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February 05, 2012
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Daily Peruvian newspaper of the city of Lima featuring articles on local and national news as well as culture and events. Written in Spanish, this is a great place to start becoming familiar with the language.
Daily news website featuring articles on Peruvian politics, culture, history and society. This newspaper website is written in English.
Informational website offering daily news from an outsider's perspective living in Peru.
Beautiful official website of the Museum of Art of Lima. Written in Spanish.
A PBS documentary about archaeologist Johan Reinhard who lead an expedition in search of the frozen sacrificial mummies of the Incas with daily accounts and images from the expedition.
Take a closer look at the ancient people of the Andes Mountains! This website is a wonderfully informative resource in reference to the culture, history, and art of the Incas.
A cultural portal sponsored by a Peruvian telephone company. This website has loads of information about museums, literature, music, education and more, and it is also written in Spanish!
Lonely Planet is always a great place to start reading and planning. You can search information about Peru or specifically in Lima. It is written for travelers and contains lots of helpful info information.
A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Peru and directing several community service projects. This site contains over 500 pages of useful travel information for visitors to Peru.
The official site of travel and tourism in Peru. This is an interactive website with specific regional information.
The International Potato Center
An organization dedicated to reducing poverty and achieving food sustainability through research studies focused around potatoes, sweet potatoes and other root and tuber crops.
Take a look at the Peruvian flag, find out more about the government and the native people. This official website of the U.S. Department of the State contains loads of facts and stats about the country of Peru.
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