THE son of European refugees, Peru’s president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, is fluent in Spanish, English, German and French. He does not speak any of the country’s 47 indigenous languages. Yet his ...
No matter the locale, the ballet world uses French terms for steps. But modern dance has no standard vocabulary: The word choice and the tongue are dependent upon the choreographer or teacher. In Peru ...
Amadeo Garcia has no one left to talk to in his mother tongue, Taushiro. Neither does Pablo Andrade, the last living speaker of Resigaro. The two indigenous languages are among 17 that are critically ...
Isabela Moner is using her role in this summer's Dora The Explorer as an opportunity to connect more deeply to her Peruvian ancestry. The actress and musician, whose mother is Peruvian and father ...
The language of soccer games is ripe with phrases, metaphors and clichés that reflect modern life: a coach who parks the bus, a midfielder who shoots rockets, a striker who scores with a bicycle kick.