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The riverside of the Maraca River, as the riverside of all the Amazonic affluents in Peru and Brazil have several native communities living around. Many of these communities have never ever been contacted by western civilization while others have been and are legally recognized. Continue

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During this week I've been meeting with some web developers in order to develop a mash up map where we can input locations where crimes occur. This came from a conversation where we shared how can we the citizens improve the security of Lima without requiring any authority to make an effort. The main problem we saw with authorities was that their programs usually involve many stakeholders and therefore it's difficult for any quick action to take place. Instead we planned to create this map and… Continue

Recently our neighbor country Chile suffered a devastating earthquake. I have many friends there and most of them lived near the epicenter of the quake. It was very difficult to try and find them and it felt horrible to not be able to help more. The risk of this happening in Peru is quite high too. In fact in 2007 a 7,9 magnitude earthquake stroke the south of Lima leaving a high death toll (around 1,000) and lot's of damage to constructions, buildings and… Continue