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UN Calls for Peru Clashes Probe
Society & Culture (tags: Peru, Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights )

Ben
- 137 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk

The UN's envoy for indigenous people has urged Peru to launch an independent investigation into recent deadly clashes between police and protesters.

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The Lost Treasure of Machu Picchu
Society & Culture (tags: Peru, Machu Picchu, Yale University, artifacts, archaeology, museums )

Blue
- 620 days ago - nytimes.com

Yale must finally return the artifacts that symbolize Peru's great heritage. Museums hold treasures stolen from other countries.

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Quake Allows Mass Prison Breakout | NEWS.Com.Au
Society & Culture (tags: peru, prison, jail, earthquake, prisoners, inmates, Tambo de Mora, escape )

Chrissy
- 809 days ago - news.com.au

AS Peru's powerful earthquake brought down their prison's walls and lights, 66 guards could only watch helplessly while nearly 700 inmates escaped into the night. The Chincha Prison, located in the town of Tambo de Mora, held many hardened criminals,

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In the Valley of the Pregnant Girls
Society & Culture (tags: child, children, childabuse, corruption, crime, peru, south america, rape )

Gonzalo
- 920 days ago - sonicshit.blogspot.com

Nuvia, pregnant with 8 years old, has delivered a baby. 220 girls, between 12 and 14 years old, waiting for the fruit of ferocious rapes. The cases of young abused children by relatives are counted by dozens.

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Lina Medina, Youngest Mother in History COMPLETE STORY
Society & Culture (tags: rape, child, childabuse, children, peru, lina medina )

Andrea
- 923 days ago - pyrophoitos.blogspot.com

Lina Medina hadn't turn 5 years old yet when the shamans in the small village where she lived, Antacancha 450 kms. east from Lima, capital of Peru, began to get alarmed.

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