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The Andes flight disaster that gave birth to the Society of the Snow

What are the limits of the human body? How much pain and suffering can our bodies withstand? What would we be willing to endure for our loved ones? Is solidarity something natural, or does it come to us only in certain moments of our lives?

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New Netflix movie from The Impossible director tells the terrifying true story of the Andes plane crash

"What happens when the world deserts you?"

Total Film

Fabulous foodie adventures in Peru, Japan and Australia

His restaurant in Lima, Central, took top spot in this year’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants list – but the Peruvian chef Virgilio Martinez’s outpost in the Andes, Mil, makes for a yet more remarkable “foodie pilgrimage”, said Paul Richardson in the FT.

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Winter heatwave in Andes is sign of things to come, scientists warn

Human-caused climate disruption and El Niño push temperature in mountains to 37C

The Guardian - UK

One of 2023's most extreme heatwaves is happening in the middle of winter

Temperatures in parts of Chile and northern Argentina have soared to 10°C-20°C above average over the last few days. Towns in the Andes mountains have reached 38°C or more, while Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, saw temperatures above 30°C – breaking its previous August record by more than 5°C. Temperatures peaked…

The Conversation

Hair loom: the Peruvian wigmakers weaving a new trade for women in the Andes

When Kiara Kulisic developed alopecia, she was inspired to create ethical wigs in a region where a lack of jobs and a macho culture prevent many women from earning a living

The Guardian - UK

The best restaurant in the world is..

The best restaurant in the world is Central, in Lima. The dynamic tasting menu restaurant from chef Virgilio Martinez features ingredients from Peru’s very diverse landscape, from potatoes sourced from of the heights of the Andes mountains to sea urchin from the ocean and notes the latitude of each dish.

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Climate change likely led to violence in early Andean populations: Research

Current climate change has caused challenges for humanity, such as wildfires and shorter growing seasons for staple crops, which have spilled over into economic consequences. Read further on Dynamite News:

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‘Without the ice cap, we cannot live’: the Andes community devastated by climate crisis

The Quelccaya glacier, high in the mountains of Peru, is shrinking at an alarming rate and the people who live in its shadow are struggling to maintain their livelihoods

The Guardian - UK

Peru: 6 soldiers drown in river while responding to protests

Military officials in Peru say six soldiers drowned while trying to swim across a river in the Andes to reach a town where violent protesters are demanding the resignation of Peru’s president

The Independent UK

Peru protests jolt mine activity with Las Bambas, Antapaccay hit hardest

Peru's top copper mines are starting to see activity hit harder by protests and blockades in the country's southern Andes, power data reviewed by Reuters shows, with Chinese-owned Las Bambas and Glencore PLC's Antapaccay currently worst affected.

Reuters

Mummified remains found on Andes mountain confirmed as climber, 20, who died in 1981

20-year-old Patty died after slipping on ice during an expedition in the Andes in 1981, multiple search efforts failed to locate her body but now her remains have been found

Daily Mirror

Climber’s mummified remains are found 41 years after she vanished in the Andes

Marta Emilia Altamirano, better known as Patty, died during an expedition in the Andes in March 1981

The Independent UK

Millions of People Are at Risk of This Rare Climate Change Threat — Study

Flooding from glacial lakes is already threatening millions of people in Asia and Latin America due to climate change, a new study reports.

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Reuters

In Peru’s Andes, anger hardens as fast election hopes fade

Protests and roadblocks in Peru's southern Andes have hardened after Congress failed to bring forward elections, jamming up much of the region, which is rich in copper and historic Incan sites like Machu Picchu.

Daily Mirror

Mummified woman found on mountain thought to be climber missing for 40 years

Marta Emilia Altamirano is believed to have fallen hundreds of metres to her death, according to the sister. Four expeditions have previously tried to find her with no success in the Andes in Argentina

Los Angeles Times

'They don't see us as humans.' In Peru, protests over racism and neglect spill from the Andes

ANTA, Peru — As anti-government protests spread across the Peruvian highlands last month, Remo Candia Guevara, a 42-year-old community leader in this rural farming town, grew increasingly anguished.

The Conversation

Peru riots: unrest in southern Andes lays bare an urgent need to decolonise

Peru is in flames. Since early December, massive, often violent, protests have engulfed the South American nation. Demonstrators concentrated in the country’s southern Andean regions took to the streets after the then president, Pedro Castillo, was deposed for attempting to mount a coup by dismissing the parliament and ruling by…

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The Independent UK

Peru’s Andes ‘descends on’ capital to demand leader resign

People are pouring into Peru’s capital, many from remote Andean regions, for a protest against President Dina Boluarte and in support of her predecessor, whose ouster last month launched weeks of deadly unrest and cast the nation into political chaos

Reuters

Colombia's oil theft soars, leaving trail of environmental harm

In a clearing of Colombia's Pacific jungle, the dense canopy encircles an area of desolation left by a clandestine refinery, where oil waste blackens everything underfoot, seeping into the soil and coating the vegetation.

The Guardian - US

Tourists trapped by Peru protests at Machu Picchu evacuated by helicopter

Supporters of ousted president Pedro Castillo had blocked train tracks near Inca citadel with rocks

Asharq Al-Awsat

Expectation Soaring in Argentina ahead of World Cup Final

With Argentina reaching fever pitch just hours before Lionel Messi and his teammates take on France in the World Cup final, football fans throughout the country felt a sense of destiny brewing. From Jujuy in the north to Chubut, some 2,800 kilometers to the south, from Mendoza at the foot…

Bangkok Post

Mountain women: unsung heroes

Whether they live on Mount Kilimanjaro, in the Himalayas, or the Andes, women and girls in mountain communities around the world have much in common: they are often the ones managing daily life in the mountains, as protectors of the land and biodiversity and keepers of traditional knowledge.

The Independent UK

Lagoon dries up as drought grips Peru's southern Andes

The small Cconchaccota lagoon has been the axis of life in Vilma Huamaní's community high in Peru's southern Andes

Reuters

In South America's Andes, farmers pray for rain to end drought

High in the mountains of the Bolivian Andes, farmer Alberto Quispe has one thing on his mind: rain.

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