PEOPLE IN PERU NEED FOOD AND WATER AFTER EATHQUAKE

Univision, the large Spanish-speaking TV network, does far better a job in reporting news from Latin and South America than any American network. Its coverage of the Peru earthquake has far surpassed the meager coverage on NBC, ABC or CBS.

When you see people in Pisco stopping news reporters and cameramen on the street begging for water or food, or you watch five-year olds saying they are hungry and have not had any food in the last several days, the question arises why Bush and the United States government have not mounted an all-out disaster relief operation to help out with food and water and other life's necessities.

Once again, the U.S. ignores what is happening to its south. Almost as if the lives of Peruvians don't matter as much as those of gringos.