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Enrique Zileri, Caretas Magazine Publisher, Dies at 83

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Enrique Zileri, publisher and long-time editor of Peru’s leading news magazine Caretas, passed away early Monday.  A well-known defender of press freedom and a tireless investigator of corruption, he was 83 years old. Zileri led Caretas, which was co-founded by his mother Doris Gibson with Francisco Igartua in 1950, over several decades.  The […]

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International Analysis: Hard Times Ahead for Iraq’s Yazidis

Op-Ed by Christine Allison — The Mark News— In Nineveh Province, in northern Iraq, an extinction event unfolds. The delicate latticework...

August 26, 2014, 1:09 am0

Congress to Meet Tuesday to Vote Again on New Cabinet

Peru’s Congress is to meet again on Tuesday morning to vote on the motion to approve the appointment of Premier Ana Jara and the...

August 25, 2014, 9:01 pm0

International Analysis: Should Japan Restart its Nuclear Reactors?

Op-Ed by Arnie Gundersen — The Mark News Only luck and real courage at 14 nuclear reactors on Japan’s Pacific coast overcame the...

August 22, 2014, 1:27 pm1

Peru Collects US$230,000 from Montesinos Auction



Peru’s government has collected almost 600,500 soles (US$230,000) from the sale of gold watches and other jewelry owned by jailed...

August 21, 2014, 12:55 pm0

OPINION

International Analysis: Hard Times Ahead for Iraq’s Yazidis

Op-Ed by Christine Allison — The Mark News— In Nineveh Province, in northern Iraq, an extinction...

International Analysis: Should Japan Restart its Nuclear Reactors?

Op-Ed by Arnie Gundersen — The Mark News Only luck and real courage at 14 nuclear reactors on...

International Analysis — Opening Borders for Child Refugees

Op-Ed by Lavinia Limon — The Mark News I’ve lived in the United States for the past six decades....

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ARCHAEOLOGY

Heavy Machinery Destroys Pyramid in Piura

Housing developers used heavy machinery to destroy an earthen pyramid in Peru’s northern Piura...

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Pilot Reports New Nazca Lines Discovery

Strong sand storms have revealed a number of new geoglyphs in the Nazca desert that experts say...

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Archaeologists Find Temple Used by Ancient Shark Hunters

Archaeologists in northern Peru have found a temple that was used by fishermen who set out to sea...

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