OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
President Alan García presides over one of the region’s fastest growth rates, but his approval rating sank to 26 percent this week because the poor say their lives aren’t any better.
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
President Alan García presides over one of the region's fastest growth rates, but his approval rating sank to 26 percent this week because the poor say their lives aren't any better.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
If nice guys finish last, then what is Alan Garcia doing as New York's leading rider this year?
inca kola news (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Whatever happened to all the heroes? All the Shakespearoes? They watched their Rome burn. No More Heroes, The Stranglers 1977 There's a long-standing monthly survey done in the Lima area of Peru by the "Universidad Catolica" (PUCP), and along with the Apoyo survey its results is one of the most respected polls in the country. You can access this month's version by clicking here and here (the PDF
inca kola news (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Peru inequality in numbers. Today, on this link, Peru's El Comercio has published a new national poll that puts Alan Garcia's approval rating at 26%. This won't come as a great surprise to regular readers of this humble corner of cyberspace, but today's post gives a bit of background on the inequality of Peru's growth story and sheds a bit of light on the apparent conundrum of how Alan...
Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... this season. First race Eibar Coa, already assured of the title, leads with 62 wins, followed by Alan Garcia (54) and Maragh and Cornelio Velasquez (49). Maragh won the US$45,000 first race over six furlongs on turf by 1-1/2 lengths with the 2-to-1 favourite Winzalot in one minute 09.39 seconds. Second race He also scored in the US$46,000 second race over six furlongs with Biohazzard...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... Peru. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was joined by Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Peru's Alan Garcia to listen to pop greats like Skakira and Carlos Vives. FARC has been weakened in recent months by a series of Colombian government coups, including the killing of one FARC leader and the death of another, and the successful rescue of Betancourt, three American security contractors...
VivirLatino (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Ok so no one saw the two actually drinking Colombiana with beer. I was drinking refajo as the President of Colombia and Shakira celebrated Colombian independence and called for an end to the cycle of violence in their country. Shakira and Uribe are joined by Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Peruvian President Alan Garcia. Eleven of the hostages that were rescued together...
France24 (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
... by President Alvaro Uribe and his guests, president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Alan Garcia of Peru, in the southern town of Leticia. Shakira, Colombia's world-famous pop icon, is to sing Colombia's national anthem at the start of that commemoration before launching into a concert in support of the hostage liberation demonstration. Juanes, another Colombian singer, and...
