Peruvian Chamber of Commerce of California

Explore Peru Village Los Angeles

at PCCC meeting, mixer Feb. 7, 2013

 

 

January 19, 2013

 

Contact: Julian Hanberg
(213) 386-PERU or (310) 775-3476

 

Peru Village has come to Los Angeles.  Between Melrose, Sunset and Vine streets, local Peruvians are realizing a dream of investing in their community and expanding buying power in the area economy.  With five Peruvian restaurants established in Peru Village, Peruvians have collected more than 600 signatures in support from residents and business owners.

 

At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 7, 2013, Peruvian Chamber of Commerce of California (PCCC) Director Maria Cavero Nelson will explain Peru Village at a PCCC dinner meeting and mixer.  She will reveal how Peru Village was born, and what organizers have achieved and hope to accomplish.  Also, she will answer questions and tell listeners how they can help Peru Village.  A native of Lima, Peru, Ms. Nelson serves on the Consejo de Consulta of the Peruvian Consulate in Los Angeles.

 

The meeting will be held at Taix restaurant, at 1911 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026.  Dinner reservations are $25 per person, and may be made by contacting the PCCC at (213) 386-7378 or (310) 775-3476.

 

At the meeting, PCCC Pres. Julian Hanberg will discuss briefly his January 2013 humanitarian mission to Peru.  From January 3-15, 2013, he, PCCC Past Pres. Alfredo Sousa and Peruvian singer/songwriter Andrea Vicich brought Ms. Vicich's live show and food, clothing and medicine to Lima, Puno and Andean communities as high as 15,000 feet elevation.

 

During a broadcast on Puno station Radio Onda Azul, they presented $2,500.00 each in PCCC funds to two student-scholarship winners.  Recently, the PCCC Scholarship Committee awarded the first annual Cesar Herz Memorial Scholarships to Tanya Luz Villanueva Alvarado and Madelin Hancco Salazar.  The panel chose the honorees from among six applicants attending Universidad Nacional del Altiplano in Puno, Peru.

 

The Herz scholarships recall the PCCC founding president, a Peruvian who helped strengthen trade and cultural exchanges between Peru and the U.S.   Radio Onda Azul station manager Yovanni Manrique Ruelas helped organize the scholarship applications with help from the Catholic Bishop of Puno, Jorge Pedro Carrión Pavlich.

 

In 2012, the PCCC chose Ruth Lidia Delgado Faustino and Eduardo Reategui Monsalve, Jr., students at Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana (UNAP) Iquitos, to receive Herman L. Jesson Memorial Scholarships of $2,500.00 each.  The two students were chosen from among nine applicants.

 

The Jesson scholarships memorialize the PCCC Past President who was a pioneer in Peruvian travel and tourism.  The island of "Jessonia" is named for the explorer and travel guide who specialized in Iquitos and the Peruvian Amazon.  And, the PCCC will be awarding $2,500.00 annually in scholarship funds to each of two students attending Tricenteneria Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco.

 

Peruvian Sofia Mulanovich, the first South American to capture a world surfing title, was the guest of honor at a dinner sponsored by the PCCC in August 2012.  The program, including an awards presentation, speeches by Peruvian Consul-General Liliana Cino and other dignitaries and live entertainment, was presented at Hotel Huntington Beach.  In 2011, the PCCC saluted Peruvian boxer Kina Malpartida, the women's super featherweight world champion, with a dinner including live entertainment and speeches and presentations by Peruvian and other dignitaries.

 

Since 1977, the PCCC has been promoting trade, tourism and cultural relationships between Peru and the U.S.

 
Peruvian Chamber of Commerce of California
P.O. Box 251917
Los Angeles, CA 90025

(213) 386-PERU

(310) 775-3476

 

Maclovia Perez 
801-833-2793 
Fundadora,Coordinadora Red de Peruanos en Utah*USA* 
E-mail:redperuenutah@gmail.com 
http://redperuenutah.blogspot.com 
Corresponsal Red Democratica del Peru 
(1998-2011..) 
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Por una política exterior democrática en el Perú