La ley y el Patrimonio. Recortes

Peru drops six charges in suit By Egidio DiBenedetto Staff Reporter Published Monday, March 22, 2010 The Republic of Peru has withdrawn six of the 17 charges filed against Yale in its 2008 lawsuit demanding the return of ancient Inca artifacts removed from Machu Picchu by Yale professor Hiram Bingham III between 1911 and 1915 and now housed at Yale’s Peabody Museum. The six charges, which were dropped Feb. 26, accused Yale of committing fraud and conspiracy by intentionally working with Bingham to keep the artifacts in Yale’s possession, contrary to the 1912 Memorandum of Working Agreement between Yale and Peru. Under the agreement, Yale could study Bingham’s artifacts in New Haven while Peru would retain the legal ownership of the items; at the same time, Yale was to display the artifacts in joint exhibitions with the government of Peru, the details of which would be ultimately left up to Peruvian officials. Dropping the charges “allowed Peru to streamline its case” and focus on addre...

Connecticut court to hear Yale-Peru case By Paul Needham Staff Reporter Published Friday, August 28, 2009 The lawsuit that Peru filed against Yale in December moved closer to New Haven this summer when a federal judge in Washington ruled that his court had no jurisdiction over the matter. Now the United States District Court in Connecticut will hear the case, in which Peru argues for the return of the Inca artifacts excavated by Yale explorer Hiram Bingham III from Machu Picchu nearly a century ago. The artifacts are currently housed at the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Yale had said for months that the case should be transferred to the Connecticut court. “None of Peru’s claims have any merit,” Yale’s lawyers wrote in a motion calling for the case to be dismissed earlier this year, “but even if Peru’s claims had any merit … the District of Columbia would not be the right place to resolve them.” Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. ruled in the University’s favor on July 30. Peru’s lawyer, W...

Judge transfers Peru suit to Connecticut court By Paul Needham Staff Reporter Published Friday, July 31, 2009 Yale got its wish in court on Thursday when a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that Peru's lawsuit against the University should be heard by the United States District Court in Connecticut. After years of on-and-off negotiations, Peru filed suit against Yale in December, hoping to win the return of the Inca artifacts excavated by Yale explorer Hiram Bingham III from Machu Picchu nearly a century ago. The artifacts are now housed at the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Since Peru initiated its lawsuit, Yale has argued that the United States District Court for the District of Columbia has no jurisdiction over the matter. “None of Peru’s claims have any merit,” Yale’s lawyers wrote in a motion calling for the case to be dismissed earlier this year, “but even if Peru’s claims had any merit … the District of Columbia would not be the right place to resolve them.” Judge...

Yale objects to lawsuit location If Yale has to defend a lawsuit contesting its ownership of Inca artifacts, it would prefer to do so a little closer to campus than Washington, D.C. By Paul Needham Staff Reporter Published Monday, March 23, 2009 Earlier this month, Yale’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Peru’s government in December, claiming that Peru filed suit in the wrong court. The United States District Court in Washington, Yale says, has no jurisdiction over the matter. “None of Peru’s claims have any merit,” the motion reads. “But even if Peru’s claims had any merit … the District of Columbia would not be the right place to resolve them.” Instead, because the artifacts — excavated from Machu Picchu early in the 20th century by Yale explorer Hiram Bingham III — reside at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, the University maintains that Peru must sue in Connecticut court. William Cook, the lawyer who represents Peru in the suit, was not available for comme...

Peruvian blasts Yale As a crowd of students, faculty and even a few Peruvians hissed and clapped, Eliane Karp-Toledo, the former first lady of Peru, called for the immediate return of all Inca artifacts housed at Yale last night. By Shahla Naimi and Paul Needham Contributing Reporter, Staff Reporter, Contributing Reporter, Staff Reporter Published Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Speaking to a full house at the Yale Political Union, Karp-Toledo was characteristically outspoken; though she thanked the University for allowing her to speak, she was quick to criticize Yale for being, in her words, “the only institution that cannot recognize Peru’s ownership over the artifacts.” Eva Galvan /Staff Photographer Eliane Karp-Toledo speaks in SSS at a YPU debate on whether Yale should return all Machu Picchu artifacts to Peru. (She was in favor.) “Why the reluctance to send back the Machu Picchu artifacts immediately and unconditionally?” Karp-Toledo asked at one point during the spirited debate. “Why no...

16:22 Citan a titular del INC para informar sobre caso Yale y devolución de piezas de Machu Picchu Lima, ago. 25 (ANDINA)- La Comisión de Educación del Congreso acordó hoy citar a la titular del Instituto Nacional de Cultura (INC), Cecilia Bákula, para informar sobre el estado del caso Yale y la intervención en el santuario de San Agustín en el Cusco. Según lo aprobado, Bákula dará a conocer a la representación nacional en qué etapa se encuentra el proceso de devolución de las piezas arqueológicas de Machu Picchu que mantiene en su poder la universidad norteamericana de Yale. Asimismo, fue citada para explicar sobre la autorización que habría otorgado el INC para que se realicen algunos trabajos en el santuario de San Agustín del Cusco. De acuerdo a los legisladores, esta decisión podría ocasionar daños a dicho santuario, considerado Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación, según informó la Oficina de Comunicaciones del Parlamento. Durante la sesión, presidida por la congresista Olga Cri...

Corte de EEUU sólo transfiere el caso mas no rechazó pedido peruano 13:33 Juicio a Yale por piezas de Machu Picchu se desarrollará en Connecticut y no en Washington Abogado contratado por Estado peruano se muestra optimista En Connecticut se desarrollará juicio contra U. de Yale por devolución de piezas arqueológicas extraídas de ciudadela Machu Picchu. Foto: Andina/Archivo Lima, jul. 31 (ANDINA)- La demanda de Perú contra la Universidad de Yale por la tenencia de las piezas arqueológicas extraídas de Machu Picchu, se desarrollará en una Corte de Connecticut y no en Washington DC, según ordenó en la víspera la Corte Federal de esta última ciudad. El Perú presentó a fines de abril de este año un recurso insistiendo en la pertinencia de que el juicio contra la Universidad de Yale se desarrolle en las cortes del Distrito de Columbia, en Washington. Sin embargo, la Universidad de Yale interpuso un reclamo alegando que el Distrito de Columbia no tenía jurisdicción sobre el asunto y pid...

En Vísperas del Primer Centenario del “DESCUBRIMIENTO (?)” de Macchu Picchu: Universidad de Yale a Punto de Apropiarse de MILES de Piezas Arqueológicas del Cuzco - Perú. EL GOBIERNO PERUANO DESISTE SEIS CARGOS EN DEMANDA CONTRA LA UNIVERSIDAD DE YALE Dr. Hugo Ludeña En los próximos días, la Corte Federal de Connecticut resolverá la demanda judicial que el gobierno del Perú presentó en los Estados Unidos para que la Universidad de Yale devuelva las colecciones arqueológicas de Machu Picchu. La Universidad de Yale retiene esta coleccion desde 1916 en el Peabody Museum of Natural History de esa universidad, en un insólito e inaceptable caso de secuestro de patrimonio cultural del Perú. Ante la reiterada negativa de el museo Pebody de devolver las colecciones que le fueron prestadas temporalmente en 1916 para su estudio científico, el gobierno peruano anunció varias veces que se vería en la necesidad de solicitar su devolución mediante una demanda judicial. Per...

Las Maniobras de la Universidad de Yale Para Apropiarse de las Colecciones Arqueológicas de Macchu Picchu por Dr. Hugo R. Ludeña Fotos por A. Ludeña El 7 de marzo de 2008 un grupo de intelectuales de las más prestigiosas universidades y centros académicos de los Estados Unidos y del Perú le remitieron al Presidente Alan García, una Carta Abierta de protesta, al haber tomado conocimiento de un “Memorando de Entendimiento” suscrito entre un representante del Perú y el Presidente de la Universidad de Yale, con relación a la devolución de las Colecciones Arqueológicas de Machu Picchu. El Memorando había permanecido en secreto durante más de seis meses y solo se habían difundido algunos de los capítulos de una versión distorsionada y antojadiza emitida por los voceros de la Universidad de Yale y del Ministro de Vivienda del Perú. Llamaba la atención que un documento tan importante, que se suponía que serviría para poner fin a la casi centenaria controversia entre la...