Trans-Amazon Highway Nears Completion in Peru
posted on January 4th, 2011 in Amazon Jungle, Andes Mountains, Environment, Peru
Peruvians brace as superhighway unfolds
The 3,400-mile Transoceanic Highway from Brazil to Peru has long been a pipe dream, but as it finally nears reality many along its long path worry that a way of life and livelihoods are in danger.
October 31, 2010
Los Angeles Times
Puerto Maldonado, Peru
The road crashes through the jungle like the fevered dream of the indomitable Fitzcarraldo, who schemes to transport a steamship overland through the Peruvian tropics in a cult film celebrating demented ambition…