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Simeon Tegel

Simeon Tegel is a British journalist based in Lima, Peru, and covering Latin America. Visit his website at simeontegel.com.

Life on Mars? Peruvian team tests if potatoes will grow on Red Planet

Why Peru's gastronomy is a bigger draw for tourists than the Incas

Campaign launched to protect dying Peruvian language from extinction

Lions saved from Peru circus start new life in South Africa

Peru: Fujimori’s son linked to drug-trafficking inquiry

Postcard from... Lima

Peru: Amazonian conservation in action

Anointed heir of Hugo Chavez faces competition for the poisoned

'This is insane!' Couple feared abducted in Peru are found - kayaking

World Focus: Has Hugo Chavez come home to rule – or home to die?

Hugo Chavez finally meets his match

The end of El Taliban: Mexico captures one of its most-wanted drugs

El Salvador in battle against tide of climate change

Crisis in the cloudforest for woolly wonders

Can private cities save a nation with world's worst murder rate?

Ecuador rejects Belarus' extradition request of former police

Postcard From...Lima

First evidence of immunity to rabies found in community ravaged by

Sex and drugs and private cells: Behind bars in South America

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The Mothers of the Disappeared beset by corruption scandal

Argentina's 'Disappeared', the mothers and the money

Simeon Tegel: Is the term 'negrito' racist? Sadly for the FA, yes and

Sterilisation: Peru's darkest secret

The nature reserve dream of a 'gringo imperialist'

Forces seize Rio's largest slum in war on drug gangs

Armed police drive out drug gangs in battle for Rio's slums

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Is Morales putting his eco-credentials on the road to ruin?

Morales, his moral maze and a road into Amazon wilderness

Divorce 'ploy' costs former Guatemalan first lady her presidential

Why the day of the condor could be drawing to a close

Foreign tourists denied entry to Machu Picchu

Venezuelans told to stay calm after Chavez's cancer treatment

Former first lady Sandra Torres faces election block

Humala victorious as Fujimori concedes

Fujimori campaign raises fears for democracy in Peru

Chile president's corpse exhumed to finally settle suicide claims

Tobacco firms 'cannot be sued'

Lorries to be seized in move on refugees

Pinochet immunity is bogus, says QC

Pinochet immunity is bogus, says QC

Condon faces inquiry grilling

Pop musician `was set on fire'

Mystery death of burning musician

Police deny attempt to coach Lawrence officers