Bush daughter joins celeb stampede to Machu Picchu

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Jenna Bush has become the latest celebrity to make the pilgrimage to Machu Picchu, the Inca citadel in the Andes. The Peruvian press said that Ms. Bush, reportedly in Peru working on United Nations programs to aid children, toured the site Sunday with a friend and a 10-person security entourage, which warded off inquiring journalists. Assorted movie stars, captains of industry and other notables have visited the site in recent months, generating an international buzz about the place. Some fear the onslaught of visitors is threatening the site’s survival. The First Daughter, who seems to have an interest in Latin America, is said to be visiting other sites in Peru’s Sacred Valley as well. In 2006, her twin sister, Barbara, had her purse snatched at a Buenos Aires restaurant despite the presence of her Secret Service entourage, an embarrassing security lapse.

— Patrick J. McDonnell and Andres D’Alessandro in Buenos Aires