Ancient 3,800-Year-Old City Unveiled in Peru
This is Beirut, 08/07 12:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Archaeologists unveil images after eight years of research in Peru’s “City of Social Integration.”
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Peruvian Actors with Down Syndrome Perform Hamlet in London
This is Beirut, 25/04 17:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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It's one of Shakespeare's most existential questions "to be or not to be?" Now a group of globe-trotting Peruvian actors with Down syndrome are tackling it head-on, breaking down prejudice and barriers. Cristina Leon, Jaime Cruz and Manuel Garcia are members of the eight-strong group currently performing William ...
Remains Of 5,000-Year-Old Noblewoman Found In Peru Dig
This is Beirut, 25/04 15:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Archaeologists in Peru said Thursday they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, revealing the important role played by women in the oldest center of civilization in the Americas. "What has been discovered corresponds to a woman who apparently had elevated status, an elite woman," archaeologist David ...
When Vargas Llosa Punched García Márquez: A Journalist Witness Recalls
This is Beirut, 16/04 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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When journalist and novelist Elena Poniatowska headed to a film premiere in Mexico City, she had no idea she was about to witness the literary feud of the century as two future Nobel laureates came to blows. It was February 12, 1976, and Poniatowska wound up seated next to Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his wife Mercedes to watch the ...
Peru Pays Final Tribute to Literary Giant Vargas Llosa
This is Beirut, 15/04 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The Peruvian flag flew at half-staff Monday as the South American country marked the passing of literary great Mario Vargas Llosa with a day of national mourning. Tributes poured in from around the world as President Dina Boluarte attended a private wake at the Vargas Llosa family home for the novelist and Nobel laureate, who died there Sunday ...
Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian Novelist Who Became a Writer in France
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Born in 1936 in Arequipa, Peru, Vargas Llosa left his homeland in the 1950s, believing that true literary ambition could only flourish elsewhere. He arrived in Paris in 1959 at the age of 23 with his first wife, Julia Urquidi, who would later inspire Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. He found a city pulsing with intellectual energy—where Sartre ...
Xi, Biden Attend Asia-Pacific Summit, Prepare to Meet
This is Beirut, 2024-11-15 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will attend the first day of an Asia-Pacific leaders' summit Friday ahead of a face-to-face meeting under a cloud of diplomatic uncertainty cast by Donald Trump's election victory. Biden and Xi are due to hold talks Saturday, in what a US administration official said will probably be the ...
Biden and Xi Set to Meet in Peru on Saturday
This is Beirut, 2024-11-13 20:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Saturday at the APEC summit in Peru, in what will likely be their last encounter before Donald Trump returns to the White House, US officials said. The meeting will be the third between the leaders of the world's two biggest economies and their second since a major ice-breaking set ...
Paddington Returns to Peru in Thrilling New Adventure
This is Beirut, 2024-11-04 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Stars of the box-office busting Paddington film series gathered in London on Sunday for the world premiere of its latest instalment, but there was no sign of the enigmatic leading bear. Paddington in Peru, directed by Dougal Wilson, sees the much-loved bear return to his homeland, capering through the Amazon rainforest in his first film outing in ...