According to LaRepublica.pe, a fake website for the candidate of Gana Peru Ollanta Humala was hacked earlier today. It was created by anonymous users and distorted the image and beliefs of Mr. Humala. The website was called www.ollantaporperu.pe. On the website, Humala was labeled as a “socialist” and “death to imperialism.” Also, a banner appeared linking Humala to Hugo Chavez. LaRepublica.pe reports that this was an attempt to discredit Mr. Humala including attempts from Fujimori supporters through fake phone calls called ‘Fujillamadas.’Read Article
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Through an investigation by latinamericancurrentevent.com it appears that there is no registered site called www.ollantaporperu.pe. A further check revealed that the apparently hacked site was called www.ollantaporperu.com The ownership is registered as private. Below is a picture of the site which was allegedly hacked.
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Congresswoman Keiko Fujimori – conservative daughter of former right-wing President Alberto Fujimori, who is currently serving a 25-year sentence for corruption and human rights abuses – ended the race in a statistical tie with retired military officer Ollanta Humala, with the final surveys giving the left-leaning populist a slight edge. Read Article
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Alan Garcia condemned the terrorist attack Choquetira town, which troops killed Huilber Angeles Casio, Alban Towers and Zózimo Rusber Huamán Cuyo. The president, Alan García Pérez, condemned the terrorist attack last night in Cusco , in which troops killed Huilber Angeles Casio, Alban Towers and Zózimo Rusber Huamán Cuyo. “We mourn the martyrs of democracy, […]
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F-AIR 2011, an international aeronautics fair, is to have more than 10 countries including the U.S., Brazil, Venezuela and Peru participating to display the technological advances in the field of aeronautics in each country.The fair will be held in Rionegro, Antioquia at the Aeropuerto Internacional José María Córdoba. According to the article from infodefensa.com, Colombia […]
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•A study by Cepal states that China invested $15.251 billion USD in 2010, which was 9% of Latin American income making it the third investor in the region per opinon.eluniversal.com. •99% of Chinese investment was focused on Argentina and Brazil in 2010. •In 2011, China is planning to invest $22.74 billion dollars with Brazil receiving […]
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Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) said Monday that eleven mining projects worth more than US$16.5 billion are currently underway around the country after the approval of their respective environmental impact studies. According to MEM’s monthly bulletin, four of these projects will begin operations in 2011 and 2012. Read Article
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The newly-appointed Peruvian Ambassador to Qatar, Julio Florian, said his country hopes to establish strong relations with Qatar in terms of bilateral trade and cultural field and for both nations to have a common political goal. The Peruvian embassy opened its doors in March 2011 in parallel to another one in Kuwait and a General […]
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Peru and Japan on Tuesday signed a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) which will promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment between the two countries. The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was inked by Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto and Peruvian Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Eduardo Ferreyros in Tokyo. Read Article
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Two German tourists, who suffered respiratory problems when climbing the mountains of Vilcanota, at the height of Mount Ausangate, located in the annex to Chicca, Combapata district, province of Canchis Cusco, were rescued by police that led them to a private clinic. Read Article
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The Interior Minister, Miguel Hidalgo Medina, said the residents of the southern Puno, concentrated in the capital of the region, began way back to their communities after a meeting held by its leaders in the highland town. Read Article
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The National Civil Defense Institute (Indeci) today recommended the use of warm clothing and waterproof thermal (sweaters, gloves, hat) and to protect children and the elderly to the frost from the night will be presented in Puno, forecast weather. INDECI indicated that, compared to abrupt changes in temperature, cover the head, face and mouth to […]
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After two days, a group of firefighters resactaron Miguel Size (35) and Aldo Melendez Palacios (33). Ambos fueron trasladados al hospital de Nazca (Ica). Both were taken to hospital in Nazca (Ica). Artisanal miners since last Friday were trapped inside the mine adit rACC rACC in the district of Santa Lucia, province of Lucanas ( […]
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The chairman of the Natural Resources Defense of the Southern Region, Walter Aduviri said the Aymara nation “will not lift the strike” The Defence Committee of Natural Resources of the Southern Region of Puno continue its indefinite strike last night even though the executive authorities agreed to suspend for one year highland mining concessions and […]
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Tourism to the islands of the Uros, located on Lake Titicaca shared by Peru and Bolivia, fell on Sunday by anti-mining strike heeded in the border region of Puno. Read Article Reports are indicating that tourists are not able to enter Puno or Lake Titicaca and there is no movement between Peru and Bolivia.
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Indigenous protesters opposed to a Canadian company’s plans for silver mine in the southern highlands of Peru sacked public buildings and set fire to several vehicles in the regional capital of Puno Thursday. Read Article
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The security measures are heightened in the Alejandro Velasco Astete airport in Cusco after the discovery yesterday of a grenade and a stick of dynamite in one of the bathrooms at the airport, Gastón Rodríguez said Colonel Limo, police chief of the Cusco region. Read Article The article indicated there were flights cancelled and people […]
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On Monday, a court sentenced 31 years in prison to the American William Trickett Smith II, accused of murdering his Peruvian wife and after having put the body in a suitcase, throw it into the sea 2007. The Criminal Division for prison inmates convicted Trickett, after he pleaded guilty on Thursday to qualify for the […]
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(Guardian (UK) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) It was reported in the last week that China’s sovereign wealth fund is about to receive new capital from the government, adding billions of dollars annually to its already impressive wallet. As China’s economic power continues to grow and countries around the world compete for Chinese investment, the question […]
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Research shows that Incas built citadels such as Machu Picchu after the earlier achievement of agriculture at high altitudes through the use of llama dung. Manure from llama herds provided fertiliser which enabled corn to be cultivated at very high altitudes, allowing the Inca civilisation to flourish in the Andes and conquer much of South […]
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Peru’s President Alan Garcia on an official visit to Ecuador on Friday proposed “to reduce progressively the militarization” of the border as a show of confidence reached by both countries in the last century fought three wars and territorial disputes. Read Article
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The Government of Costa Rica on Friday described as a “major challenge” his election to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the UN and thanked all countries that provided support. “Costa Rica appreciated the support and take responsibility for the Council with great commitment and a challenge of great magnitude,” he said in a statement […]
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The module of the Institute of Legal Medicine of Tingo Maria received modern forensic equipment, which will greatly help to expedite the investigations of crime in the area and also provide a more accurate about the cases filed, according to Huber Villarruel Quispe the city medical examiner. Read Article
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The police officers of the Drug Enforcement National Police of Peru (DIRANDRO-PNP) took the Peruvian Victor Hugo Castro Moreno, 46, and a Colombian citizen Jhon Alexander Giraldo Cardona, 25, to find seven kilos of cocaine his room at the Hostal Sebastian Inn, in the district of Lince, Lima. Read Article With other Cases
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The genetic manipulation of foods derived from GMOs are harmful to the health of people, said the engineer Hugo Huamaní Yupanqui, an expert on the subject. Therefore warned that the Government’s intention to open the market for such products would be very dangerous for the population. Read Article
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Three men accused of robbing and killing a farmer in the district were captured by Zamugari VRAE commoners, who were nearly lynched. The rapid intervention of the staff of the Anti-Drug Directorate (DIRANDRO) of Palmapampa National Police of Peru (PNP) was able to save them. Read Article
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Bumar Group, holding company of the Polish defense industry, participated in the lounge SITDEF (11 to 15 May), highlighting the third time for the Peruvian armed forces and anti-aircraft missiles tank. Bumar Group has guided anti-tank ammunition SPIKE-LR, 122-mm missiles for the system fragmentation BM21 GRAD-demolition of fragmentation increased (Spall), container to plant mines (silver), […]
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The Israeli company Rafael exhibited during the show Peruvian SITDEF 2011, and other advanced systems, weapons station RCWS Samson on armored combat car ASPRO Armor Protection System. Read Article
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Peru’s textiles and apparel industry is poised for strong gains in 2011, driven by strong consumption and buoyant exports, according to Jose Luis Peroni, president of the apparel committee of Peru’s leading textiles association Acotex. Read Article
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In a stand of primary rainforest in Peru’s Amazon region, giant trees with spreading buttress roots rise up to a canopy where their thick branches are laden with ferns, bromeliads, and other clinging vegetation. The air buzzes with the sound of insects, and parakeets screech to each other as they forage for fruit in the […]
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Left-winger Ollanta Humala’s past ties to Venezuela’s fiery President Hugo Chavez are haunting him, even though he has tried to recast himself as a moderate ahead of Peru’s presidential election run-off on June 5. Read Article
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Mancora calm district, twice thwarted the theft of personal belongings several tourists an American, speaking to one of the subjects was taken to the Precinct to the proceedings of the case. 1.The watchmen noticed that in the area of beaches, off Playa El Amor, three men tried to steal the belongings of the couple of […]
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Wikileaks cables released on Saturday indicated that the leftist candidate Ollanta Humala received funding from Venezuela in 2006 and the right environment Keiko Fujimori planned in 2006 the return of former President Alberto Fujimori. Read Article
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The Peruvian government is sending a high-level commission to solve the social conflict that erupted last week in the southern Andean region of Puno, on the border with Bolivia, against the mining concessions. Read Article
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Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is in Peru accompanying presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori on a campaign swing. The candidate told reporters in the northern city of Trujillo that she invited Giuliani to advise her on citizen security. Read Article
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German tourist Pilar Sophia Chalalla received a brain injury after falling from a horse. She was emergency evacuated to a clinic and had been on a tour at an archaeological site in the Moray district of Maras in Cusco province. She is a volunteer with NGO, Munaycha which has projects in Chicon. Read Article
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A new robbery occurred in the Starbucks coffee chain, this time in Pueblo Libre in Lima. A U.S. citizen was victimized when three assailants entered the establishment. Two females distracted staff while a male assailant snatched all the belongings of American tourist, Joseph Bring Bolanski while he was sitting at a table. Taken in the […]
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A total of 157 victims of criminal groups engaged in trafficking in patterns of sexual and labor exploitation have been rescued between January and April this year by members of the Division against Trafficking (Divintrap) National Police of Peru (PNP). Read Article
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There is apprehension that Peru’s stellar economic performance of the last five years is about to hit turbulence as voters face what the country’s revered author Mario Vargas Llosa has called “a choice between terminal cancer and AIDS.” Read Article
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Ananea District Municipality sponsored the 157th Anniversary District fair where the successful breeding of camelids (alpaca and llama) was celebrated as a major contributor to the local economy. As there are roughly 120,000 camelids in the region, the municipality shut down other markets during the fair (such as cattle) to focus on creating traditional camelid […]
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The Shining Path claimed another life this week. According to Info Región, Juan Carlos Romero Rojas, 21, was seized from his home in the village of Caimito Monday the 2nd, around midnight and was taken to nearby Pucayacu just hours later. There the Sendenistas bound his feet and shot Romero in the head by the […]
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Right-wing lawmaker Keiko Fujimori is in a virtual tie with left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala a month before Peru’s presidential election, a poll showed on Wednesday, driving stocks higher. Read Article
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A reporter who openly criticized regional government officials in northwestern Peru has been killed in a hail of gunfire, a Latin American press watchdog group has said. Julio Castillo Narvaez, who headed the newscast at Radio Ollantay in the northern city of Viru, was a fierce critic of regional authorities, the Lima-based Press and Society […]
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A “Burri” from Lithuania (European country), who arrived a few days ago as a tourist, was killed reventársele of 60 capsules containing cocaine that had taken it out of the country. Guntis purins is Latuijas (25) who, at 5:30 pm on Friday, suffered convulsions in a hotel and was taken by his compatriot Kalendaova Laura […]
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Consumer prices rose 0.68 percent in April from the prior month, the second quickest pace since June 2008, Peru’s national statistics agency said today. Monthly inflation accelerated 0.70 percent in March and was forecast to rise 0.48 percent in April, according the median estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Read Article
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On 10 April, Peruvians went to the polls in the first round of the country’s presidential elections. No candidate obtained the 50 per cent share necessary to assume the job outright, and so in just over a month Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori will go head to head in a contest that has ramifications far […]
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Deforestation around the Amazon River in Peru has increased six-fold in recent years as miners, driven by record gold prices, blast and clear huge tracts of lowland rainforest, according to a Duke University led study. Read Article
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The number of journalists in jail in Peru rose to two when Paul Garay Ramírez, a programme producer for Visión 47 TV and a correspondent for Radio La Exitosa, was sentenced to three years in prison by a court in the east-central region of Ucayali on 19 April for allegedly defaming a prosecutor. Read Article
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Magnitude 4.8 – PERU-ECUADOR BORDER REGION 2011 April 25 22:22:19 UTC Versión en Español DetailsSummaryMapsScientific & TechnicalEarthquake Details This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude 4.8 Date-Time Monday, April 25, 2011 at 22:22:19 UTC Monday, April 25, 2011 at 05:22:19 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 2.873°S, 77.408°W […]
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Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (“the Company” or “Buenaventura”) (NYSE: BVN; Lima Stock Exchange: BUE.LM), Peru’s largest publicly-traded precious metals mining company announced today that operations resumed on April 25, 2011 at the Company’s operating unit Uchucchacua after the conclusion of a road blockage that initially started as a strike on April 4, 2011. This […]
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In July, Machu Picchu, Peru’s biggest tourist attraction, will mark its 100th anniversary of rediscovery. Hiram Bingham III, a Yale professor, came upon the vine-covered ruins on July 24, 1911. Here, then, as we lead up to the century mark, are 100-plus facts about Machu Picchu, its country, its history and its players. We will […]
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Peru’s nationalist presidential candidate Ollanta Humala is running ahead of conservative Keiko Fujimori, daughter of jailed former leader Alberto Fujimori, leading up to the June 5 election, said a poll published on Sunday. Read Article
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The victims of forced sterilization program that the IMF demanded that the president Fujimori seeking justice in the Peruvian courts. She was 30 when I had the operation and since then I almost useless in the field, “says Cléofl Neira, 50, from the door of her adobe house. In Yanguil, a village a few hundred […]
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The Peruvian police force suppressed a popular uprising in the province of Oyón on Sunday. The evacuation of 300 villagers who were blocking a mining venture in Buenaventura left one person dead and thirteen injured. According to reports from the National Radio Coordinator, around 600 police units broke down the blockade that the villagers had […]
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For Ruben Vargas, an analyst on security and drug trafficking, the Army and National Police of Peru must work in a coordinated manner, to join forces and analyze all the information they have to confront and weaken the Sendero Luminoso. “It would be interesting that the armed forces to share and discuss with the police […]
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The agents involved in the fight against drug trafficking, the Rural Patrol Unit Motor (UMOPAR), entered a surprise in the town of Manchuria, in the district of Monzon, and destroyed two giant labs basic rustic pasta cocaine (PBC). The operation began at 3 am, when the troops reached the area by land. According to investigations, […]
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The capital of our country has about 25 stolen vehicles every day, mostly for being parked on the street. De esta cifra, solo el 79 por ciento son recuperados. Of this number, only 79 percent are recovered. Read Article
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This video shows a young boy, age 10, how to steal from stores. Video shows boy going into a story and stealing money from the cash register as the family works as lookouts.
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The director of Andean Sanctuaries Museum of Arequipa, José Antonio Chávez said that nearly 1,000 visitors, domestic and foreign projects to receive this complex, where the mummy Juanita or Lady of Ampato during the long Easter holiday. Read Article
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A conservation area covering a mere 23.5 hectares has become a refuge for a unique and endangered animal species in the northeastern Peruvian region of San Martín: the Andean titi monkey. This wilderness preserve was created by a local woman who singlehandedly set out to re-establish a small area of native forest. Read Article
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Yesterday afternoon the Central Government declared a state of emergency in the Ucayali , which is devastated by the rains , his press office in El Comercio. It was urgent and, when it is released today or tomorrow in the official gazette “El Peruano” – help must come soon. In El Comercio published on Sunday […]
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Textiles and rope fragments found in a Peruvian cave have been dated to around 12,000 years ago, making them the oldest textiles ever found in South America, according to a report in the April issue of Current Anthropology. Read Article
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The enormous segment of Amazonian rainforest that covers over half of the country has always been an issue of contention for Peru due to the number of indigenous tribes that inhabit it. As early as the 16th century, the Peruvian Amazon has been linked to the world market, providing such products as timber, rubber and […]
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Since May 1, LAN Peru will discontinue flights from Lima to Cartagena, Colombia, adjustment is also due to the redefinition of the strategy of the airline in the Colombian market after acquiring Airways Regional Integration (AIRES) in November 2010 . “Given the importance of destination for our passengers, LAN (…) ensures that the service will […]
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Peru’s benchmark stock index .IGRA fell more than 3 percent on Monday after left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala won the first round of Peru’s presidential election. The currency only weakened slightly. Read Article
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Nationalist leader reached 33% of the national electoral preference, followed by Keiko Fujimori with 22%. Kuczynski is very close to 19%, while Toledo ranked fourth with 15.3% and Luis Castillo followed with 9.5%, according to exit poll results. Read Article
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Peru has one of the fastest-growing economies in the Americas, healthy international reserves and record high exports. Conventional wisdom would suggest that voters in the South American nation would be reluctant to rock the boat. Read Article
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Some 20 million Peruvians are to head to the polls on Sunday for a tight presidential election, in which four candidates are regarded as having good chances of making it to the June 5 runoff. Polls have showed that none of the 10 candidates were expected to reach the threshold of half the vote needed […]
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Two women were arrested last night by stealing a backpack from a couple of Spanish tourists which was committed a few days ago. The tourists had been on a bus to Lima from Guayaquil.Read Article
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A 31 old man was apparently decapitated while working at the Maxima factory in Surquillo. The accident is under investigation According to initial reports, the subject was driving a forklift at the time of accident. Read Article
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A second person died Thursday following a clash between Peruvian police and protesters who were demonstrating against the stalled Tia Maria copper project owned by Southern Copper Corp. (SCCO), TV station Canal N reported. Read Article
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Two Venezuelan opposition leaders said today in Lima on the apparent influence of Hugo Chavez and his political project in the Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, who leads polls of voting intentions for next Sunday’s elections. Read Article
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Peruvian presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo on Tuesday used the anniversary of a 1992 presidential power grab to attack leftist candidate Ollanta Humala. Read Article
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The Constitutional Court upheld the claim against Emergency Decree No. 061-2010 that, by amending the Consumer Protection Code , restricting the right of consumers of domestic services to endorse or transfer the ownership of the service purchased or delay implementation. Read Article
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In order to curb crime in Juliaca , capital of the Province of San Roman, Puno , the city’s jurisdiction install 30 surveillance cameras later than 15 days. Cameras will be placed in areas where crime has been mapped. Read Article
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Russia has delivered two Mi-35P Hind E attack helicopters to Peru under a contract to provide the South American country with air power to combat cocaine production and terrorism. The disassembled helicopters were delivered to Peru on board a Russian An-124-100 Condor transport plane. Read Article
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In the middle of the night on Thursday a pirate or fake taxi picked up an Australian tourist in the center of Lima and her husband to go to the airport. The suspect who has a history of rape and robbery, kidnapped and robbed the victim who resisted and was shot in the stomach. She […]
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Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, demanded on Thursday the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, not to interfere in the campaign for elections on April 10 in Peru, local media reported. Read Article
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A Peruvian agricultural consortium has told Agraria.pe the country’s average agricultural wage could rise from US$15 to US$30 per day in 10 years, with continued labor shortages expected as the industry expands. Peruvian Agro Consortium (COPERAGRO) manager Ángel Manero said as the agricultural industry grows it will reach a stage where wages are the same […]
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Peru is about the tightest presidential election in its history. In the absence of 10 days to the April 10 elections, no fewer than five candidates have with chance of advancing to a runoff. Polls released last weekend agree that the clear advantage he enjoyed a month ago the president Alejandro Toledo has evaporated and […]
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Peru’s government has secretly admitted that 70-90% of its mahogany exports were illegally felled, according to a US embassy cable revealed by Wikileaks. Furthermore, Peru’s government is aware that the illegal timber is being ‘laundered’ using ‘document falsification, timber extraction outside the concession boundaries and links to bribes’. Read Article
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Government authorized the intervention of the armed forces in support of the National Police, as part of protests against the mining project Tia Maria in Arequipa. Read Article
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A total of 25 people attempted to commit suicide, mainly for family reasons, economic and sentimental, so far this year, as recorded entertainment that manages the mental health area of the Regional Health Directorate by Puno Reynaldo Luna. Read Article
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A Siamese guinea pig with eight legs, four ears, three eyes and a head born in Chilca district in the province of Huancayo, Junin region. Read Article
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The construction works at the airport in Pisco to begin within a month. The works comprise the construction of passenger terminal and cargo terminal. And a platform for aircraft parking and care that will extend over an area of about 24.500 m2. For this project, the consortium of companies GBHI Investments, will invest $ 40 […]
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Peruvian President Alan Garcia announced on Sunday plans for Peru, Colombia, Mexico and Chile to create a new economic bloc, in an interview with El Tiempo. Garcia told the Colombian newspaper that plans are in place for the leaders of each nation to meet in Lima on May 2 in order to set out a […]
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The body of Peruvian diplomat Sergio Alonso del Castillo Cebreros, disappeared in the Russian capital New Year’s Eve, was found in a canal of the Moscow River, police said. Read Article
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The head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, Luis Howell Ballena, deliver 80 shotguns and 18 thousand rounds of self-defense committees (DAC) of the native communities and machiguengas asháninkas in the valley of the rivers Apurimac and Ene, VRAE. In addition, it is estimated that over the next two months will culminate with […]
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Jenica Marquina is stirring Ucayali and not for their proposals as a candidate for Congress, but by giving interviews and appearing in the media as “God brought the world.” Ella ya era conocida por agarrar a cachetadas a la esposa de un funcionario de Pucallpa. She was known to grab the wife slapping an official […]
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BOLIVIAN company UNAGRO will build a modern Brazil nut processing plant in Tambopata in Madre de Dios, Peru producing shelled, dehydrated and specially selected products. Investment in the plant, which will begin operating in October 2011, has totalled USD6.0 million. Read Article – Registration Required
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According to the latest opinion poll Ipsos-Apoyo published Sunday in Lima’s El Comercio, former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo’s lead narrowed as support for ultra nationalist opposition leader Ollanta Humala soared. Read Article
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Settlers set fire to the gangsters who had stolen a collection of gold shop in the district of Ananea. Inhabitants of the village center in La Rinconada Ananea district in the province of San Antonio Puno Putina, burned alive three criminals who robbed a store last night buyers in gold. There were four thugs who, […]
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An official in the office of Peruvian President Alan Garcia says that his Cabinet chief has resigned, citing personal reasons. The official says that Jose Antonio Chang presented his resignation Friday. Read Article
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The objects were to be sent through the agency Serpost in Los Olivos. Creativity associated with crime has no boundaries. Police today seized a parcel containing guinea pig stuffed with false disguise $ 25 000, which were ready to leave for New York. Read Article
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The Guerrillas’ Youth Armies Claudia Sánchez-Bustamante/DIÁLOGO 16/03/2011 Abuses against Minors and Vulnerable Populations in the Hands of Terrorist Movements Seventeen thousand minors are part of the internal armed conflict in Colombia according to the Colombian non-governmental organization (NGO) “Our Children: Task without End” (“Nuestra Niñez Tarea Sin Fin”). The International Tribunal on Children Affected by […]
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Campaigners for a law change making it harder for war criminals to use Britain as a safe haven were yesterday celebrating the first arrest made under the new legislation. The arrest was of a 46-year-old man living in Tiverton, Devon, who is suspected of involvement in death squads which operated in Peru as a state-backed […]
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Federal Police in Brazil captured drug trafficker who is also accused of numerou homicides. The suspect was near Rio Javarri which is located on the border of Brazil and Peru, and was transporting 30 kilos of cocaine. The operation also discovered an Israeli grenade along with weapons and cell phones. Read Article
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