In this month’s newsletter we bring you news of an unusual guinea pig festival, a World surfing legend, one of the World’s most acclaimed economists and Lima’s new transportation network. Enjoy!

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

Peru Celebrates Tasty Guinea Pigs The annual Cuy Festival in Churín, Peru celebrates the cuy, or guinea pig, an important Peruvian food and cultural icon. The festivities include contests for the biggest, the best-dressed and the tastiest. +more

Peru’s Sofia Mulanovich chosen as best in the world and inducted into Surfer’s Hall of Fame Peru’s Sofia Mulanovich was named best female surfer of 2007 by "Surfing Magazine" for the 3rd time in a row. She has also been inducted into The Surfers’ Hall of Fame during its 10th anniversary in Huntington Beach, California this year. In 2004, she was the first South American surfer (man or woman) ever to win an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship Tour (WCT). +more

Peru’s Economist Hernando de Soto named one of the 12 most important economists of all time The prestigious Swiss-German editorial, Orell Füssli, placed Hernando de Soto as one most important economists in the world in its new book The twelve most important economists of all time. De Soto shares this distinction with the likes of Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, Peter Drucker, Milton Friedman, and John Nash. +more

Peru will have most Modern Underground Central Station in South America In about a year’s time, Lima will have a new central bus station. The construction will be one of the most modern in South America, and the biggest advancement in the public transportation system of Peru’s capital city. +more