/159471p-1510849c.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sportserver.com/track_field/s"><U>Sportserver</U></A> reports that Peruvian <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Raul Camarena</b></FONT> came in 16th overall (4th in his division) in the <A HREF="http://www.marinemarathon.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.marinemarathon.com/"><U><B>Marine Corp Marathon</b></U></A> in Washington DC with an official time of <A HREF="http://results.doitsports.com/mcm/results-1.adp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://results.doitsports.com/mcm/result"><U>2:38:36</U></A>.  Camarena was the first Peruvian (16 overall) in <A HREF="http://www.coolrunning.com/results/97/internat/peru10k/1500.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.coolrunning.com/results/97/in"><U>Lima's Metro Internacional 10k</U></A> in 1997.   ....  The <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4287425,00.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Articl"><U>Guardian</U></A> (London) and the <A HREF="http://sport.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/10/28/sfneur29.xml&sSheet=/sport/2001/10/28/ixfooty.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://sport.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main."><U>Telegraph</U></A> (London) report on Peruvian football player <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Claudio Pizarro's</b></FONT> exploits.  Playing for Bayern Munich, Pizarro twice "capitalised on defensive errors to take his season's tally to six." (Guardian) </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>BOOK REVIEW</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/GIS.Servlets.HTMLTemplate?tf=tgam/search/tgam/SearchFullStory.html&cf=tgam/search/tgam/SearchFullStory.cfg&configFileLoc=tgam/config&encoded_keywords=peru&option=&start_row=2&current_row=2&start_row_offset1=&num_rows=1&search_results_start=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/GIS.S"><U>Globe and Mail</U></A> (Canada) interviews <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Ronald Wright</b></FONT>, the author of "Cut Stones and Crossroads: A Journey in Peru," about his new book, "Henderson's Spear."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>REPRINT REDUX</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/30/world/world15.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/30/world"><U>Sydney Morning Herald</U></A> reprints a lengthy piece from Saturday's New York Times on the power of jailed <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Vladimiro Montesinos</b></FONT>.  (See Keeping Power" in Saturday below.)   <A HREF="http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=8&id=149335" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=new"><U>Japan Today</U></A> reprints yesterday's Reuters story on legally troubled <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Fernando Zevallos</b></FONT>, the founder of <A HREF="http://www.aerocontinente.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aerocontinente.com"><U><B>AeroContinente</b></U></A>.  (See "Who's Sliming Who" yesterday.)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>OTHER BUSINESS</U></b> </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?touch=1&btitle=Business&T=sa_content.ht&s=AO920KBReUGVydSBD" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?tou"><U>Bloomberg</U></A>: The <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Central Reserve Bank</b></FONT> sold S/.25 million (US$7.2 million) in 6-month certificates of deposit at 6.56%</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?tick=NEM&newsid=952768" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?"><U>Stockhouse</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Newmont Mining</b></FONT> says Yanacocha, "one of the most deserving projects"</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?touch=1&btitle=Business&T=sa_content.ht&s=AO92odhMZTmV3bW9u&ao=19621743" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?tou"><U>Bloomberg</U></A>: Wayne Murdy, CEO of <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Newmont Mining</b></FONT> Corp., on <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Yanacocha </b></FONT>operating costs</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3</FONT> <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011029490000049.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>Canada Newswire</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>PanAmerican Silver</b></FONT> retires US$12 million loan used to finance the reconstruction of the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Huaron mine</b></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011029380000554.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Palmas Espino</b></FONT> denounces dumping vegetable oils imports</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011029380000562.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Avon</b></FONT> to exceed sales forecast</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011029380000570.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: Court favors <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>STM Wireless</b></FONT> </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://www.bnamericas.com/story.xsql?id_noticia=77456&Tx_idioma=I&id_sector=" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bnamericas.com/story.xsql?id_"><U>BNAmericas</U></A>: Government to offer construction of 2 gas pipelines to supply <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Cuzco</b></FONT> with gas from <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Camisea</b></FONT> </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011029340000181.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>INDECOPI</b></FONT> authorized <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>PSEG Global</b></FONT> acquisition of the power company <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Electroandes</b></FONT> </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011029380000588.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Mining</b></FONT> industry's production rises; <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>64% increase</b></FONT> in September</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011029340000132.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>ComexPeru</b></FONT>, <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Citibank</b></FONT>, <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>BSCH</b></FONT> are most active players in Peru's forward exchange transactions market</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011029340000140.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Cementos Lima's</b></FONT> exports increase significantly</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011029340000157.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: Sugar company <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Pomalca</b></FONT> results affected by a 16% product price decrease</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011029340000165.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Expreso Cruz del Sur</b></FONT>, road construction company, to become logistics operator</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011029340000173.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>:  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Intradevco Industrial </b></FONT>purchased Brystol Myers assets to build drug production laboratory </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011029340000199.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Pluspetrol</b></FONT> to supply nearly 100mil cubic feet of gas per day</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011029340000348.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>El Comercio</U></A>:  5 foreign companies (including Americans, Brazilians) interested in <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Casagrande</b></FONT> and <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Tuman</b></FONT> sugar cos.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011029340000322.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Antamina</b></FONT> to export zinc concentrates in 30 days </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011029340000355.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: Machinery manufacturer <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Fima</b></FONT> reverts accumulated losses</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011029340000330.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Nextel</b></FONT> & <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Bellsouth</b></FONT> sign interconnection agreement;  neither pay charges for calls between clients</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011029340000371.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>:  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Osiptel</b></FONT> announce tentative regulation for mobile telephony business</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011029340000363.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Los Portales</b></FONT> to invest US$12mil this year</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011029340000405.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Teck Cominco</b></FONT>: Cajamarquilla zinc refinery registers record production: 33,500 tons during 3rd quarter</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>OF SPECIAL INTEREST</b></I>   The <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-000086070oct29.story" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition"><U>Los Angeles Times</U></A> reports that <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>USA Ambassador to Pakistan,</b></FONT> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Wendy Chamberlin</b></FONT>, during her college years, "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>chased down a pickpocket in Peru</b></FONT>. Only afterward, when the villain was in police custody, did she discover that he carried a knife."  She remain unscathed.    .....     The <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4287504,00.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Articl"><U>Guardian</U></A> (London) reports in a historical sketch on history of market crashes and their effects" that during the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Tulipmania</b></FONT> of the early 18th century, the British South Sea Trading Company fraudulently suggested they had "exclusive trading rights to four new ports in Chile and Peru which could be used to export gold mined in South America."  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Sunday October 28, 2001</U></b></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>SEXUAL HARASSMENT SURVEYED</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011028340000207.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports on a study by the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Flora Tristan Institute</b></FONT> that "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Sixty percent</b></FONT> of Peruvian working women have <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>suffered sexual harassment</b></FONT> in the workplace."  The report also declared that "a 'black list' circulates among companies that carries the names of 'problematic people' - among them, women who have denounced instances of sexual harassment - in order to ensure they not be hired." </div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="08b29370.gif" border=0 width="41" height="55" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">WHO'S SLIMING WHO?</U></b>  <A HREF="http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/011028/n26171182_1.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/011028/n26171182"><U>Reuters</U></A> uses an in-depth look at "legal woes" of <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Fernando Zevallos</b></FONT>, the founder of <A HREF="http://www.aerocontinente.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aerocontinente.com"><U><B>AeroContinente</b></U></A>, who is accused of "links to drug running," to draw out a more systemic problem. "The perception used to be that the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>private sector corrupted the state, but with Montesinos</b></FONT> that idea has been inverted to see <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>the state corrupting the private sector</b></FONT>,'' said sociologist <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Guillermo Rochabrun</b></FONT> of Lima's Catholic University.  Nevertheless, the Reuters story reminds that "No business leaders have so far been convicted of corruption."</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> <B><U>TERROR ENTERS SUMMIT</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011028060000031.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011"><U>Xinhua</U></A> reports that Foreign Minister <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Diego Garcia Sayan</b></FONT> declared that the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>11th Ibero-American Summit</b></FONT> to be held on November 23-24 in Lima "will focus on analyzing the global campaign against terrorism."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>PANIAGUA IN PUERTO RICO</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011028450000047.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports that former president <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Valentin Paniagua</b></FONT> plans to attend the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Ibero-American Congress on Labor Law and Social Security</b></FONT> this week in Puerto Rico.  "Participants will analyze the state of democracy in Peru and the effects of globalization, among other issues."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>WOMEN'S COOP</U></b>  <A HREF="http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/ny-woperu282435620oct28.story" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition"><U>Newsday</U></A> (New York) reruns a story from yesterday's Washington Times on an Indian weaving cooperative in <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><A HREF="http://www.munhuancavelica.gob.pe/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.munhuancavelica.gob.pe/"><U><B>Huancavelica</b></U></A></FONT><B> </b>which "lost an important source of income when [the Peruvian Trading Co.] office in the World Trade Center was destroyed."   (See "Osama Affects Women's Coop" yesterday.)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>EARLY ENDORSEMENT</U></b>   The <A HREF="http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20011028-92156063.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20011028-"><U>Washington Times</U></A> reports that the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>American-Peruvian Chamber of Commerce of Virginia</b></FONT> has endorsed <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Mark Early,</b></FONT> the Republican candidate for the governor of Virginia.  The election is in early November. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>VALDIVIA WINS!</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/28/sports/28BREE-CAPS.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/28/sports"><U>New York Times</U></A> reports that the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>winning jockey</b></FONT> in last weekend's Breeders' Cup race was 27-year-old <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Jose Valdivia Jr.</b></FONT>, a native of Peru, riding Val Royal.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>ALLENDE REVIEW</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42550-2001Oct23.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/art"><U>Washington Post</U></A>  and the <A HREF="http://chicagotribune.com/features/books/chi-0110260411oct28.story" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://chicagotribune.com/features/books"><U>Chicago Tribune</U></A> both review <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Isabel Allende's</b></FONT> newest novel, "Portrait in Sepia."  The Post's <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Jonathan Yardley</b></FONT> writes that the "most powerful moments in this novel" are the "accounts of bitter, brutal engagements in the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>War of the Pacific</b></FONT> (1879-84), when Chile invaded Peru."  Allende writes of Chile's 19th century "reputation for civility in a continent of crude caudillos, systematic corruption and bloody revolutions," yet "Peruvians and Bolivians quickly came to fear the Chileans, bloodthirsty enemies capable of shooting or knifing the wounded and prisoners."  In the Tribune, <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Margaret Knox</b></FONT> writes that "We learn of the advent of Chilean wine-making [sic]."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>NOBU REVIEW</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4286622,00.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Articl"><U>Observer</U></A> (London) favourably reviews Chef <A HREF="http://www.thejapanpage.com/html/book_directory/Detailed/481.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thejapanpage.com/html/book_di"><U>Nobuyuki Matsuhisa's</U></A> first <A HREF="http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=17GOJIHX40&mscssid=GWSNAF9XNLTJ9N3AFX3NMBMJQT3S16V0&isbn=4770025335" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearc"><U>cookbook</U></A> and includes his <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>ceviche recipe</b></FONT> which Nobu describes in his book in his book in this fashion: "The ceviche I learned to make in Peru is the ultimate Nobu fare, my absolute favourite. A combination of raw and cooked seafood, vegetables and spicy-sour ceviche sauce. <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Ceviche and beer is a match made in heaven.</b></FONT>"  (For other Nobu reviews, see "Best Bass" in Wednesday, October 17 and "Three Times Books" in Sunday, October 14.)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>BELL NO LONGER TOLLS</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000085798oct28.story" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000"><U>Los Angeles Times</U></A> reports that <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>a bell cast in Peru in 1818</b></FONT> by famed bell-maker Manuel Vargas "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>has gone silent</b></FONT>."  The historic, 2,000-pound Gloria bell called people to Mass at Mission San Luis Obispo for 183 years.  However, "a crack in the iron bell has widened, possibly from the exertions of a new generation of bell ringers."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>OF SPECIAL INTEREST</b></I>  The <A HREF="http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,53%257E196666,00.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002"><U>Denver Post</U></A> (USA) relates that on Tuesday, a lecture on the architectural features and subsurface excavations in the middle <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Chao Valley in northern Peru</b></FONT> will be discussed at 6:30 p.m. by professor <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Jonathan Kent</b></FONT> of Metropolitan State College of Denver.    .....   <A HREF="http://www.people.co.uk/shtml/SPORT/P61S12.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.people.co.uk/shtml/SPORT/P61S"><U>People</U></A> (UK) reports on the possibility of football player <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Nolberto Solano's</b></FONT> team, Newcastle United "is prepared to off-load Solano in a straight swap - and Glenn Roeder is keen on the Peruvian wideman."  .....  The <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-000085725oct28.story?coll=la%2Dtravel%2Dheadlines" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-0000857"><U>Los Angeles</U></A> reports that <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>on Thursday</b></FONT>, Peru's "banking and government <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>offices will be closed</b></FONT> or services curtailed" because of All Saints Day.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Saturday October 27, 2001</U></b></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>STREET VENDORS & MOLOTOVS</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011026890000052.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports that "more than <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>20 people were hurt </b></FONT>Friday, at least four of them wounded by gunfire, when police tried to <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>evict street vendors </b></FONT>from a marketplace in the residential Lima neighborhood of <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>La Victoria</b></FONT>."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="0c5506b0.gif" border=0 width="80" height="107" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">STREET VENDORS & BIN-LADEN</U></b>  The Associated Press runs three photographs (<A HREF="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/peru/bin/laden/20011026/lim102" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/peru"><U>one</U></A>, <A HREF="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/peru/bin/laden/20011026/lim103" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/peru"><U>two</U></A>, <A HREF="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/peru/bin/laden/20011026/lim101" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/peru"><U>three</U></A>) on <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Gerardo Calderon</b></FONT> and <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Sara Fernandez</b></FONT>, Lima street vendors who sell <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Osama bin Laden t-shirts</b></FONT> because "they're 'in fashion' and are selling well."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>OSAMA AFFECTS WOMEN'S COOP</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/peru/bin/laden/20011026/lim101" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/peru"><U>Washington Times</U></A> runs a piece from <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><A HREF="http://www.munhuancavelica.gob.pe/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.munhuancavelica.gob.pe/"><U><B>Huancavelica</b></U></A></FONT><B> </b>on an Indian weaving cooperative which "lost an important source of income when [the Peruvian Trading Co.] office in the World Trade Center was destroyed."   The result has been the canceling of a Christmas season order for 200 sweaters.   The Washington Times' own Andrew Benson describes Huancavelica as being, "12,000 feet up in the Andes at the end of a bone-jarring, 12-hour bus ride,"from Lima.  (See yesterday's "Peru On Terrorism" for more stories on the relationship between Peru and contemporary terrorism.)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>MASSACRE DETAILS</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-japan-fujimori1026oct26.story" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/"><U>Los Angeles Times</U></A> and the <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20011026/aponline205321_000.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/apo"><U>Washington Pos</U></A>t, (using the Associated Press) follow up on yesterday's report from <A HREF="http://www.web.amnesty.org/web/news.nsf/WebAll/6A0B28B261E27E2280256AED003B2E47?OpenDocument" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.web.amnesty.org/web/news.nsf/"><U><B>Amnesty International</b></U></A> (AI) which centers around <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Rosa Rojas Borda</b></FONT> whom AI brought to Japan and whose husband and son were killed in the "Barrios Altos Massacre" in 1991.  Today's story adds gripping details: "A paramilitary death squad fired into a barbecue organized by residents of a poor Lima, Peru, neighborhood called Barrios Altos to raise funds for a new sewage pipe. Fifteen people were killed. Rojas Borda's husband Manuel and eight-year-old Javier were among the victims."  (See "A Mother's Pressure" yesterday.)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>PERUVIAN AT WTC</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59547-2001Oct26.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/art"><U>Washington Post</U></A> has a front page story that includes the story of Paterson, New Jersey (USA) resident <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Kenny Lira</b></FONT>, a Peruvian American who died on September 11 at the World Trade Center. Lira was, "a 28-year-old computer technician who worked on the 110th floor of the North Tower."  The piece includes Lira's mother's reaction to this tragedy.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>KEEPING POWER</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/27/international/americas/27PERU.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/27/intern"><U>New York Times</U></A> (and the <A HREF="http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news/world/digdocs/051505.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news"><U>Miami Herald</U></A> reprints) publishes a lengthy piece on the power of jailed <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Vladimiro Montesinos</b></FONT>.  Montesinos maintains, "a vast network of corruption that he honed [which] is proving so deeply entrenched in all of the society's major power centers."  (The story covers page 3 in the print edition of the New York Times.)  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Carlos Tapia</b></FONT> is quoted saying that Montesinos, "is still manipulating the political agenda."  However, aside from quoting Tapia and Interior Minister <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Fernando Olivera</b></FONT>, reporter Clifford Krauss uses few attributable quotes and instead offers informed speculation such as this: "There are already signs that the security forces have not responded to recent violent demonstrations and land invasions by peasant squatters as readily as they once did, as a sign of their latent discontent with the new government."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>ZABARA PRIZE</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=30585" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.a"><U>Gulf News</U></A> runs a piece on the first awarding of the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Sheikh Zayed Award for Best World Human Spiritual Culture and Natural Heritage</b></FONT> of which one of the two awards went to the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Zabara National Society</b></FONT> in Ecuador and Peru in recognition of their contributions to preserve indigenous heritage.   The <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>US$150,000 prize</b></FONT> will be organised every two years.</div> <bR> <div>   </div> <div> <B><U>FREEDOM GROWS</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/features/religion/la-000085524oct27.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dreligion" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.latimes.com/features/religion"><U>Los Angeles Times</U></A> reports on the USA State Department annual list of religious persecution in countries around the world.  While the Taliban in Afghanistan heads the list, Peru was included as a "countr[y] where <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>an improving atmosphere [of religious freedom]</b></FONT> was noted."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>SUAVE AMBASSADOR</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.philstar.com/philstar/SpecialSections200110274603.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.philstar.com/philstar/Special"><U>Philippine Star</U></A> report that "the charming and suave Peruvian Ambassador <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Julio Cardenas Velarde</b></FONT>" was spotted at the  "Fiesta!" which opened the month-long Spanish Festival of Culture and the Arts.  This is the same Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary who was recently a judge at the <A HREF="http://bbpilipinas-universe.tripod.com/2001/bb.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bbpilipinas-universe.tripod.com/2"><U>2001 Miss Pilipinas-Universe</U></A>.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>TAXES TO COME DOWN</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011026610000010.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011"><U>Xinhua</U></A> reports on the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Andean Community</b></FONT> (CAN) meeting to be held <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>in Lima October 29-30</b></FONT> to discuss the reduction of the Common External Tariff (CET).  "The CET came into force in 1995 and was adopted by Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela with levels of 5,10, 15 and 20 percent. Bolivia applied only 5 and 10 percent <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>but Peru did not ratify it</b></FONT>."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>VENANCIO SHOT IN MIRAFLORES!</U></b>  <A HREF="http://www.news24.co.za/News24/World/Americas/0,1113,2-10-33_1099913,00.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.news24.co.za/News24/World/Ame"><U>News 24</U></A> (South Africa) runs a wire story on  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Diego Solorguen</b></FONT>, a Peruvian businessman who, "was sentenced to two years in prison for shooting and killing a dog in a ruling unprecedented in Peru." </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>OTHER BUSINESS</U></b></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?touch=1&btitle=Economics&T=sa_content.ht&s=AO9nSfRIbSFNCQydz&ao=4135969" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?tou"><U>Bloomberg</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Santiago Millan</b></FONT>, of HSBC Securities Inc., on outlook for <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>risk ratings of Peru</b></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011027070000039.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011"><U>Xinhua</U></A> : <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Satmex</b></FONT> Satellite to Cover Andean Region</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/011026/n26121865_1.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/011026/n26121865"><U>Reuters</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Southern Peru Copper</b></FONT> reports  3rd quarter sales of US$696 million</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011026650000045.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>BusinessWire</U></A>: Significant capital expenditure requirements at <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Southern Peru Copper</b></FONT> </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?touch=1&btitle=Business&T=sa_content.ht&s=AO9ngrxLvUGVydSBG" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?tou"><U>Bloomberg</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Foreign Reserves</b></FONT> rise 0.4% to US$8.8 Bln </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?touch=1&btitle=Business&T=sa_content.ht&s=AO9ncSBQ5UGVydSdz" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?tou"><U>Bloomberg</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Backus</b></FONT> 3rd Qtr net drops 22% as sales decline</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>OF SPECIAL INTEREST</b></I>   <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011026220000095.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports that "Colombian photographer <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Ruven Afanador</b></FONT> ... has published his first art book, "Torero."  The book, published in Spanish and English, "contains more than 175 black and white photos taken in Spain, Mexico, Peru and Colombia over the last three years."  ....   The <A HREF="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2558254&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=7576&rfi=6" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsi"><U>New Haven Register</U></A> (USA) reports that  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Yale University</b></FONT> opened a new <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Environmental Science Center</b></FONT> which, "will cradle ...  artifacts from the ruins of <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Machu Picchu</b></FONT> in Peru."   .....   The <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4286293,00.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Articl"><U>Guardian</U></A> (London) reviews last nights "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Ancient Secrets</b></FONT>" on Channel 5 in England where "In Peru, the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Incas encouraged people</b></FONT> to jump into lakes."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Friday October 26, 2001</U></b></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>TOLEDO/KOIZUMI SAGA CONT.</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3F7Y4X8TC&live=true&tagid=ZZZ60A9VA0C&subheading=americas" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagenam"><U>Financial Times</U></A> reports that <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Alejandro Toledo</b></FONT> is, "increasingly concerned that Peru's demand for the extradition of Alberto Fujimori ... could damage relations with Japan."  FT offers information from "a senior diplomatic source" who claimed that Toledo would "go gently" on the extradition dispute.  The piece also quotes '"analysts" saying that, "attracting foreign investment and aid to boost the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>flagging economy is higher on the political agenda</b></FONT>" than extraditing Fujimori from Japan.  "According to Peruvian estimates, Japan bought Peruvian goods worth more than $1.4bn last year."</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>TOLEDO AND AZNAR</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/20011024/wl/1003950246spain_peru_mad101.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/200110"><U>Associated Press</U></A> follows President Toledo with a photograph in the company of Spain's Prime Minister <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Jose Maria Aznar</b></FONT>.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>ECONOMY IN THE DOLDRUMS</U></b>  <A HREF="http://www.bnamericas.com/story.xsql?id_noticia=77122&Tx_idioma=I&id_sector=3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bnamericas.com/story.xsql?id_"><U>BNAmericas</U></A> reports that according to Latin American credit rating agency PCR chairman <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><A HREF="http://www.up.edu.pe/editorial/OJasaui.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.up.edu.pe/editorial/OJasaui.h"><U><B>Oscar Jasaui</b></U></A></FONT>, "Peru's economic recession is continuing to drag down the performance of the country's banks, with <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>little improvement in sight</b></FONT>." The Toledo economic plan, "has so far failed to deliver," continued Jasaui, and the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Fujimori/Montesinos</b></FONT> scandal "has been handled as a '<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>soap opera</b></FONT>'."</div> <div> Separately, the <A HREF="http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=ECCA9844-53B7-4400-B3A5FCFCE9B1D66B&Title=Global%20Economic%20Slowdown%20To%20Hit%20Hard%20in%20Latin%20America" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objec"><U>Voice of America</U></A> runs a lengthy piece on Latin America's economy and quotes USB Warburg economist <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><A HREF="http://www.puaf.umd.edu/OEP/SpkrBios/gavin.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.puaf.umd.edu/OEP/SpkrBios/gav"><U><B>Michael Gavin</b></U></A></FONT> who states that, "People are less aware that <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Peru is in essentially</b></FONT> as deep and as long-lasting <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>a recession </b></FONT>[as Chile]."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>BUDGETARY PRESSURE</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011026040000010.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports that Peru's intelligence service "decreased its budget to $2.5 million, a third of what it was" during Vladimiro Montesinos tenure. EFE adds that, "the number of secret service employees has dropped from more than 2,500 to 450."   Intelligence chief <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Admiral Alfonso Panizo </b></FONT> made these comments to <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>refute</b></FONT> recent <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Fujimori's </b><A HREF="http://www.fujimorialberto.com/articles.php?article_id=86" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fujimorialberto.com/articles."><U><B>web site</b></U></A></FONT> claims.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>A MOTHER'S PRESSURE</U></b>   <A HREF="http://english.hk.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/asia/afp/article.html?s=hke/headlines/011026/asia/afp/Japan_must_not_shirk_obligation_to_bring_Fujimori_to_justice__Amnesty.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://english.hk.dailynews.yahoo.com/he"><U>Agence France Press</U></A>, the <A HREF="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20011027a9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/geta"><U>Japan Times</U></A>,  <A HREF="http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters10-25-223750.asp?reg=AMERICAS" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reu"><U>MSNBC</U></A> (using a Reuters story), and the <A HREF="http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectid=2EA75EC8-DEC9-4E4D-819F2807899D7B43&Title=Amnesty%20Calls%20for%20Japan%20to%20Extradite%20Fujimori&CatOID=45C9C78A-88AD-11D4-A57200A0CC5EE46C" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objec"><U>Voice of America</U></A>, report that <A HREF="http://www.web.amnesty.org/web/news.nsf/WebAll/6A0B28B261E27E2280256AED003B2E47?OpenDocument" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.web.amnesty.org/web/news.nsf/"><U><B>Amnesty International</b></U></A> (AI) is focusing on <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Japan's refusal to extradite</b></FONT> former Peruvian President <A HREF="http://www.fujimorialberto.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fujimorialberto.com"><U><B>Alberto Fujimori</b></U></A>, saying Tokyo, "should either hand him over or investigate the charges of rights abuses." (Reuters)  The stories center around <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Rosa Rojas Borda</b></FONT> whom AI brought to Japan and whose husband and son were killed in the "Barrios Altos Massacre" in 1991.  Reuters accompanies the article with two photographs (<A HREF="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011026/wl/imdf26102001063802a.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/200110"><U>one</U></A>, <A HREF="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011026/wl/imdf26102001063605a.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/200110"><U>two</U></A>) of Ms. Rojas Borda as does the Associated Press (<A HREF="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/20011026/wl/1004104953japan_fujimori_tok112.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/200110"><U>one</U></A>, <A HREF="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/japan/fujimori/20011026/tok115" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/japa"><U>two</U></A>).  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="0bf3f420.jpg" border=0 width="63" height="66" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">CAMET CAUGHT?</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011026110000189.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports that former Minister of Economy <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Jorge Camet </b></FONT>was, "accused by a Congressional committee of embezzling public funds by speedily authorizing a financial transaction to purchase spare parts for military aircraft." (Photo: Caretas)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>PERU ON TERRORISM</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011025100000199.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports on a talk in Denver, Colorado (USA) by  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Alejandro Bermudez</b></FONT>, director of Peru's <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Catholic News Agency</b></FONT> and a terrorism expert, on "Terrorism in Latin America: Lessons for the United States."  Bermudez said that the USA, "cannot and must not ignore Latin America in the war against terrorism, because the destabilization of that region presents even bigger problems than the destabilization of the Middle East."   Separately, <A HREF="http://www.tbwt.com/content/article.asp?articleid=2201" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.tbwt.com/content/article.asp?"><U>The Black World Today</U></A> offers a column by Pacific News Service writer <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Andrés Tapia </b></FONT>datelined Lima on <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>post-September 11 Peru</b></FONT>.  "Rumors fly that the U.S. embassy is offering $15,000 to anyone who signs up to fight the Taliban.  ...  These rumors, of course, are false. But they reflect the fear that, even in faraway Peru, no one is immune to terrorist attacks attributed to Al-Qaeda." </div> <div> <I>A </I><A HREF="http://www.nydailynews.com/2001-10-25/News_and_Views/Opinion/a-129680.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nydailynews.com/2001-10-25/Ne"><U><I>New York Daily News</I></U></A><I> columnist relates a story told to him by a Peruvian limo driver of his aunt in Lima </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><I><B>weeping for New York City</b></I></FONT><I> because "There needs to be someplace your children or grandchildren can go someday and be free enough to make lives of their own choosing."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>HALLOWEEN COMES EARLY</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://ips.link.no/IPS/art/eng/serv/LA/2001/10/25/21.36_079.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://ips.link.no/IPS/art/eng/serv/LA/2"><U>Inter-Press Service</U></A> reports on opposition lawmakers who were allied with Fujimori and who are now claiming that investigations into their political history has turned into <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>a "witch-hunt."</b></FONT>  Although this is a dated story, no other English-language media has covered it yet. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>PERU: NO BOLIVIAN COWS!</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011025010000214.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports that "after a series of outbreaks of <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>foot-and-mouth disease in Bolivia</b></FONT>, Peruvian health officials announced the implementation of new controls along the Bolivian border to prevent the spread of the highly contagious livestock disease."  EFE's details come from Peru's <A HREF="http://www.senasa.gob.pe/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.senasa.gob.pe/"><U>National Agricultural Health Service</U></A> (SENASA).</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>PERU: FRIEND OF FISH</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3N06OR8TC&live=true&query=peru" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagenam"><U>Financial Times</U></A> and <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011025930000039.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>M2PressWire</U></A>  report that the <A HREF="http://www.worldwildlife.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.worldwildlife.org"><U><B>World Wildlife Foundation</b></U></A> offered evidence that government fishing subsidies amount to billions of dollars more than previously proven creating a fishing capacity might be "two-and-a-half times the level needed for sustainable fishing levels."   Peru, among other countries, "have brought pressure for the WTO to open negotiations on fishing subsidies," says M2PressWire.  FT says that for this, WWF calls these countries, "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>friends of fish</b></FONT>." </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>A WHALE IS NOT A FISH</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=011026001481&query=peru" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchiv"><U>Financial Times</U></A> reports Peru (among other countries) has, "reservations about the <A HREF="http://www.cites.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cites.org/"><U>Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species </U></A>(CITES)" which particularly  with respect to the whale industry.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="0c13c4c0.jpg" border=0 width="60" height="76" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">PERUVIANS LIKE (NOT LOVE) EGGS</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011025150000396.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011"><U>El Universal</U></A>  (Mexico) runs a story on a report by the <B>Chilean Association of Egg Producers</b> which states that Peruvians, "eat an average of <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>80 eggs per year</b></FONT>."  This is about a quarter of the 355 eggs the average Japanese person eats, the #1 egg-eaters in the world.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="0c34f820.gif" border=0 width="79" height="130" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">CONGRATULATIONS</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=15192" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/do"><U>Freedom Forum</U></A> announces that <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Inter-American Press Association</b></FONT> (IAPA), presented its <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Grand Prize for Press Freedom</b></FONT> to <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B> </b><I><B>El Comercio</b></I></FONT><I>, </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><I><B>La Republica</b></I></FONT><I>, </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><I><B>La Industria de Trujillo</b></I></FONT> and <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><I><B>Caretas</b></I></FONT> for, "battl[ing] harassment, attacks and intimidation during the administration of Alberto Fujimori." </div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> <B><U>NOT SO SPORTING NEWS</U></b>  <A HREF="http://www.soccernet.com/worldcup/news/2001/1025/20011025perusolano.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.soccernet.com/worldcup/news/2"><U>SoccerNet</U></A> reports that. "Newcastle United's <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Nolberto Solano</b></FONT> has been left out by Peru for next month's World Cup qualifier in Argentina.  But Bayern Munich striker <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Claudio Pizarro</b></FONT> has been recalled."  Peruvian Coach Julio Cesar Uribe says that "There is no difference or row between [Solano and I], it's simply a technical decision. Please don't turn this into a soap opera." </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>OTHER BUSINESS</U></b></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011026370000077.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011"><U>Xinhua</U></A> (China): <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Ximo Electronic Appliances Company</b></FONT> receives regular orders from Peru and Chile</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011026210000279.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>El Comercio</U></A> (Peru):  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Pluspetrol</b></FONT> is interested in 3 oil & gas wells</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://news.excite.com/news/r/011026/03/energy-gaspackage-latam" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.excite.com/news/r/011026/03/"><U>Reuters</U></A>: Analyst: "Peru may have more luck with its <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>[gas] export</b></FONT> aspirations and could start exporting to Japan"</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011026720000397.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A> (Peru): <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Aceros Arequipa</b></FONT> signed letter of intention to be supplied with gas</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011025760000083.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>EFE</U></A> (Spain): Peruvian <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>mining production</b></FONT> up 18 percent year-to-date</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011026720000405.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A> (Peru): <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Ceper</b></FONT> to resume exports with loan of US$6mil</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011026170000343.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>EFE</U></A> (Spain):<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Coffee exports</b></FONT> expected to fall 5.4% in 2001</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011025970000238.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>BusinessWire</U></A> (USA): <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Pierina Mine</b></FONT> produced 264,586 oz. of gold in 3rd quarter</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011026720000413.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A> (Peru): <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>MolyCop Adesur</b></FONT> to build new plant in Lima</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=reu-n25371028&feed=reu&date=20011025&cat=INDUSTRY" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp"><U>Reuters</U></A>: Peru brewer <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Backus</b></FONT> net slips in 3rd quarter</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?cat=USMARKET&src=201&feed=reu&section=news&news_id=reu-n25252391&date=20011025&alias=/alias/money/cm/nw" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp"><U>Reuters</U></A>:  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Southern Peru</b></FONT> net dives in 3rd quarter</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=reu-n25242853&feed=reu&date=20011025&cat=INDUSTRY" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp"><U>Reuters</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Peru's Pacasmayo</b></FONT> profit slides in 3rd quarter</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011026210000287.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A> (Peru): <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Electroandes</b></FONT> can only be sold to AES</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4285507,00.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Articl"><U>Guardian</U></A> (UK): Anthony Turner, (<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Minsur</b></FONT>, Peru): "Major producers are deeply concerned about these illegal activities which are causing extreme environmental damage while having a severely depressing effect on tin prices."</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011026210000295.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A> (Peru): <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Laboratorios Bussie</b></FONT> to enter Peruvian drugs market</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/011024/n24286228_1.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/011024/n24286228"><U>Reuters</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Electricity output</b></FONT> up 4.8% in September</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011026210000303.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>Gestion</U></A> (Peru): <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Nextel</b></FONT> suggests single interconnection fee</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Thursday October 25, 2001</U></b></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" ><B><U><IMG SRC="08b29370.gif" border=0 width="41" height="55" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></b></FONT><B><U>GROUNDED!</U></b>  <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/10/24/peru.aerocontinente.reut/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/1"><U>CNN.com</U></A> reports that  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Fernando Zevallos</b></FONT>, the founder of <A HREF="http://www.aerocontinente.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aerocontinente.com"><U><B>AeroContinente</b></U></A>, "denied links to ex-spy chief <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Vladimiro Montesinos</b></FONT> a day after a judge charged the executive in a corruption probe and barred his exit from the country."   <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011024660000019.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011"><U>EFE</U></A> adds that this could have, "ramifications for a Chilean money laundering probe of the airline."   (See more news on AeroContinente in "Other Business" today, below.   For more on Zevallos, see "Innocent Flier" on Tuesday, October 23.)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>TOLEDO AND AZNAR DO MEET</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011024290000090.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports on the meeting between President <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Alejandro Toledo</b></FONT> and <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar </b></FONT>in Madrid where Aznar declared that, "Spain would provide political and economic support to Peru during its democratic transition.  (For intrigue on the Toledo/Aznar meeting, see yesterday's "Technical Difficulties" below.) </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>CATCHING UP ON TOLEDO/KOIZUMI</U></b> The <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/international/25BRIE.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/intern"><U>New York Times</U></A> plays catch up with a paragraph titled "Confusion Over Trial For Fujimori" which reports that, "the Japanese Foreign Ministry denied that Prime Minister <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Junichiro Koizumi</b></FONT> had told President <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Alejandro Toledo</b></FONT> of Peru that Peru's ex-president, <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Alberto K. Fujimori</b></FONT>, could be tried in Japan."  (See "Change in View?" on October 23 for a fuller and a more timely reporting.) </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>WHERE'S THE MONEY II</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=147725" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=new"><U>Japan Times</U></A> runs yesterday's <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/10/24/peru.fujimori.ap/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/1"><U>Reuters</U></A> story on Fujimori's alleged misuse of funds.  (See "Where's The Money" yesterday.)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>NOT WELL HIDDEN</U></b>   <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011025390000271.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports that <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Paul von Diyiik</b></FONT>, 35, a Dutch citizen was arrested at Jorge Chavez airport in Lima, "with <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>5.2 kilos of pure cocaine</b></FONT> hidden in his luggage."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" ><B><U><IMG SRC="08364430.gif" border=0 width="100" height="67" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></b></FONT><B><U>DIPLOMATIC DISPATCHES</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011025900000050.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011"><U>M2PressWire</U></A> reports that that Peru's First Secretary at the United Nations <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><A HREF="http://www.rree.gob.pe/multilate/onu.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rree.gob.pe/multilate/onu.htm"><U><B>Alfredo Chuquihuara</b></U></A></FONT> spoke before the UN's Third Committee on children saying that, "one of the basic objectives of [the Peruvian] government had been the promotion and protection of human rights for all. ...   It had consistently implemented measures which addressed the universality of those rights and also ensured the welfare of girls, boys and adolescents, whose future depended on the development opportunities offered them today."  He also announced that, "the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Third Ibero-American Conference of Ministers and Senior Executives Responsible for Childhood and Youth</b></FONT> would be held in Lima on 29 and 30 October."</div> <div> Separately, <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011025750000077.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011"><U>M2Presswire</U></A> report s that  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Maria Arce</b></FONT> spoke at the United Nation's Fourth Committee and declared that among Peru's interest in Outer Space was "the mapping and mitigation of natural disasters."  See also "Permanently in Space", Tuesday, October 22.</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> <B><U>MAYORS MEET IN MEXICO</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011025700000052.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports that Peruvian mayors are among those attending <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Ibero-American Organization for Inter-Municipal Cooperation</b></FONT> (OICI) in Guadalajara, Mexico.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>BUILDINGS FALL</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011025130000029.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports on a roof collapsing over a classroom collapsed in <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Trujillo</b></FONT>, killing four students and injuring 30 others.  The building was, "the '<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>San Carlos y San Marcelo</b></FONT>' school, which dated back to the 17th century."  </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" >Separately</FONT>, <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/25/scaffolding.collapse.ap/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/25/scaffol"><U>CNN.com</U></A> and the <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/nyregion/25COLL.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/nyregi"><U>New York Times</U></A> report on a collapsed <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>20-story building in Manhattan</b></FONT> which left five dead and eleven others injured. One of the injured was <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Gary Hernandez</b></FONT>, a Peruvian immigrant who said to CNN that, "most of the injured or killed men were from Mexico and Ecuador."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0bd2f3e0.jpg" border=0 width="47" height="62" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><B><U>PRISONERS OF THE SUN</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/2001/10/25/FFXY1L116TC.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/2"><U>Age</U></A> (Australia) reprints a book review on "Tintin: The Complete Companion" which explains that a character in the comic strip, <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Rascar Capac</b></FONT>, "comes directly from a photograph of a desiccated mummy that presumably can still be seen in a museum in Peru." </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>OTHER BUSINESS</U></b></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011025750000168.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>SABI</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>AeroContinente</b></FONT> opens subsidiaries in Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic and the USA</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?touch=1&btitle=Politics&T=sa_content.ht&s=AO9csMhQCUGVydSdz" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?tou"><U>Bloomberg</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Copper</b></FONT> output rose 64% in September; gold, zinc, tin and silver output also increased (includes chart with breakdown)</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://www.just-drinks.com/news_detail.asp?art=15123&app=1&c=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.just-drinks.com/news_detail.a"><U>JustDrinks.com</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Coffee </b></FONT>exports will fall 5% year-on-year in 2001 to US$210 million</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011024800000234.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>EFE</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Cementos Lima</b></FONT> exported 330,000 tons to Chile, Central America and USA; 60% to USA</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011024420000333.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>Gaceta de los Negocios</U></A>: Spanish cos. <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Iberdrola</b></FONT> and <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Union Fenosa</b></FONT> are interested in Electro Norte Medio, Electro Centro, Electro Norte and Electro Noroeste. </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011025750000184.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>SABI</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Osiptel</b></FONT> to develop mass Internet use in the countryside</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://www.petroleumworld.com/story5723.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.petroleumworld.com/story5723."><U>PetroleumWorld</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Natural gas</b></FONT> output up 46.8% on year</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://www.petroleumworld.com/story5722.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.petroleumworld.com/story5722."><U>PetroleumWorld</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Pluspetrol</b></FONT> of Argentina is putting the spotlight on its natural gas ambitions in Peru</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011025750000176.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>SABI</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>California International</b></FONT>, which produces OTC and other drugs, to enter  Peruvian market next year </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/10/24/Digital/Digital.36882.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/10/24"><U>Jerusalem Post</U></A>:  Court ordered suspension of <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Gilat's</b></FONT> $27.8 million contract to build phone network in Peru</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://www.newswire.ca/releases/October2001/24/c0131.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.newswire.ca/releases/October2"><U>Canada Newswire</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Gitennes Exploration</b></FONT> to sell interest Virgen gold property</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://www.bnamericas.com/story.xsql?id_noticia=77015&Tx_idioma=I&id_sector=8" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bnamericas.com/story.xsql?id_"><U>BNAmericas</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Teck Cominco</b></FONT> defers Cajamarquilla decision</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011025750000143.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>SABI</U></A>: The <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>International Finance Corporation</b></FONT> will acquire 15% stake in Interseguro, owned by Interbank</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://www.bnamericas.com/story.xsql?id_noticia=76983&Tx_idioma=I&id_sector=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bnamericas.com/story.xsql?id_"><U>BNAmericas</U></A>: USA-based free and low-cost <B>ISP </b><A HREF="http://www.tutopia.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.tutopia.com"><U><B>Tutopia</b></U></A> to launch operations in Peru</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="WP IconicSymbolsA" >3 </FONT><A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011025750000150.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>SABI</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Edegel's</b></FONT> profits decrease up to 3rd quarter  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>OF SPECIAL INTEREST</b></I>  The <A HREF="http://chicagotribune.com/features/women/chi-0110240001oct24.story" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://chicagotribune.com/features/women"><U>Chicago Tribune</U></A> suggests that among other "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>great gifts</b></FONT> that won't wallop your wallet" are "the antiqued, reverse-painted, <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>glass jewelry box</b></FONT> from Peru ($48)" from Ebiza.com and "a <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>cheery Peruvian acrylic scarf</b></FONT> with pouches at both ends to keep hands warm ($44)" from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.   .....  The <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/tcn/ontario/news/la-iv0017926oct25.story" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.latimes.com/tcn/ontario/news/"><U>Lost Angeles Times</U></A> announces that a, "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Peruvian Paso Horse Show</b></FONT> will start at 9 a.m. at Fairplex in Pomona" this Saturday.    .....   The <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/garden/25QNA.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/garden"><U>New York Times</U></A>, in its Food Section's Q&A, answers this question: "What is your guess of the success rate for cultivation of <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>yucca</b></FONT> in the temperate climate of Bergen County, N.J.? I have come to enjoy this imported root staple after introduction by my Peruvian friends."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>WEDNESDAY   October 24, 2001</U></b></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="0b94b520.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="82" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">DOGS ARE NOBLE</U></b>  Both <A HREF="http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters10-23-122045.asp?reg=AMERICAS" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reu"><U>MSNBC</U></A> and the <A HREF="http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/world.cfm?id=118623&keyword=the" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/world.cfm?i"><U>Scotsman</U></A> run a Reuters story headlined: "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Bald Dog Peru's National Treasure</b></FONT>."  The story quotes Congress' declaration in <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>El Peruano</b></FONT> that, "the agriculture ministry with this law will order ... the conservation, breeding, and export of the ‘Peruvian hairless dog’."   The dogs have been, "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>elevated to national heritage status</b></FONT> under political orders to ensure it never becomes extinct." The story does not refer to their other name: <A HREF="http://www.peruvian-pasos.com/perudog.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.peruvian-pasos.com/perudog.ht"><U><B>Peruvian Inca Orchids</b></U></A>. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>ARE INCAS NOBLE?</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011023960000016.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FD20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports that <B>Inka Roca</b>, a Cuzco organization has asked Toledo, "to recognize <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Inca nobility</b></FONT> as an institution."  One of Inka Roca's goals is, "to obtain official recognition so that it can serve as a representative to countries that formed part of the Inca empire.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>QUESTIONABLE EXPOSE</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT32ZNED6TC&live=true&tagid=ZZZ60A9VA0C&subheading=americas" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagenam"><U>Financial Times</U></A> reports that, "Peru has been under the spotlight as a <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>possible safe haven</b></FONT> for other terrorists since the assault on the US."  Listed as proof:  Toledo's arrest of three men "of Middle Eastern descent" shortly after September 11; and the "Tarata Street bomb."   <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Reporter Paul Keller</b></FONT> writes that, "Peruvian intelligence <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" >last week</FONT> confirmed that men linked to ... al-Qaeda used Peru as a 'transit point'."  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Keller was late</b></FONT> in reporting a news conference by intelligence chief <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Admiral Alfonso Panizo</b></FONT> (see "Playing Catch Up" on October 18, below) and his "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" >last week</FONT>" was really on October 10 (see "Terror Seen From Lima" on October 12, in <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><A HREF="http://peruvia.tripod.com/id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://peruvia.tripod.com/id16.htm"><U><B>Peruvia's Archive</b></U></A></FONT>).  For some reason, he sees fit to recall in this context that <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Fernando Rospigliosi</b></FONT>,<B> </b>Interior Minister in Toledo's "centre-left administration" was, "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>a former Trotskyist revolutionary</b></FONT>."   For a better analysis of recent <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Shining Path activity</b></FONT> and the Toledo's administration's response, see <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011022830000204.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>EFE</U></A> in yesterday's "Terrorism and Peru."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="0bb70750.jpg" border=0 width="112" height="117" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">COME TO COLCA</U></b>  <A HREF="http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters10-23-190708.asp?reg=AMERICAS" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reu"><U>MSNBC</U></A> and <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/10/23/peru.canyon.reut/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/1"><U>CNN.com</U></A> pick up a Reuters story that promotes tourism in the <A HREF="http://www.earthriver.com/riocolca.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.earthriver.com/riocolca.htm"><U><B>Colca Canyon</b></U></A>, "the world's second deepest gorge that gives birth to the mighty Amazon River, could give the Andean nation's struggling economy a needed boost if growth in tourism can be kindled." The canyon's depths reach 11,110 feet and stretches more than 60 miles, "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>nearly twice the size of the U.S. Grand Canyon</b></FONT>."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>LEAVING EARLY?</U></b>  <A HREF="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?touch=1&btitle=Politics&T=sa_content.ht&s=AO9WBqRb0U2V2ZXJh" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?tou"><U>Bloomberg</U></A> reports that, "Several Peruvian legislators may quit President <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Alejandro Toledo's</b></FONT> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Pais Posible</b></FONT> party after complaining that the party leadership doesn't allow them to express an individual opinion."  The story is based reporting in <A HREF="http://www.gestion.com.pe" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gestion.com.pe"><U>Gestion</U></A>. The party has 47 seats in the 120-member Congress.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>WHERE'S THE MONEY?</U></b>  <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/10/24/peru.fujimori.ap/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/1"><U>CNN.com</U></A> reports that <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Congressman Xavier Barron</b></FONT> has, "called for an investigation into [Fujimori's misuses of] donations from Japan for the victims of a 1997 shootout at the Japanese ambassador's residence."  Barron uses the case of <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Marina Collado</b></FONT>, the widow of Army Col. Juan Valer who died in the raid, who has only received $43,687 "rather than the $100,000 Fujimori publicly promised for each victim's family."       Separately, <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011024610000135.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports that, "Spanish businessman <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Jose Luis Sanchis</b></FONT> worked directly with former presidential adviser Vladimiro Montesinos" during the 2000 election.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>USING BETTER NUMBERS</U></b>  The <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/international/24BRIE.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/intern"><U>New York Times</U></A> reports in summary fashion, on the monies being received in Europe and the Inter-American Development Bank.  Reporter <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Clifford Krauss</b></FONT> uses <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>270,000</b></FONT> as the number of jobs to be created by Toledo's program.  An <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>erroneous figure of 49,000</b></FONT> was published in an earlier <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/12/international/12BRIE.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/12/intern"><U>Times</U></A> story.  (See "The Times Late Again" on Friday, October 12 in <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><A HREF="http://peruvia.tripod.com/id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://peruvia.tripod.com/id16.htm"><U><B>Peruvia's Archive</b></U></A></FONT>.)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>SCHEDULING DIFFICULTIES</U></b>  <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011024760000125.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FA20011"><U>EFE</U></A> reports that "<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Toledo has cancelled</b></FONT> a working breakfast scheduled for Wednesday with <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar</b></FONT>, citing 'technical problems.' "  EFE says that, "Peruvian officials informed the Spanish government that the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>undisclosed problems</b></FONT> would prevent Toledo from pausing in Madrid, after his plane made an initial stopover in Moscow."  (See "Change in View?"  in October 23 below for the international miscommunication between Toledo and Koizumi.) </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>SCHEDULING DIFFICULTIES, PART 2</U></b>   <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011023750000150.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://library.northernlight.com/FC20011"><U>EFE</U></A> and <A HREF="http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=011024001569&query=peru" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchiv"><U>Granma</U></A> (Cuba) report that  a meeting of <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>health ministers </b></FONT>to prepare the health agenda of the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Ibero-American Summit</b><