Journal Peru

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew into Lima last Sunday to start talks with various leaders in Latin America on topics such as last year’s coup in Honduras, immigration policy, security issues and talks about the issues concerning Iran and other Middle East countries.  This is not Clintons first visit to Latin America as the [...]

There has been a recent increase in the amount of Coca that is being cultivated in the tropical valleys surrounding Peru.  The Andean drug trade is producing large amounts of Coca (a leaf that can be used to make cocaine) in very remote areas around Peru and current estimates of the amount of Coca being [...]