Mario Testino in the reopening of the Museum of Arts The work of the most important fashion photographer of the world will be exposed for the first time in Peru. Mario Testino will present on April in the Museum of Arts of Lima, “Portraits”, considered the best of his samples, a collection of photography he made along his wonderful career for famous actresses, singers, models and royal members. A whole luxury that no lover of arts could miss, and which will be one of the attractions for the reopening of the Museum of Arts of Lima next April.
Peruvian grape and mango arrived to the Chinese marketThe entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement with China made possible the long yearned arrival of the Peruvian fruit to the Asian enormous market, specifically grape and mango, which arrived in containers to the port of Shanghai, at the beginning of March. The great benefit for Peruvian exporters was not only the entrance to one of the most important consumption markets of the world, but also the reduction of duties to the half.
But the Peruvian grape will also have an additional advantage, since its production and then its exportation to China will coincide with the high consumption season of this fruit in the Asian country. Then, between January and March, Peru will be jointly with Chile and United States, the lonely countries selling grapes to China.
Peru became the 2nd producer of copper in the worldPeru is just the second producer of copper of the world. The great investment in the mining sector during the last decade made Peru to become in 2009 the second producer of copper in the world, displacing United States from that position. Hans Flury, president of the Mining, Petroleum and Energy National Society (SNMPE, by its Spanish abbreviations), confirmed the great news when stressing that Peru could displace also Chile, that has the first place since many years ago, nevertheless the national production increases a 70 percent, according to projections of the mentioned institution.
La teta asustada” and the Peruvian cinema at the peak of the world
The Peruvian cinematography entered to Hollywood through the large door with the historical nomination of “The Milk of Sorrow” as best foreign film in the Oscar. On February 2nd, date of the nomination, the entire Peru started the day with the best news of the last times for the country. And nobody foretold that a film with not so much promotion in Peru and which surprised everybody when getting the Golden Bear from Berlin finished becoming the best sample of the national pride of the last decade. And despite the film didn’t get the Oscar, Claudia Llosa and the first class cast of the film deserves our biggest gratitude.
The Peruvian asparagus conquers United StatesUnited States is still the main destination of the Peruvian asparagus, highly appreciated by its quality and flavour, whose industry has the goal of achieving 750 million American dollars in exportations in 2015. This figure would duplicate the current annual average of exportations of the Peruvian product that generates more than 65 thousand positions. Peru is on the way to become one of the most successful in the world as the first exporter of asparagus all over the world, and the national industry celebrates it.