Drunk at work in Peru is Legal?

Been flicking through some Peruvian newspapers this morning and a story got my attention.

Carlos Mesía, the vice-president of the Constitutional Court of Peru, defended the verdict they recently gave out indicating that arriving in a state of drunkenness to work is not cause for immediate dismissal though it is a serious fault that should be punishable.

This verdict was decided after the lawsuit presented by Pablo Cayo Mendoza against the Chorrillos City Council who he used to be a street cleaner for.

According to the Court… “In this case, the city council employee arrived smelling of alcohol and he is a simple worker, not a manager, nor in the mayor’s office, just a simple street cleaner so there’s no problem with that. It is unreasonable to fire an employee for coming to work in a state of drunkenness if that person at no moment commit an act of violence, insult or lack of respect both verbally or written against the employer, their bosses o other workers.

Then the court said that this was a one off case that doesn’t set a precedent?????
Source: El Comercio – a Peruvian newspaper (in Spanish)

Basically it comes down to letting you get drunk but don’t be a big &%$*! (bleep) to your co-workers. Great, so where’s my bottle of Peruvian Pisco!!!

With all this hype in Peru, I wonder how easy it will be for Pablo Cayo Mendoza to get another job.

National Anthems

It took a while to do put it's now ready... we have just finished writing about the national anthems of the South American countries along with their translation in English.
Oh, and we have thrown in a bit of history about them too.
Check them out:

National Anthems of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Colca Canyon Condor Watching Peru

Would you like to see the Andean Condor flying in its natural habitat? The Colca Canyon just 160km north of Arequipa in Peru is one place to do it.

Peru - Colca Canyon Condor watching

Many tours can be taken from Arequipa lasting either 2 or 3 days to see these majestic birds in flight.

Peru Earthquake Update

Last night's earthquake that struck Peru has been upgraded from 7.9 to 8.0 on the Richter Scale. An 'aftershock' of 6.0 was felt today and more are expecting though decreasing in intensity.

The number of victims from last night's earthquake has risen to over 350 people with thousands more injured.

More than 600 prisoners escaped the prison in Chincha when the walls were destroyed by the quake. Only 29 have been recaptured.

Peru Earthquake

I large earthquake hit Peru a few hours ago at 6.41pm local time. It reached 7.9 on the Richter scale and was centered just 160km (90 miles) south of Lima. The Director of the Institute of Geophysics said that it has been the strongest quake to hit the coastal area of Peru in 50 years. Reports and still hard to come by though at least 17 people have been killed and many more injured. Strong aftershocks have been causing further panic and they are likely to continue over the next week.

Machu Picchu Ruins in Peru

We finally have a new page about the famous ruins of the lost city of Machu Picchu in Peru.

We have information about admission to the Incan ruins, a description of the different buildings and temples and also some interesting hikes to other ruins near the main site. Take note of the times to avoid visiting due to the tourist hoards coming off their tour buses.

Machu Picchu Ruins in Peru

I hope you find it useful.

Typical Peruvian Food

Are you not sure about what something is on a menu in Peru?
Would like to know whether that tasty dish was roasted guinea pig or not?

Well the latest page we have created will answers these for you.

We have added a new page to our South America website that contains lot of information about Typical Peruvian Food including their traditional meals and desserts.

You will find it here: Typical Peruvian Food

Make sure you're not hungry when you look at it!!!


Saludos!

Five Different Countries in South America

Our long awaited South America website is now going along quite well. A lot of the spaces have now been filled though we still have to resize and post photos.

In the last couple of days we have managed to put the following information online for everyone:

Colombia -Cartagena - The city on the Caribbean Sea
Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - The land of Beaches and the Mega Carnival
Peru - Lima - Museums - The most interesting museums to see while you're in Lima, Peru.
Peru - Cusco - The city that's on every backpackers route. If you are on your way to Machu Picchu this is THE stop to make on the way
Ecuador - Quito - The center of the world where Northern & Southern Hemisphere meet.
Argentina - Buenos Aires - Huge city with SOOOO much to do!

Hope you enjoy them!