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Machu Picchu, una de las siete maravillas del mundo moderno, atrae hasta a 5600 visitantes por día. Un nuevo aeropuerto podría cuadruplicar esa cifra. Credit Piotr Redlinski para The New York Times

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El pueblo andino de Chinchero, que se encuentra sobre el valle de Urubamba, es uno de los paisajes más hermosos que existen. Las majestuosas terrazas hechas por los incas se extienden hacia la vasta meseta. Sembradíos de quinua, amaranto, papa y maíz forman un tapiz de tonalidades verdes, rojas y doradas. Las extensas vistas de los picos cubiertos de nieve, conocidos como Apus, el nombre dado a los espíritus de las montañas en la mitología inca, dominan el horizonte.

Sin embargo, el presidente Martín Vizcarra está decidido a destruir este lugar sagrado. Las excavadoras comenzaron a limpiar el terreno en enero para construir un aeropuerto internacional en Chinchero.…  Seguir leyendo »

The ancient citadel Machu Picchu, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, already attracts up to 5,600 foreign visitors daily. A new airport could quadruple that number. Credit Piotr Redlinski for The New York Times

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The Andean village Chinchero, which sits above the Urubamba Valley, is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful landscapes. Majestic terraces made by the Incas stretch out into the vast plateau. Fields of quinoa, amaranth, potato and corn plants form a tapestry of shades — green, red and gold. Sweeping views of snow-laden peaks known as Apus, the name given to the spirits of the mountains in Inca mythology, dominate the horizon.

But President Martín Vizcarra is determined to destroy this sacred place. Bulldozers began clearing ground for an international airport in Chinchero in January. This dubious venture would irreparably damage the heartland of the Inca civilization.…  Seguir leyendo »

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Sure, it seemed like a great idea when, last September, President Alan García of Peru reached a preliminary agreement with Yale about the disposition of more than 350 artifacts taken from Machu Picchu. Everyone hoped the settlement might be a break for cultural understanding in the cloudy skies of international cooperation. News reports suggested that Yale would return more than 350 museum-quality artifacts, plus several thousand fragments thought to be of interest mainly to researchers — all of which were taken from the mountaintop Inca archaeological complex nearly a century ago — and that legal title to all the artifacts, even those to be left at Yale for research, would be held by Peru.…  Seguir leyendo »