Peru's Capital rich colonial architecture heritage

El establecimiento del virreinato transformó la ciudad de Lima en el principal centro político y administrativo de América del Sur. Durante este período, se construyeron importantes iglesias, monasterios, mansiones y balcones. La llegada de la modernidad no transformó el centro histórico, que es reconocido como Patrimonio de la Humanidad.

Museos con grandes obras de arte, sitios arqueológicos, playas, paseo marítimo, valles, reservas naturales, vida nocturna, la emoción de los deportes de aventura y la exquisita gastronomía dan a la capital de Perú una auténtica personalidad y hacen del turismo en Lima una experiencia única e inolvidable.

 

 

Lima's history predates the colonial presence in the country. The establishment of the viceroyalty transformed the city into the main political and administrative center of South America. During this period, significant churches, monasteries, mansions and balconies were built. The arrival of modernity didn’t transform the historic center, which is recognized as a World Heritage Site.

Museums with great works of art, archaeological sites, beaches, the boardwalk, valleys, natural reserves, the nightlife, the thrill of adventure sports, and the exquisite cuisine gives Peru’s capital an authentic personality and makes tourism in Lima a unique experience in the country.

 

  

 

SEIU COPE EDUCATES

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
SEIU is a labor union representing almost 1.9 million workers in over 100 occupations in the United States and Canada.



Committee on Political Education (COPE)
COPE is a voluntary, bipartisan Political Action Committee for political and legislative activities at SEIU Local 721. Through COPE, we hold elected officials accountable to working families. COPE also makes it possible for our union to build the political power necessary to win strong contracts and to pass laws protecting both our jobs and the services we provide.

Chair: Lydia Cabral, lcabral@seiu721.org
Meetings: 6 PM on the third Thursday of every month.
Location: SEIU Local 721, 1545 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90017

 

WAKAYAMA - TOURISTIC HIDDEN GEM OF JAPAN

Wakayama is a Japanese prefecture in the Kansai region, on Honshū island's Kii Peninsula. Its namesake capital is home to Wakayama Castle, an Edo-period replica set in a hilltop park with city views. 

Castillo de Wakayama

 Pilgrimage routes connect a trio of Shinto shrines collectively known as Kumano Sanzan. More than 100 temples rest among the peaks of Mount Kōya, where Shingon Buddhism is headquartered.

Wakayama Castle

 Wakayama es una prefectura japonesa en la región de Kansai, en la península Kii de la isla de Honshū.

 Catarata Nachi Waterfall

Su capital, también llamada Wakayama, alberga el Castillo de Wakayama, una réplica del período de Edo fijada en un parque de la cumbre con vistas de la ciudad.

Engetsuto is an islet with a full moon shaped cave hole in the middle. A sunset over the islet is beautiful to see.

Las rutas de peregrinación conectan un trío de santuarios sintoístas conocidos colectivamente como Kumano Sanzan. Más de 100 templos descansan entre los picos del Monte Kōya, donde el Shingon Buddhism tiene su sede

Serene landscapes

 Wakayama and Peru look alike a little
Wakayama y Peru se parecen un poco

JAPON-PERU LAZOS HISTORICOS

El Perú es uno de los países latinoamericanos donde se percibe una mayor huella de la cultura japonesa. El origen lo encontramos a finales del siglo XIX, cuando se iniciaron las relaciones diplomáticas entre Perú y Japón. Fue durante la época de la era Meiji cuando se establecieron esas relaciones diplomáticas que harían de Perú el primer país latinoamericano en recibir inmigración nipona. 

En 1899 el barco Sakaru Maru trasportó a 790 japoneses (la mayoría procedentes de Okinawa) hasta el puerto del Callao, con el fin de trabajar en las haciendas desempeñando labores agrícolas. Tras esa primera oleada llegaron nuevos grupos de inmigrantes japoneses. La presión de los negocios japoneses contra los peruanos provocó que a principios de los años 3o surgieran protestas y campañas contrarias a los inmigrantes, lo que llevó a que el presidente Óscar R. Benavides limitara el ingreso de japoneses. No fue mejor la situación de los inmigrantes y sus descendientes durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en la que muchos de los ciudadanos peruanos procedentes de Japón fueron perseguidos y, en muchos casos, enviados a Estados Unidos y forzados a ser recluidos en campos de trabajo.

 

Actualmente es la segunda comunidad japonesa más numerosa de América Latina (por detrás de la de Brasil), estimándose más de 100.000 personas descendientes de japoneses. También hay que destacar que las relaciones peruano-japonesas también se extienden al País del Sol Naciente, donde se registran más de 50.000 peruanos de origen japonés. La mayoría de ellos descienden de los inmigrantes japoneses que llegaron a Perú a finales del siglo XIX.

 

BRIAN TAGGART WANTED SCREEN WRITER

Brian is known for his screen writing work for the movies: Wanted: Dead or Alive, Poltergeist III, Omen IV, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane and several television series.
























Dutch actor Rutger Hauer has an international reputation for playing everything from romantic leads to action heroes to sinister villains.

His most memorable performances were in the movie Blade Runner (1982), The Hitcher (1986), True Blood.



 

 

 

 

 

 



ALEX MONTY CANAWATI AND THE GOSTS BEHIND THE SCENES

Alex Monty Canawati
 

Alex M. Canawati was the director of Return to Baylon. A movie that was photographed with a hand-cranked camera and scored with music of the roaring twenties.  This silent film strings together the lives of the most famous and infamous stars of the 1920s, including Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, Clara Bow, Lupe Vélez, Fatty Arbuckle, and William Desmond Taylor.

Maria Conchita Alonzo

Return to Babylon was based off of a short film Mr. Canawati had made back in 2001, called “Birth of Babylon.”

Birth of Babylon is a short “one reeler” about the true life murder mystery and scandal of silent film director William Desmond Taylor.  The case is still unsolved. 

The film won the grand prize award at a Los Angeles film festival and a huge party was thrown to celebrate it. 

Canawati met actress Maria Conchita Alonso at this party. She urged him to do another silent film with her.  So that led to the “Lupe Velez” scandal, and eventually RETURN TO BABYLON was born, which showcases a number of other true life Hollywood silent tragedies and scandals.  

Canawati and his producer discovered 19 rolls of  film abandoned on the Hollywood Boulevad sidewalk one afternoon. Deciding it was a twist of fate, the pair began writing the movie that would utilize the old black and white film.

 

According to some of the cast, including Jennifer Tilly and Debi Mazar, it wasn’t long before strange things began happening on the set of this film. Actors reported feeling otherworldly, oppressive entities lurking about, and in some cases many of the crew claimed to have been reached out and grabbed by unseen hands more than a few times. This bizarre activity continued on for the duration of principal photography.

 

What the actors didn’t know was that Canawati and his editor had started to notice strange things in the editing room. Mysterious figured began appearing in the negatives; sometimes they were just bizarre shadows, but other times they were much less ambiguous.

  Alex M. Canawati: The film has a phenomenal cast.

Debi Mazar with Madonna

"Debi Mazar, has been in so many great films and always stands out.  She was cast in Bullet’s Over Broadway as Chaz Palmentari’s girlfriend. "

Tilly in the "Wife of Chucky"

"Jennifer Tilly has been in so many great films; perhaps my favorite performance of hers was in Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway” where she played an outlandishly shrill gangster’s mol cum actress."

 

Laura Harring, completely enthralled me with her role in David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive.”

Ione with John Cusak

Ione Skye played a preacher’s wife on the brilliant television show Arrested Development.

Tippi Hedren, I won’t even dare try to make reference to her career, everyone has seen “Marnie” and “The Birds”, every one who cares for cinema knows how amazing she is… just legendary, that word has almost disappeared completely from the vernacular of modern day cinema, but in this film it is not only celebrated, but utilized.

Rolonda and Sandra Bullock

Rolonda Watts stands out in my film that was a fantastic introduction to her. Today she is a successful TV show host.

 

MARIA CONCHITA ALONSO IN RETURN TO BABYLON