Perú

Peru’s breed of hairless dogs almost died out. But now Peru claims these dogs as “cultural patrimony.”

When Victoria Contreras was diagnosed with breast cancer, she felt frightened and isolated. She rediscovered hope and community at the Breast Club, a local support group in Lima, Peru.

What does it take to keep land traffickers from selling off your country’s most treasured cultural sites? In Peru, it takes a fearless, cardigan-wearing historian.

In Peru, where it’s hard to get a book contract, young writers put on wrestling masks and duke it out in the ring. But instead of wrestling, they’re writing short stories, in front of an audience – on a clock.