Tag Archives: La Oroya

La Oroya Haunted By Environmental Disaster

La Oroya, Peru may be a town that many in the U.S. have never heard of, but it’s quickly become well known as the site of an environmental disaster many would prefer be kept quiet. The city is host to …

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Finding The Light In The Night

By Jay L.T. Breakstone The church in Huancayo, Peru was dark.  It had been a quiet day.  The Archbishop had been out in the countryside, in the village of La Oroya with the American lawyers.  There was much trouble in …

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“House of Lead: A story of greed” – La Oroya, Peru

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New York Post – Poison playtime

BILLIONAIRE IRA RENNERT MAY FACE LAWSUIT OVER LEAD-POISONED CHILDREN IN LA OROYA, PERU By CHUCK BENNETT November 22, 2010 Billionaire industrialist Ira Rennert may have a legal problem big enough to match his East End house, say lawyers preparing a …

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American Boy Scouts

By Jay L. T. Breakstone Americans, as a people, are very innocent. After all, we’re really like children on the world scene. We’ve only been around since 1776, while most of the rest of the world has cultures that are …

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