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After leaving the lovely village of Yucay (left), we travelled by bus to a small village named Chinchero. Every Sunday the local farmers bring their produce to a country market to barter and sell their wares (pictured below). |
| Class members bought blankets, dishes, sweaters and terra cotta llamas, among other mementos, to bring home as souvenirs. We enjoyed the vast scenery and mountain vistas (below) on the way to the airport. |  |
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After an enjoyable Sunday morning, we flew to Lima, Peru, for a briefing from the U.S. Embassy staff members, including Agricultural Attache, Daryl Brehm; Deputy Chief of Mission, Heather Hodges; Economic Attache, Kris Urs; Commercial Advisor, Cesar Jochamowitz; Political Officer, Sheila Peters; and USAID representatives Harry Wing and Sheridan Plunkett. They described the economic, political and cultural landscape of Peru. Peru can be described by the following four words: Democracy, Development, Drug reduction, and Dispute (as in border dispute). |
| Economic reform has produced a 40 percent expansion in their economy.
The country's two largest exports are coffee and asparagus; their two largest imports are
wheat and rice. About 22 percent of the population lives in extreme poverty. The Embassy
staff discussed how alternative crops were being introduced to discourage the production
of cocoa leaves that are used to produce illegal drugs. Pictured from left: Sheila Peters; Darryl Brehm; Harry Wing; Heather Hodges; Kris Urs; Sheridan Plunkett; and Cesar Jochamowitz. |
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