27 Apr 2019
Máxima
A multi-billion-dollar mining project is launched by the American Newmont Mining Corporation and lays claim to the land belonging to Preuvian highlander Máxima Acuña.
Glimpses of Peru
This Traveltalk series short brings us to Lima, Peru where we see a modern city.
Top Billed Cast
James A. FitzPatrick Narrator (voice)
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Historic Maryland 
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