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$100,000 donated to demine Peru northern border
Friday, December 21st, 2007
South Korea has donated $100,000 to remove land mines from Cordillera del Cóndor on Peru’s northern border. The area was the center of the 1995 Cenepa war between Peru and Ecuador over 48-miles of unmarked territory in the Andean foothills. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines estimates some 30,000 mines were laid during the conflict.
According to Peru’s Foreign Relations Ministry, the donation is a result of a campaign by Peru and Ecuador to secure financial support from the international community to demine the border.
The ministry says the donation will “permit the development of civil infrastructure that will benefit people in both countries, as well as the reintegration of extensive areas for productive activity.”
According to the Comprehensive Action against Antipersonnel Mines the remaining land mines are in sparsely populated areas, ¨but pose a significant threat to a number of indigenous communities in remote border zones.¨
A 1998 peace agreement signed in Brasilia ended the territorial dispute, one of the oldest in the western hemisphere.
Gilmore crowned 2007 world surfing champion
Friday, December 14th, 2007
Australia’s Stephanie Gilmore made surfing history yesterday as the first rookie to be crowned the 2007 ASP World Tour Champion. The 19-year-old ¨natural-footer¨ sealed the title after Peru’s Sofia Mulanovich and Brazil’s Silvana Lima were defeated in round three upsets at the Billabong Pro Maui, the final event on the 2007 ASP World Tour.
Gilmore’s rookie season included victories at the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach in Australia, the NAB Beachley Classic in Sydney and the Mancora Peru Classic. But her ninth place finish at the Roxy Pro Hawaii, event seven of eight on the tour, paved the way for Mulanovich and Lima to contend for the world title at the Billabong Pro Maui.
“Right now, I’m just enjoying the moment,” Gilmore told ASP news. “It’s such an incredible feeling; I honestly can’t describe it. Definitely though, next year I will be bringing my focus back to the tour. I don’t want to lose this feeling, and I can’t wait to finish out the year and head into 2008.” (more…)
Peru ex-general held on human rights charges
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
The former commander of the Peruvian Army’s Special Forces Division, General Luis Pérez Document, will remain imprisoned as he awaits trial on first degree murder and forced disappearance charges. According to daily La República, the decision by the Third Anticorruption Court yesterday was based on the severity of the charges and the possibility Pérez would flee justice.
Pérez was arrested on Nov. 13 after the head of the Fifth Anticorruption Court, Judge Antonia Saquicuray, issued a warrant for his involvement in the 1992 murder of nine students and one professor at La Cantuta University. The victims were targeted by the Colina group for suspected collaboration with the Shining Path guerrilla movement.
Pérez is currently being held at the maximum security Miguel Castro Castro prison in Lima’s San Juan de Lurigancho district. If convicted, he would face a minimum sentence of 25 years in prison.
Perez’s last public appearance was on Monday at the Human Rights trial of ex-President Alberto Fujimori, who is accused of authorizing the Colina group’s killings. Pérez, along with other members of the paramilitary group, are scheduled to testify at the trial.
