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Peru’s former president Alejandro Toledo has been sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison after he was linked to a corruption scandal involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. Odebrecht became synonymous with corruption across Latin America after the firm paid millions of dollars in bribes to government officials and others. Authorities accused Toledo of accepting 35 million dollars (£26.9 million) in bribes from Odebrecht in exchange for allowing the construction of a highway in the South American country. The National Superior Court of Specialised Criminal Justice in Lima, Peru’s capital, imposed the sentence after years of legal wrangling. Such wrangling included a dispute over whether Toledo, who governed Peru from 2001 to 2006, could be extradited from the United States.

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They love putting ex-presidents in jail in Peru. More countries should follow their example.

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forgot abt the constant fear that even tho i left the meeting and closed zoom that everyone in the meeting can still see me and see what im doing and is making fun of me for it. in person school has made me too confident

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So if I could can I get a match up for part 3 preferably but if you really like me with someone 1-5 that’s fine. I’m around 5’1 and have light brown hair (though sometimes I dye it pink or blue) and brown/hazel eyes. I have prescription glasses but more often then not I’ll wear pointy bright red cat eye sunglasses. I like wearing loud eyeshadow designs too. I’m also Jewish and Peruvian (Peruvian American I’m a duo-nat) I like dancing ballet and tap dance, sing/make music, game, and draw occasionally. I want to be an actress or graphic designer when I’m older. Gracias ❤️

AYO THIS IS SO LATE GKJSGJSJ FOR THE 93583TH TIME Y E A H IM NOT DEAD YALL <33333333

ChiLE AnywAYS, I match you with...

POLNAREFF!

🅱️ig 🅱️iddies king himself <333 Hear me out, he’d absolutely LOVE your energy the second he’d see you, ight?? Literally my man will see your pointy red cat eye sunglasses and just...stare in awe. Usually it’s the unique looking individuals that never fail to catch his eye, like he’s looking for fun people that aren’t afraid to express themselves and just be who they are. Pol would 100% love your overall colorful aesthetic and would def offer to do your makeup, although keep in mind that he fuckin s u c c s and, at the end of the day, you’d end up looking like Ronald McDonald but that’s fine since his excitement makes up for his numerous fuck ups.

Although you haven’t mentioned many regarding personality, you give off the vibes of someone easygoing and chill which is something Pol would greatly admire, not to mention that he’s positively smitten once a good sense of humor is thrown in as well. Not to mention that he’d find all of your hobbies p interesting, specifically your tap dancing. Like, look me in the eye and tell me this man isn’t obsessed with dancing, no matter the kind. Yall would dance together all day long if you so desired that and he’d even try ballet...all for you.

Also don’t tell him abt your dream of becoming an actress cuz he’s gonna start pestering u from now to give him autographs so he can flex on ur fans later on lmao.

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Hong Kong's best new restaurants for 2019

Hong Kong (CNN) — A city of more than 25,000 places to eat, Hong Kong is always going to spoil diners, even without the seemingly constant flow of new spots opening up.

Nevertheless, the inspirations, ingredients and innovation behind the best new restaurants in Hong Kong, from the Peruvian Andes to northern England, are stretching the city’s global reach in 2019 even further.

Here are 11 of the best additions to the city’s dining scene, offering a world of flavors when you travel here:

Ichu Peru

Virgilio Martinez is arguably Peru’s most celebrated chef, responsible for the award-winning restaurant Central in Lima, as well as other global spots. His new Hong Kong restaurant Ichu Peru is named after a plant from the Peruvian Andes that only grows in extreme conditions.

It’s his first in Asia and serves contemporary Peruvian cuisine that’s as intriguing as it is comforting and delicious. Chef Sang Jeong worked alongside Martinez at Central and heads up the new kitchen in Hong Kong’s Central neighborhood.

The Joyce Wang-designed interiors can seat up to 80, while the outdoor terrace has already become a popular al fresco spot.

Ichu Peru, 3/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong; +852 2477 7717

Kytaly

Kytaly is the first overseas pizzeria by famed chef Franco Pepe.

Kytaly

It’s a huge claim — and very subjective — but “The World’s Best Pizza” has hit Hong Kong.

The man behind the unusually named Kytaly — it combines the Japanese symbol of life energy, “Ki,” with “Italy”– is renowned pizza chef Franco Pepe.

His first overseas restaurant, it sits smack in one of the nightlife hearts of Hong Kong island, Wyndham Street in Central. Pepe is a third-generation baker and created a new pizza dough with his own flour, before topping it with ingredients that are 99% imported from Italy, such as pork from Caserta and buffalo mozzarella from Campana.

That may help explain the price of HK$208 ($26) for his Margherita Sbagliata (“Mistaken Margarita”), one of 19 pizzas on the menu.

Pepe’s pies, served at his Caiazzo, Italy, restaurant Pepe In Grani, have pulled in a number of global awards, ensuring that his Hong Kong restaurant is always busy.

Kytaly Hong Kong, 5/F, 77 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong; +852 2808 1961

Roganic

Simon Rogan needs no introduction to British diners thanks to his five restaurants, which hold four Michelin stars between them.

He has opened two adjacent restaurants in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay district.

There’s the experimental hub of Aulis Hong Kong, with just 12 seats, and Roganic, a modern 40-seat spot focusing on farm-to-table cuisine inspired and influenced by England’s Lake District and some of its finest ingredients.

Always imaginative and ahead of its time, Rogan’s food delivers on every level and reminds Hong Kong’s diners — and chefs — that there’s still plenty of room for innovation.

With natural wines, fresh and foraged produce and impeccable execution, this will clearly be one to watch in 2019.

Roganic, Shop 8, UG/F, Sino Plaza, 255 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong; +852 2817 8383

SHÈ

SHE’s dishes riff on Chinese classics with clever, innovative and healthy twists.

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SHÈ is a Chinese character that represents hospitality and also the name of a modern Chinese restaurant within one of Hong Kong’s most historic and exclusive department stores, Lane Crawford, which is inside the IFC Mall.

The plates riff on Chinese classics with clever, innovative and healthy twists, as befits their fashion-conscious clientele.

Everything from classic Cantonese roast meats to dim sum and noodle dishes to afternoon tea paired with cocktails are available. The restaurant’s terrace overlooking Victoria Harbour has quickly become a spot to see and be seen.

SHÈ, Level 3, IFC Mall, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong; +852 2110 0153

Wagyumafia

If beef is your thing, then it doesn’t get much tastier or more exclusive than Wagyumafia, newly opened in Wan Chai. That’s because the 18-seat dining and butcher’s club, originally launched in Tokyo by Hisato Hamada, only serves Japanese-reared champion wagyu beef from Kobe and Tajima.

There’s only one tasting menu that highlights a variety of cuts and techniques including shabu-shabu and yakiniku.

Most famously of all, however — especially on Instagram — it’s the cutlet sandwich, which steals the show. An extra thick Chateaubriand cut is fried in Japanese panko breadcrumb, then served on Japanese milk bread with the restaurant’s own special sauce.

Other dishes on the menu include tuna direct from Tokyo, but high-end produce such as the top 1% of already expensive Kobe beef doesn’t come cheap, meaning the Signature Tasting menu will set you back a cool $230 per person.

John Anthony

John Anthony offers a large selection of innovative dim sum.

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Another intriguingly named spot, especially for a Chinese restaurant, comes in the form of John Anthony in the city’s Lee Gardens mall in Causeway Bay. Regional Chinese cuisines including Szechuan, Hunan and Shandong are the stars of the menu, but Cantonese also plays a large role.

The 7,000-square-foot space boasts three custom-built barbecue grills that deliver many of the dishes. The Flat Bed BBQ cooks traditional Cantonese char siu roast meats including Iberico pork, Black Angus short rib and Australian wagyu fillet.

There’s a large selection of dim sum, with handmade Alaskan crab dumplings and steamed rice rolls with soft shell crab and squid ink providing a mouthful in more ways than one. The bar is another draw, especially its 12 “gin tubes,” each filled with a house-infused gin featuring botanicals from across ancient Spice Routes.

John Anthony, 1 Sunning Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong; +852 2898 3788

Hotal Colombo

It’s not a typo — Hotal Colombo is deliberately named to reflect the local pronunciation in Sri Lanka, a country rich in cuisine. The SoHo-based spot is inspired by the countless eating spots across Sri Lanka’s capital of Colombo where workers head for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Both the pastel pink and blue decor and server costumes reflect the island nation’s tropical vibes, while the soundtrack adds to the atmosphere. Seating just 40 diners, it makes for an intimate and engaging eatery where Head Chef Gisela Alesbrook shares her profound love of her country’s cuisine through sharing plates.

Star dishes include Bone Marrow Varuval with Pol Roti, where slow-cooked veal bone marrow meets delicious freshly made roti flatbreads. Hoppers are a beloved type of Sri Lankan pancake, eaten at every meal and perfect for plunging into curries such as the fragrant fish kari with coconut milk and fresh curry leaves.

Artemis & Apollo

For a city reflecting all the world’s cuisines, great Greek food has been historically underrepresented in Hong Kong. Step forward a Greek taverna called Artemis & Apollo that brings the soul of the country’s best dishes to diners in the city’s Wan Chai district.

The compact twin dining rooms represent the twins of Greek legend that give the restaurant its name, while the soundtrack eschews traditional bouzouki music and instead reflects Greek and global tunes from over the years.

Chef Andrée LeFuel worked at Souvla in San Francisco so has the perfect resume to produce impeccable taramasalata made with cured mullet roe from Greece or a hugely decadent fried Saganaki cheese.

Calamari, octopus and lamb chops are other Greek staple ingredients taken to new heights, while the diverse Greek wine list features some hidden treasures.

KONG

KONG serves playful Cantonese dishes.

Kong

Wan Chai-based Bread & Beast has been making gourmet sandwiches popular with locals and visitors alike. Its recent launch of an evening restaurant called Kong — in the same location — has taken its food in a whole new direction.

After dark, the restaurant riffs on local Cantonese classics with surprising twists, so cheung fun noodle rolls are covered with gooey melted cheddar, à la mac and cheese. Crispy scallion pancakes are the perfect platform for liver pate made with Hua Diao wine, while “angry cauli” lives up to its name with chili oil and a broth made with toban djan (spicy bean paste).

A strong bar program includes cocktails that hero Chinese spirits, popular with locals and visitors alike who enjoy standing outside on the quiet street.

KONG, 3 Swatow Street, Wan Chai, Hong Kong; +852 2237 1868

Prohibition Grill House Marriott

Down in the south side of Hong Kong Island, the Ocean Park Marriott Hotel is found right outside the city’s own take on Disneyland. Prohibition Grill House & Cocktail Bar looks the part with its 1920s throwback of red velvet curtains, brick walls, leather banquettes and copper piping.

Executive Chef Jason R. Loyd oversees the menu, which kicks off with classics such as a hearty seafood chowder or an excellent shrimp cocktail featuring wild seafood imported from Canada, served with lime jelly for those citrus notes.

Of course the meats are the star of the show, with carnivores spoilt for choice amidst a range of global cuts. M4 Japanese wagyu is hard to top, while Australian ribeye is another popular choice. Impeccable sides and decadent desserts complete the picture.

Ecriture

Ecriture means “writing” in French, and the top-floor dining room in one of Hong Kong’s hottest restaurant destinations stunned the culinary world after opening in May 2018 and collecting two Michelin stars just seven month later.

Chef Maxime Gilbert plays with French and Asian textures and flavors to brilliant effect. Pan-seared lamb, for example, is served with choy sum, Shanghainese cabbage and Taiwanese spring cabbage sauteed with pickled lemon and seaweed. The whole plate is then crowned with lamb jus and black truffle.

Desserts include an impressively constructed chestnut ganache with three separate citrus fillings, the whole creation decked in delicate chocolate rings.

Ecriture, 26th floor, H Queen’s, 80 Queens Road Central, Hong Kong; +852 2795 5996

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Killer rabbits, a lost Peruvian tribe and two-martini lunches: headlines from 40 years ago

Killer rabbits, a lost Peruvian tribe and two-martini lunches: headlines from 40 years ago

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J US President Jimmy Carter being attacked by a rabbit and a house fly being blamed for a fatal freak car accident made the headlines four decades ago this week.August 26, 1979● A witness at a Vietnam-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, alleged that soldiers of ousted Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot had killed 13 children by throwing them into a pond full of crocodiles. This…

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MINI John Cooper Works Buggy to race in Dakar Rally 2018

Two different drive concepts will be used for the first time: all-wheel drive on the MINI John Cooper Works Rally and rear-wheel drive on the MINI John Cooper Works Buggy. Edition 40 of the world’s most demanding long-distance rally begins on 6 January 2018 in Lima/Peru.

The British car manufacturer MINI and the German X-raid Team have launched into the final preparation phase for the Dakar Rally 2018 with the presentation of their current racing cars. For the first time MINI and X-raid will face the challenges of the most demanding long-distance rally in the world using two different types of drive. In addition to the further advanced version of the all-wheel drive MINI John Cooper Works Rally, which, at its debut appearance, came in sixth overall at the 2017 Dakar Rally, the rear-wheel drive MINI John Cooper Works Buggy will head into the opener stage on 6 January 2018 in the Peruvian capital of Lima.

More determined than ever before, MINI and X-raid are aiming to continue their joint success story which brought them four consecutive overall victories from 2012 to 2015. “With these two cars we have the most powerful MINI family that ever raced at the Dakar Rally”, said Sebastian Mackensen, Senior Vice President of MINI, at the presentation in Paris.

The reason why a second vehicle concept was developed lies in the specifics of the Dakar Rally rules, which, in their current form, give two-wheel driven cars certain advantages. X-raid Team Manager Sven Quandt gave the go-ahead for building the MINI John Cooper Works Buggy in February 2017. “This has been the biggest project in our company’s history so far and we have worked extremely hard at it”, he said at the vehicle presentation.

The MINI John Cooper Works Buggy is powered by a 3.0 litre inline 6-cylinder diesel engine generating and output of 250 kW/340 hp and a maximum torque of 800 Nm. The transmission and drivetrain as well as the engine’s turbocharging technology, which is based on the BMW TwinPower Turbo, have been completely newly conceived. The MINI John Cooper Works Rally uses the same engine. The specially designed tubular steel frame provides maximum protection for driver and passenger in extreme situations. A specifically designed body made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) and Kevlar is stretched over the frame. The authentic buggy-look exterior has been designed in close cooperation with MINI Design and aerodynamically optimised.

The new MINI John Cooper Works Buggy has already undergone an intensive test programme over the past months which took it over different types of rally terrain for example in Hungary and Morocco. “During this time the buggy never had to stop once due to a technical problem, which is really quite remarkable”, reported Team Manager Sven Quandt. “Despite all the euphoria, we must definitely not forget the MINI John Cooper Works Rally”, Quandt added. “There are tracks and types of terrain where an all-wheel drive has advantages. What is more, our car is extremely reliable.” The targeted advancements for the MINI John Cooper Works Rally, which Argentinian Orlando Terranove raced to sixth place in the overall rankings of the 2017 Dakar Rally, includes a new chassis construction featuring greater suspension travel and weight reductions among other things.

The MINI and X-raid range for the Dakar Rally 2018 will comprise seven cars and an experienced team of drivers and co-pilots. The three MINI John Cooper Works Buggies will be piloted by Mikko Hirvonen (FIN), Bryce Menzies (USA) and Yazeed Al-Rajhi (KSA). The driver seats in the MINI John Cooper Works Rally will be occupied by Orlando Terranova (ARG), Jakub Przygonski (POL), Joan “Nani” Roma (ESP) and Boris Garafulic (CHI).

With this driver line-up and the crew of experienced organisers and technical and medical specialists, the X-raid Team will be perfectly equipped for the endurance ordeal awaiting man and machine at the 40th edition of the Dakar Rally. The anniversary edition of the long-distance rally, which is taking place in South America for the tenth time, will take the rally participants from Peru to Argentina via Bolivia. The 2018 Dakar Rally incorporates extended desert stages as well as rock and boulder fields and asphalt tracks which take the cars up to an altitude of 4000 meters in the Andes. The final stage will be completed on 20 January 2018 in Córdoba, Argentina.

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Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori -- aging and legally embattled -- will stand in the South American country's 2026 elections, his daughter announced Sunday. "My father and I have talked and decided together that he will be the presidential candidate," Keiko Fujimori, leader of the South American country's main right-wing party, said. President from 1990 to 2000, the elder Fujimori, 85, ruled Peru with an iron fist, leading a military campaign that largely defeated the Shining Path, a Maoist guerrilla group. To some, he is remembered for bolstering economic growth through his neo-liberal policies while crushing the rebels. Others recall his ruthless, authoritarian governing style. He was sent to prison in 2009 over massacres committed by army death squads in 1991 and 1992 in which 25 people, including a child, were killed in supposed anti-terrorist operations in his Shining Path campaign. Fujimori was released last year for humanitarian reasons, though it is unclear if he is eligible to stand for election because of the conviction. He was pardoned "for humanitarian reasons, but it has not eliminated his criminal responsibility or the very nature of the sentence," Ernesto Blume, a former judge on Peru's Constitutional Court, told broadcaster Canal N.

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Another cunt who should fuck off and die!

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Killer rabbits, a lost Peruvian tribe and two-martini lunches: headlines from 40 years ago

Killer rabbits, a lost Peruvian tribe and two-martini lunches: headlines from 40 years ago

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J US President Jimmy Carter being attacked by a rabbit and a house fly being blamed for a fatal freak car accident made the headlines four decades ago this week.August 26, 1979● A witness at a Vietnam-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, alleged that soldiers of ousted Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot had killed 13 children by throwing them into a pond full of crocodiles. This…