Cusco
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The Ongoing Glory of Túpac Amaru
The name Tupac Amaru resonates strongly in Cuzco. Yesterday the city recognized the bearer of this name in a celebration…
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Literature
The Lord of Temblor’s Story
On Monday, an emaciated and blackened figure, looking for all the world like an Andean mummy nailed to a gold-encrusted…
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Literature
Lament and Creation, a Poem by Luis Nieto Miranda
An electromagnet for tourists, Cuzco also has a long history of intellectual and artistic life. Among its brilliant stars of…
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Culture
Coca Leaves and their Llipt’a in Cuzco
Coca leaves come from a shrub that grows on the Eastern slopes of the Andes. Though controversial today because of…
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Christmas Eve Santurantikuy Market in Cuzco
Christmas Eve the Plaza de Armas, the main square, blossoms with a Christmas market. Under gray skies and sometimes rain,…
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Hot Chocolate and Togetherness in Cuzco
Christmas in Cuzco is a time of much demand for products and services, commercialism is strong, but it is also…
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Food & Drinks
Cuzco’s Traditional Food: Picanterías
A simple table in a room pulsing with the uneven beat of huaynos and the moan of yaravies, indigenous song…
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Restaurants
A Story of Chocolate in Cuzco
Chocolate and love fall together so frequently that as a couple they are a cliché. Yet in Cuzco a new…
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