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With Machu Picchu tours back in full swing this summer, travellers are flocking back to Peru’s  archaeological showpiece. Yet those who have already experienced the Inca gem may be yearning to uncover some more of Peru’s historic and cultural sites.

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru extended its economic recovery in April to bolster expectations that it and Brazil will grow the fastest in Latin America this year, though recent steps taken by the government will likely avert overheating.

The Andean country’s economy grew 9.26 percent in April from a year earlier, while expansion from March was a tepid 0.06 percent.

Tessa Prieto Valdes, one of Aracari´s very important guests from the Philippines this past April, writes an entertaining and interesting account of her South American Trip and Peru with Aracari.

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We are thrilled that the British Museum has included 2 Peruvian Objects in BBC Radio 4 series “History of the World in 100 objects”. This series is in our view, one of the best radio series and a ground breaking initiative by a Museum, to educate and enlighten the public.

From the San Francisco Magazine, June 1 2010

“The Peruvians,” says Duggan McDonnell, founding partner of Sutter Street cocktail mecca Cantina, “are not very good at marketing.” Indeed, as I learned from bartending alongside McDonnell for a couple of years at Cantina, most San Franciscans have never tasted pisco, the Latin American country’s iconic spirit. McDonnell is setting out to change this: Along with two partners, he has created his own brand. Campo de Encanto hits San Francisco shops and bars this month.

We are absoutely thrilled to have had a very successful turnout at the Instituto Cervantes in London, where Marisol Mosquera gave a talk on Peruvian Contemporary Art.
Peruvian contemporary art is very exciting at the moment, with a number of young artists hitting the international scene. Two of our favourites are Sandra Gamarra and Fernando Bryce, both who live in Europe and have their work both at the MOMA and Tate Britain. The most exciting trend however, in our view, as promoters of all that is authentic and Peruvian are the artists whose subject matter and narrative is deeply connected to its  Peruvian roots. To name just the few whose work was reviewed during the talk, there is Christiam Vendayan from Iquitos, and Fernando Gutierrez “Huanchaco”  and Pablo Patrucco both from Lima.