Sunday, March 28, 2010

Peruvian News



Peru in the last year had a large amount of car accident deaths up to 3,243 and 48,000 injures. 20% of the accidents have been caused by mini-buses. A mini-bus is a small van that people can pay to go in like a normal bus but mini. There were 86,000 traffic related deaths in Lima in 2009 alone. But luckily there were only 635 people who died of the traffic accidents out of 86,000.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Peru Current Events

Source:
http://www.livinginperu.com/news/



There was a brutal flood near Tingo Maria, in Huanco. The flood has mainly affected the low areas by Tingo Maria Airport. Large amounts of area were covered with Huallaga waters, Severval Blocks. The Subversive Military Base 313 of the Peruvian Army also shared damage from this horrible flood. Also the provissonal camp of Cora project was damaged equaly. Local army men started mobilization to evacuate the residence. Here are some Pictures from the Flood. Enjoy!