Peru

Anchored in hip-swaying, syncopated clave rhythm and topped with bright flute melodies, cumbia music has a centuries-old history. Originating from Colombia, its mid-tempo sound is now a staple in Latin America, and a new compilation from Analog Africa highlights an overlooked subgenre that flourished throughout 1970s and 80s Peru: cumbia Amazonica.The artwork for Perú Selvático. Photograph: Analog AfricaAmid the heat and humidity of the Peruvian jungle a group of bands developed their own psychedelic take on the folk…

Trophy head NS052 (photo D. Socha). Credit: Journal of Archaeological Science (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2022.105688 A trio of researchers from the University of Warsaw, Collegium Medicum of Nicolaus Copernicus University and Centro Italiano Studi e Ricerche Archeologiche Precolombiane di Brescia has found evidence of early Nazca people in southern Peru using psychoactive and stimulant plants. In their paper published in Journal…

Bradley Williams "absolutely hated" his first job after graduating from college.The 28-year-old said the office environment wasn't for him — and he quit in three months.Williams' girlfriend, Cazzy Magennis, had just finished her degree at the University of Exeter, where they met. While their friends were starting their careers in London, Williams and Magennis were unfazed by the social pressures to settle into corporate jobs.Instead, they decided to backpack to South America, they told CNBC.An incredible four months…

Accompanying the book of the same name, Iain Sinclair extends his psychogeographic franchise out to the New World in this lightly dramatised documentary, which traces the 1891 trek of his great-grandfather Arthur Sinclair into the Amazon jungle to set up a coffee plantation for the Peruvian Corporation of London. Kicking off with testimony from the Asháninka people whose land was hijacked, his stated aim is a Conradian voyage upriver – only reversing the “romance” surrounding the colonial plunder of the time and still…

Bitcoin trading has become extremely popular in Peru in recent years. According to a recent report by the country’s central bank, almost one-third of Peruvians are now using Bitcoin to make purchases or investments. You can enhance your trading knowledge by visiting Bitcoin Motion.  The popularity of Bitcoin trading in Peru is largely due to the country’s economic instability. Inflation rates have been high in Peru in recent years, and the Peruvian currency, the sol, has lost a lot of value against other…

Archaeologists excavate ancient bones and vessels from a previous Inca culture that were discovered by city workers digging a natural gas line in the Brena neighborhood of Lima, Peru, Feb. 11, 2020. About 300 archaeological finds, some 2,000 years old, have been reported over the past decade during the building of thousands of kilometers (miles) of natural gas pipelines in the capital. Credit: AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File…

Netflix previously announced plans to prevent people from sharing their passwords with people who aren't in their household and the streamer is already testing that with users in Peru and a handful of other countries. But that pilot program is causing confusion, according to a new report. As Netflix works to try and make money where it previously wasn't, it's now warning people in Peru that they need to pay extra if they want to continue accessing it. The pilot allows people to pay $2.99 per month and add people to their…

Netflix’s test to crack down on password sharing has reportedly left some users confused, according to a report from Rest of World. The streaming service started experimenting with password-sharing solutions in Peru, Chile, and Costa Rica in March, prompting subscribers in these markets to pay an additional fee to enable streaming for others outside their household who use the same account. When speaking to over a dozen Netflix subscribers in Peru, Rest of World found that most users weren’t formally made aware of the…

NEW DELHI: Adults in countries such as China, India, Peru, Saudi Arabia, and Colombia, are excited about the prospect of the metaverse with more than two-thirds saying they have positive feelings about the possibility of engaging with it, according to findings of a new global survey conducted by Ipsos for the World Economic Forum. The survey conducted across 29 countries revealed that half the adults surveyed are familiar with the metaverse (52%) and have positive feelings about…