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Peru Lacks Funds To Conserve Machu Picchu & Renew Inca Trail

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                           Peru lacks funds to conserve Machu Picchu & renew Inca Trail






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Israel J. Ruiz
Oct. 22, 2008

 Budget cuts made by Peru's Ministry of Finance are forcing organizations to stop conservation, restoration and management work taking place at the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu and at other important archaeological monuments that are of touristic importance.

In a letter sent by Cecilia Bákula, the head of the National Institute for Culture (INC), the Minister of Finance, Luis Valdivieso, was warned that budget cuts were obligating organizations to stop work on historical sites and even impairing their management.

Furthermore, it was reported that these reductions in costs would keep the INC from fulfilling agreements Peru had made with UNESCO.

The effects of these reductions were recently felt when the INC had to halt reparation work after a forest fire damaged areas in Machu Picchu.

Machu Picchu is not the only site that will be affected, said the INC, affirming the conservation of other archaeological sites in Cusco along with the maintenance of museums across the region would be suspended.

These reductions will even affect the maintenance of Cusco's famous Inca Trail, an attraction that has brought thousands of tourists to the country, said the INC.

The drastic budget reduction has also cost a massive number of INC professionals in Lima, Cusco, Ica, Arequipa, and Trujillo their jobs, reported La Republica newspaper.

INC museums will no longer have security or maintenance services.

In addition, the Institute for Culture has had to stop the repatriation of archaeological artifacts recently recovered from Spain as well as from the United States, France, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador and Chile.
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