For centuries, Peruvian literature–with few exceptions, which has generally been male-dominated–has resisted the open treatment of female sexuality and eroticism as natural. Not until the end of the 1970s did women begin to make their own voices heard in this realm. Now, a group of female poets...

The extreme poverty in the Andean zone of Central and Southern Peru represents Peru’s most important issue and challenge in becoming a fully developed nation. At more than 10 million people, the Andean population of Peru is significant (37% of the country’s total population) but a large...

Every few years, the climatic , known as El Niño changes weather throughout the world. Sometimes these changes are positive, such as a reduction in hurricanes. Often, however, El Niño is devastating--nowhere more than its heartland on the coast of Peru. There, torrential rains can ravage the...