Good afternoon from Peru. Here are a few more stories that have caught the headlines over here in the last month. We start with newly discovered tribes living deep in the Peruvian Amazon, then a good soccer result for Peru. They managed to draw with arguably the best team in the world. Also, an ancient Peruvian headdress turns up in London and radioactive waste is sent back to Scotland. Until next month………. oh, and Happy Thanksgiving!

Dave Murphy
Online Development Manager
Peru For Less
dave@peruforless.com

Group living in isolation found deep in Peru’s Amazon Jungle Team of ecologists finds unknown nomadic tribes people living in isolation deep in Peru’s Amazon jungle. Illegal loggers and oil and gas prospectors force groups like these to move deeper and deeper into the jungle. Contact with outsiders can be fatal for these isolated people, who lack immunity to many diseases. +more

Peru ties with Brazil 1-1 in 2010 World Cup qualifiers With a tight defense and a second-half goal, Peru surprisingly drew five-time world champion Brazil 1-1 in the South American qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup. Kaka opened the scoring for Brazil, and Juan Manuel Vargas tied the match for Peru. +more

Stolen Peruvian treasure found in London An ancient Peruvian headdress dating back to 700AD which was looted from an archaeological site almost 20 years ago has been found by police in London. The headdress belongs to the Mochica civilization and is regarded by experts as one of the most important artifacts in Peruvian cultural heritage. +more

Peru returns radioactive nuclear waste to Scotland Radioactive nuclear waste exported to Peru from Scotland almost 10 years ago has been returned to the Dounreay nuclear plant in Caithness, Scotland. Originally purchased to fuel gas mantles, the material had to be returned because Peru lacks treatment and disposal facilities. +more