On Saturday, April 5, Peru lost one of its greatest popular artists, bearer of a tradition that, through the years, he spread and defended with talent and creativity. In times when Creole music -music from the Peruvian coast- is being modernized haphazardly or is concentrating on its most trivial as
We continue with our weekly deliveries, in which we remember the life and work of those thinkers, professionals and scientists, men and women, who shaped academic training from their different specialties , and whose names are currently used to identify colleges, institutes and universities. The val
The last few weeks have seen an avalanche of triumphalism from different areas and with different styles and nuances:from the poetic bombast of rancid political leaders, in search of points for their personal interests , to the subtleties of the conventional press that stimulated the bannering of ho
In Surquillo, a well-known and prestigious private Catholic school has been operating since 1956, under the motto Evangelizing the poorest of the Mission Company of Vincentian Fathers, installed in more than 50 countries on five continents. The religious figure of Saint Vincent de Paul is intimately
Each country has, among its illustrious characters, those who represent its historical memory, the permanent and inexhaustible sources of information and memory of our past, which serve as reference material, available For those who want to know how other times happened, forceful and reliable. Read,
During this week, hundreds of teachers are attending the conferences, round tables, seminars and workshops offered by the V International Conference on Education Encinas 2014, which Derrama Magisterial organizes every two years since 2006, in Lima. This time, one of the best-known emblematic educati
Last Friday the Encinas Congress closed in its fifth edition. Spill Magisterial organizes this academic event every two years since 2006, in order to provide useful pedagogical tools for education professionals. More than 800 professors from Lima and the provinces participated in the dozens of lectu
Dear teachers:for the New Year holidays, Spill Magisterial will give each associate who manages their credits from S/. 1,000.00, a copy of Maestra vida , the work of Guilleromo Thorndike in which the story of the foundation of SUTEP and the leadership life of the Moqueguano teacher Horacio Zeballos
The history of our country always praises its heroes -Grau, Bolognesi, Olaya, Cáceres- but almost never gives the same space and devotion to its heroines, perhaps as a lag unaware of the macho idiosyncrasy that still governs large sectors of Peruvian society. Only a few names like Micaela Bastidas a
His name identifies a well-known school in the largest district of Lima, San Juan de Lurigancho. Master of masters in the musical art, he is one of our most important and internationally known artists, author of one of the melodies that most represent us in the world. There are those who have come t
Lime celebrates tomorrow, January 18 , 479 years since its foundation Spanish. As every year, celebrations, activities, reports and memories of the Lima that was are prepared, but little is said about its history. In this note we tell you a little about how Lima was conceived since Francisco Pizarro
The historian, sociologist and political analyst Nelson Manrique (Huancayo, 1947) is one of the most lucid voices in contemporary Peruvian columnism. His notes, which for decades have appeared in the most important written media in our country, always have a broad point of view, with multiple and en
For the third consecutive year, the National Library of Peru calls for the Peruvian Art History Course Program , which will take place from this Monday, January 27 to Friday, February 21. Outstanding artists and experts in the evolution of national art make up the list of teachers who will carry out
More than three decades ago, there was a private school in Magdalena del Mar, administered by the also deceased Federation of Bank Employees (FEB) that responded to the name of Alejandro Octavio Deustua . Few knew then -as few know now- that this name was intimately linked to the development of educ
Those who knew him affirm that he was one of the people most genuinely concerned about improving education in our country. Faithful to his Jesuit formation, he remarked more than once that the great error of our education is that it had become a business and that schools, less and less, cared less a
After the successful presentation of the first five volumes of the Peruvian Educational Thought Collection (see it here), which took place last August at the Lima International Book Fair, Spill Magisterial again attracted the attention of the Lima academic community with five new volumes of this mon
Every Peruvian, man and woman, who is between 25 and 85 years old knows exactly what the name “Libro Coquito” means. . Teachers and students, parents and children have been in contact at some point in their lives with this line of texts to learn to read and write. Many generations have used it in i
In Barranco, one of the best-known educational institutions has a womans name. Educator, defender of womens rights to education and work, fighter character and example of life. The traditional imprint of her among the young Barranquinas neighbors continues to this day, despite the fact that the negl
In all professions there are unsung heroes. Characters of deep human quality and unforgettable imprint that left their mark on their professional activity and marked their families and friends with fire for their kindness and simplicity. Despite possessing an immense wealth of knowledge and experien
One of the most important editorial events of recent times will take place this Friday, December 13, from 5pm., in the Auditorium of the College of Engineers of Huaraz (Jr. Simón Bolívar 680, next to the SUNAT offices). This is the presentation of the Complete Anthropological Work Collection of Jo
On October 21, 1934, LA PRENSA of Buenos Aires was kind enough to host my first article on its pages, on the discovery I made of the Mochicas ideographic writing system. To verify this theory, of a revolutionary nature, I have already compiled thousands of archaeological documents, which have contri
The National Symbols - flag, coat of arms, seal and anthem - implemented by Law No. 5,700, of September 1, 1971, represent the union of our country. Included in the Constitution, they have great historical value and identify the Brazilian nation. Together, they signal the nations sense of unity as
The Brazilian Independence Anthem was written by journalist and politician Evaristo da Veiga (1799-1837) in August 1822. His poetry initially received the title of Brazilian Constitutional Anthem, being set to music by maestro Marcos Antônio da Fonseca Portugal (1760-1830). Independence Hymn Lyric
Washington Luis was considered the last president of the period that became known as the Old Republic. Washington created the free food markets Biography Born in Rio de Janeiro, in the city of Macaé, on October 26, 1869, however, he considered himself a paulista and made his political career in th