Founded in 1971, the International Potato Center (CIP - Centro internacional de la Papa) is a research-for-development organization with a focus on potato, sweet potato and andean roots and tubers headquartered in Lima, but with a research presence in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Around the globe the celebration of Easter, so the commemoration of Jesus’s crucifixion, burial and resurrection from the dead, is the most important festivity in the yearly calendar for Christians; Peru, where over 80% of the population is catholic and another more or less 12% evangelic protestant, is no exception.
Along the slopes of the snow-capped peak called Sahuasiray, high above the valley of the Yucay River, there lived a native Indian of the Lare tribe, called Acoynapa, a handsome and most charming young man who tended the white llamas used by the Incas as sacrificial offerings to the Sun. As he followed his grazing herd, he would play softly and s...
The education at the boys-only Colegio Alpamayo and affiliated girls-only Colegio Salcantay is based on the International Baccalaureate (IB) program and inspired by the teachings of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei.
Each year around mid- to late-April the National Association of Breeders and Owners of Peruvian Paso Horses (ANCPCPP) organizes the Concurso Nacional Oficial del Caballo Peruano de Paso (the National Peruvian Paso Horse Competition), one of the two most important horse competitions of the country in Mamacona near Pachacamac, about 30 km (19 mile...
These things happened a long time ago, how long no one knows. Some say the story goes back to the days of the Inca empire. Others believe it is even older. On the slopes of a great mountain stood the palace of an aged lord called Ahuapanti, ruler of a vast domain. Above the palace rose a mountain, crowned with snow; below ran the swift waters of...
Villa Per Se is an educational institution whose pedagogy is based on promoting values and principles for the formation of free, happy, safe and sensitive beings, capable of expressing their emotions and exploiting their spiritual and intellectual potential.