The military courts, police ruled the operational management of the confrontation between the indigenous and the National Police of Peru, which occurred on June 5, 2009 and left the balance of 34 Peruvians dead at Devil’s Curve in Bagua, Amazonas. According to the statement, Gen. Elias Muguruza Luis Delgado was convicted of “failure of performance of duty in operational role” at 36 months of deprivation of liberty with the character of suspended for two years. Read Article
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Vide describes how two children were rescued by a special commando unit. One of the children was being transported in a bag.
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Two new species of freshwater stingray have been discovered in the Amazon rain forest. They both look like pancakes with noses, as images of the species show. The two “pancake” species belong to the first new stingray genus found in the Amazon region in more than two decades, according to Nathan Lovejoy, a biologist at […]
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Peru’s ports remained closed Monday morning for the entry and exit of ships, despite the lifting of a tsunami warning issued Friday. Port authority officials said the continued closure is due to abnormal sea and tide conditions, adding that administrative activities are normal. Officials said the port closure would be reassessed in a few hours. […]
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Infodefensa.com In an exclusive interview, the deputy minister for defense policy of Peru, Ambassador Marco Balarezo Lizarzaburu reported that it has agreed with Ecuador standardized and transparent methodology for measuring defense spending will be applied and presented towards the end of 2011. Read Article
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Debate over civil unions for gays has divided Peru’s socially conservative electorate ahead of next month’s presidential vote, drawing particularly fierce opposition from the Catholic church. Read Article
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On Friday evening a 19 year old female took a taxi to Manco Capac, San Sebastian. The driver changed his route and she was taken to a vacant lot where two other suspects were involved. They robbed and abused the victim. One of the suspects forgot their phone which police used to track down the […]
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Yesterday during evening hours a omnibuss (combi) from the compnay Porvenir in route from Copacabana Bolivia to Cusco, Peru crashed into a parked truck in the middle of the highway at km 1389.5(near Acora), not displaying emergency lights. Ten tourists were injured and the tour guide who was in the copilot seat died of his […]
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Peru’s presidential election race has been rattled by allegations that cash from the drugs trade has made its way into campaigns and that traffickers are extending their political influence. Read Article
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FBI agents are traveling to Peru to study a laptop belonging to Joran Van der Sloot — who was arrested twice in connection with the Natalee Holloway case, but was not charged — according to a Lima court document. Read Article
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The director of the Hospital Carlos Juliaca confirmed the first case of hemorrhagic dengue fever in the city. The case was reported after a 14-year-old from Madre de Dios presented symptoms had to be taken to hospital in the city. It was learned that the child had contracted the disease by working in the informal […]
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On March 6, 2011, at 1:25 a.m., a bus belonging to ‘Cruz del Sur’ overturned en route to Arequipa, with 60 passengers on board. The accident happened just outside of Santa Rosa, in the department of Puno. There were 7 injured including 3 foreign tourists that were hospitalized. The other passengers continued on their journey […]
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While visiting this amazing city you must be vigilant in protecting your valuables. Recently two Peruvian thieves were apprehended after assaulting two young tourists from Argentina. The two thugs were stealth in their operation as they mingled among the vendors located at San Francisco Square in Cusco. Police launched an intense chase through the streets […]
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Joran van der Sloot plans to plead guilty to killing a young Peruvian woman he met gambling but will argue temporary insanity in a bid to shorten his sentence, his defence lawyer said Monday. Read Article
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Archaeologists in northern Peru have discovered unusual frescoes in a 1,100-year-old temple. The temple dates from the ancient Lambayeque culture which carried out hundreds of human sacrifices. It is full of a series of excellently-preserved friezes. Read Article
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About 32 companies engaged in processing animal skins cause pollution to the environment affecting the health of residents of 15 settlements located in the district of Cerro Colorado, Arequipa, denounced the leader of the semi-Private Pachacutec, Jose Del Carpio. Read Article
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Five underaged children were rescued while they were being transported to work in the gold mines of Madre de Dios. Police stopped the truck the children were riding in at Quispicanchi, Cuzco. During questioning the children revealed they were kidnapped by a female at the Plaza De Armas de Urcos(Cusco) who was transporting them to […]
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Captured inside the country, staying in various hotels in the capital and then the training started in the same Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez: The mules were shown step by step the route to be followed, until the situation they faced in each of the checkpoints. Thus, an international mafia was directed from the Lurigancho used […]
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Pirates in Callao again attack a cargo ship. This time, 20 of these criminals, armed with guns, surprised the crew of a Japanese vessel after gunpoint and handcuffed the crew, took possession of various machinery, along with money and fuel of the ship. This new assault, which is the third pirate attack in the last […]
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According to the state’s literacy program director, there are 23,000 seniors participating in a reading and writing program. Read Article
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Originally, the head of the Natural Protected Areas Service had endorsed a construction remodelling project for the boarding area at the main entrance of Machu Picchu Historical Sanctuary. However, the director of SERNANP cancelled the program declaring that they did not have the power to declare such a project of the protected natural area (PNA). […]
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On Tuesday evening, U.S. tourist, Helen Kennedy passed away at the the Hotel Jose Antonio just outside the city of Puno. Authorities stated the cause of death was cardiac arrest. Read Article
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President Alan Garcia today signed a Supreme Decree authorizing a transfer of 148 000 000 625 000 144 nuevos soles for the execution of works of water supply and sanitation in Lima and provinces through local governments. Among the beneficiaries for drinking water works and sewerage scheme 7, 9 and 10, Sector Villa El Salvador, […]
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The “State of Children in Peru” is part of the effort to place on the public agenda prioritization of children and adolescents in public policy. Read Article
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As part of Operation Lightning II, Huallaga Police Front troops captured a team member of Sendero Luminoso selective annihilation identified as Wilder Utia Pezo, better known as Toro. However, his son Larry and Gresilio Utia Veramendi Meza Perez escaped the police cordon. Read Article
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nfodefensa.com) By P. Palacios, Lima – members active and retired Air Force and the Peruvian army were involved in a network of illegal arms from different quarters for Peruvians and narco-terrorist organization called the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-Ejercito del Pueblo (FARC_EP). The research was conducted by the Third Provincial Criminal Prosecutor Lima Supra merit […]
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Informal miners on Wednesday blocked roads and streets in the Amazon region of Madre de Dios to protest against government intervention in the control of pollution caused by the use of dredges by workers. Read Article
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he center will have 20 women donors who provide 30 liters of milk per month to save the lives of premature babies. The collection station is located in San Juan de Lurigancho.On Thursday opened the first center of milk collection in Peru, located in the local Association of Children Workshop in San Juan de Lurigancho. […]
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“Breast milk is a food that becomes the best defense for a premature baby the best food and talking about nutrients,” emphasized Dr. Yuli Sanchez, coordinator of the Breastfeeding Committee of the Institute of Child Health. Speaking to RPP Noticias, the expert explained that this is reflected in the large number of these children who […]
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Fighting between informal gold miners and national police on the river of Puerto Moldanado left two dead and more than 20 police injured. Seventeen miners were injured. Read Article
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About ten criminals broke into the bus company that was Solitario to Juliaca. Neither the children in Puno escaped being stripped naked by thieves to check in their clothing, hiding money or something valuable from their parents. This occurred in the armed assault perpetrated by outlaws ten passengers of the bus company from the District […]
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Japanese researchers have discovered 138 more hills and lines in Peru near the world-famous Nazca lines and geoglyphs. The purpose of the formations, thought to have been created more than 2,000 years ago, is unknown. Read Article
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The Inca Trail that leads to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Cusco, tourism was reopened today after a month of maintenance work, cleaning of drains and maintenance charged by the authorities in charge of your care. Rene Carbajal, responsible for managing the Archaeological Park of Machu Picchu, the agency Andina reported that since […]
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The Archivo General de la Nación will close for 90 days due to the inability to establish a proper budget restraint and appropriate technology that allows the preservation of historical material. Speaking to RPP Noticias, the director of this exhibition Joseph Dager said that will be closed from today the Colonial Archive and the Republic, […]
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The incident occurred near the province of Nazca , Ica, when four heavily armed criminals assaulted the 65 passengers who traveled quietly heading for Lima. The offenders have approached the vehicle in the area of Chala, Arequipa and posed as passengers, but at the height of Nazca drew their guns and robbed the passengers. Read […]
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A new survey in Peru ratified the rise in the intention to vote for the candidate Ollanta Humala, for the forthcoming elections scheduled for April 10. The survey by the company IDICE says the nationalist candidate has at this time 15 percent support, to settle in fourth place. Read Article
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The president of the Regional Government of Cusco, Jorge Acurio said eight provinces in emergency for 60 days before the natural disasters in recent days. These are the provinces of Acomayo, Anta, Calca, Canas, Cusco, La Convención, Paruro and Quispicanchi. Read Article
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On Friday evening a bus was reported to have crashed at kilometer 57 on the central highway of Matacuna. Elcomercio.pe indicated that 27 people were killed in the accident. There are a number of bodies that have yet to be identified. Numerous persons were hospitalized. Other Information: Bus company was ‘Perla del Sur’. Reports that […]
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The train service to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, Peru’s biggest tourist attraction (southeast), was temporarily suspended on Friday due to damage by heavy railway affecting the Andean region, the company that offers that service. The train service to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, Peru’s biggest tourist attraction (southeast), was temporarily suspended on […]
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“Recent scientific studies indicate that between June 1983 and August 2006, a glacier on Peru’s Huaytapallana Mountain has lost 50 percent of its surface ice,” Erasmo Meza, manager of natural resources and the environment in the central Andean region of Junin, told the official Andina news agency. Read Article
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The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) Irina Bokova will pay an official visit to the southern Cusco region and know the progress made on the protection and conservation of Machu Picchu, Regional Director of Culture Juan Julio Garcia said. Read Article
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Peru will reduce its poverty rate to 30 percent by the end of the current administration thanks to the execution of a proper macroeconomic policy, Minister of Economy and Finances Ismael Benavides said Monday. Read Article
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Presidential hopeful Pedro Pablo Kuczynski had a stellar Wall Street career and is widely seen as qualified to lead Peru, but he is struggling to win over poor voters who view him as a light-skinned outsider. Read Article
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Last week a Swiss tourist staying at the Hotel Kiya in Huancayo left his room to eat according to Diario Correo. When he returned he discovered that his room had been broken into. The thief stole the victim’s laptop, money, cell phone, and credit cards. Police suspect a guest staying a few doors down from […]
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Teacher apprehended transporting $120,000 worth of cocaine concealed in Peruvian chocolate bars.
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Two people were arrested when they moved to six children to the city of Ica. According to police investigations, girls would be sexually exploited in the various brothels in the city. Police were able to stop by the timely reporting of persons whose identities are kept confidential. Read Article
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Access to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Peru’s picturesque Inca city of Machu Picchu, suffering from a growing demand of tourists wishing to visit and access the site, must become limited to protect it, UNESCO chief Irina Bokova tells AFP. “Machu Picchu is a victim of its own success, because the interest is huge.Read […]
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American investment bank Merrill Lynch sees Peru’s impressive GDP growth continuing in 2011 with an expected trade surplus of nearly US$8 billion. In a recent report, Bank of America Merrill Lynch noted that December’s monthly economic activity indicator expanded 8.9% year on year as a whole. Read Article
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The Peruvian government has offered to put Israeli citizen Dan Cohen on trial in Peru, after refusing to extradite him to Israel on the grounds that there is no extradition treaty between the two countries. Cohen is alleged to have taken bribes of 4.1 million dollars while serving on the board of directors of the […]
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An operation conducted by authorities of the National Police of Peru allowed the seizure of sheets in Bolivian currency counterfeit bills in a garage, where they also discovered that counterfeiters were in possession of over four million U.S. dollars in $100 denominations, According to a report by Radio Programas del Peru (RPP), the counterfeit bills […]
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In a joint operation of the Armed Forces and National Police was located (Saturday) and appeared 13 dredges used in the illegal extraction of gold in Madre de Dios. So far, seven of these vessels were destroyed by personnel of the Navy of Peru, while in the next few hours will proceed in the same […]
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Trujillo dangerous criminal gangs using minors as hitmen Most of them grew up in a criminal environment, their ages ranging between 13 and 16 years, and come from broken families. In the city of Trujillo the most dangerous gangs recruit children as thugs to commit crimes. The Panorama program recorded the chilling tales of three […]
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Peru will receive on March 2 helicopters MI-35 Russian-made for use in combat against drug traffickers and guerrillas of Sendero Luminoso, reported Sunday the general commander of the Air Force of Peru, Carlos Samamé. Read Article
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Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori’s chief doctor says he has been hospitalized for surgery to correct lesions on his tongue. Dr. Alejandro Aguinaga tells The Associated Press that Fujimori entered a hospital Sunday. It will be the fourth time since 1997 that he has undergone such an operation. Read Article
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Its mayor Victor Raul Hidalgo aims to fight against the narcotics trade and prostitution in the spa piurano.The mayor of the resort of Mancora , Víctor Raúl Hidalgo arrived in Lima to ask the Interior Ministry to send more police force to combat gangs and drug dealers Prostitution affecting this area of northern Peru. Read […]
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Emergency declared in Arequipa because of torrential rains. Read Article
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Travelers are reminded to be vigilant when visiting Trujillo. La Republica.pe reported that seventeen tourists have been victimized due to theft or robbery since January through February 13, 2011. 1. The delinquents will often gain the trust of the victim by speaking their language. A third party is brought in to relieve the victim of […]
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The worst of two U.S. diplomatic communications about newly published Peru is espionage practiced by Washington in this country, reported a block of indigenous organizations. The Andean Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations (IOTC), which integrate organizacones of Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Chile and Argentina, made the claim in a letter to U.S. Ambassador in Peru, Rose […]
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In May 2005, a German economist named Stefan Ziemendorff went for a hike in the Utcabamba valley. He’d been working on a wastewater project in the Amazonas province of Northern Peru, and was taking a day off to hunt for one of the region’s abundant pre-Incan ruins. When he crossed into a blind ravine, though, […]
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In 2010, heads of Peru’s main intelligence organizations met to compile a so-called “white list” of the country’s alleged leaders of narcotrafficking, which was kept secret until now. El Comercio gained access to the document, called “Update on persons registered, identified and indicated as directors or heads of illicit drug trafficking (IDT) nationally and internationally,” […]
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The homosexual movement of Lima (MHOL) brought charges against the Peruvian national police force (PNP) this morning over unwarranted police aggression during the group’s “Kisses Against Homophobia” demonstration, held this past Saturday in Lima’s Plaza de Armas. Read Article
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A national poll shows former President Alejandro Toledo with 28% voter support in the run up to Peru’s April 10 presidential elections, compared with 22% for Congresswoman Keiko Fujimori, daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori. Read Article
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In this regard, the National Service of Protected Areas by the State (Sernanp), supported by representatives of the Special Prosecutor in Environmental Matters, the Navy of Peru and the Division of Tourism and Environmental Protection of the National Police , who mobilized aboard the BAP ” Amazon “, arresting five and immobilized 7-wood forest tractor […]
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Air accidents have claimed a disproportionate amount of talented football teams and players over the last sixty years. Peru suffered a heartbreaking loss in 1987 as Adam Brandon explains. Alianza Lima, formed in 1901 by horse stud workers of Italian heritage, are Peru’s oldest professional football club. Since their first championship in 1918, Alianza have […]
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Volclayno I don’t post every volcano image that passes by, but there are a few that catch my eye for some reason or another. Like this one, the Ubinas volcano in Peru: Wow. Even though I know the power and fury of these mighty beasts, they are just so simply lovely when seen from space! […]
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In a house in Los Olivos cocaine was found hidden in paintings and crafts, merchandise that was to be sent abroad through postal services and cargo. Read Article
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23 drug dealers taken into custody by police. The gang included females and three police.
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The Peruvian government has been forced to offer talks with governors, the ombudsperson’s office and Catholic Church leaders, to stem the outcry over two emergency decrees that waive the requirement for environmental certificates for 33 investment projects, including hydroelectric dams in the Amazon rainforest. Read Article
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As freshwater disappears from the super-populated Peruvian coast, the most water-intensive crops are expanding unabated as highly profitable exports. Observers warn about the harm this is causing and demand greater responsibility from the government and all involved. Read Article
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Mining investment in Peru amounted to US$4.02 billion in 2010 exceeding the amount raised the previous years, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) estimated Saturday. The country attracted far more mining investment in 2010 than in 2009 (US$2.82 billion), 2008 (US$ 1.7billion) and 2007 (US$ 1.24billion). Read Article
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Taca Airlines announced new flights from Peru’s capital city of Lima to Trujillo, Tarapoto and Juliaca starting February 15. The routes will complement the company’s current flight from Lima to Cusco. Yesterday the company also presented the new Embraer 190 aircrafts, to be used in the new Peru routes. Read Article
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Yale University announced Friday that it will send back to Peru thousands of Incan artifacts removed from the famed Machu Picchu citadel nearly a century ago. Read Article
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Juan Carlos Schrader Iñapi of Tarapoto, Peru, took a drink of Inca Kola and discovered when drinking the soft drink that there was a piece of black solid material in the bottle. Read Article ——————————– Notes: 1. Inca Kola is one of the most famous soft drinks in Peru. 2. No matter where you are […]
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Date: Mon 7 Feb 2011 Source: Peru.com [in Spanish, trans. Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ, edited] Julio Bejar, executive director of the Health Services Network of La Convencion [province in Cusco region] reported that 9 cases of autochthonous malaria were registered in the city of Quillabamba [capital of La Convencion province]. Those affected by this disease are among people […]
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YELLOW FEVER – SOUTH AMERICA: PERU (SAN MARTIN) SUSPECTED Date: Mon 7 Feb 2011 Source: Diario Voces [in Spanish, trans. Mod.TY, edited] A 20 year old man, from Ayabaca, Piura, who resided in the Aguajal sector of the village of Nuevo Jaen in the Campanilla district [Mariscal Caceres province, San Martin region], was moved urgently […]
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The shootings at the military base of Huanta left a wounded soldier, who was evacuated for medical care. The shootings at the military base of Huanta left a wounded soldier, who was evacuated for medical care. An exchange of fire with long range ammo, including the police and suspected terrorists in the base “Mantaro Union, […]
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The airport was closed and flights were canceled. Hundreds of domestic and foreign tourists are stranded. Closing Alfredo Rodriguez Ballon Airport and the subsequent cancellation of flights was one of the ultimate consequences of the heavy rainfall that supports the city of Arequipa in recent days, the news program “News America.” Read Article
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AT LESS than 8,000MW, Peru’s total electricity-generation capacity is modest, barely matching four modern nuclear power stations. But President Alan García’s government reckons it could produce almost eight times as much power just by harnessing the country’s Amazonian rivers, let alone using increasingly plentiful supplies of natural gas, and wind and solar power. The government […]
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Peru remains the top silver producer in the world and ranks as the second largest copper and zinc producer, reported Wednesday Henry Luna, Mining Promotion Director at the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). Read Article
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Over 1’950,000 tons of reed mace are produced each year in the Titicaca national reserve, located in Puno. The plant is mainly used to feed the cattle, make handicrafts, and even produce eco-paper. Read Article
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About 200 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are created every week in Peru, especially in the trade sector, reported the Ministry of Production. Read Article
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Culture Minister Juan Ossio has stressed the need to increase public awareness and interest in Peru’s archaeological heritage by promoting alternative sites to Machu Picchu, the country’s top tourist attraction. Read Article
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Peru will begin to pay individual monetary reparations to victims and survivors of the 1980-2000 counterinsurgency war, with top priority put on elderly people in remote villages in the country’s impoverished highlands, where most of the human rights violations took place. Read Article
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Peru’s Lambayeque region is on the cusp of receiving a $190 million tunnel and dam system to provide water for new agricultural lands, which the government will auction off to both national and international investors. The Olmos Transandino Project is led by a subsidiary of Brazilian company Odebrecht and when construction is finished in 2012, […]
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investigating the possibility of lifting quarantine barriers for 30 different Peruvian products this year. Peru’s National Agriculture Sanitary Service (Senasa) said the fruits include figs, prickly pears, papayas, passion fruit, custard apples, tomatoes and camu camu, which is an Amazonian relative of the guava berry. Read Article
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Dock workers have ended a strike at Peru’s main port of Callao, a spokesman for ENAPU, the port operator, said Wednesday. Operations returned to normal early Wednesday, he said. Read Article
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The people in human trafficking are similar to cockroaches. Once you stamp them out of one area they adjust, adapt, and keep coming back. The same is true with the human traffickers in Peru. There needs to be better education among all levels of the community about promises of jobs ect. to young people and […]
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3.3 million children and adolescents who work in Peru, according to the Child Labour Survey prepared by the INEI and the International Labour Organization (ILO). This first and only specialized survey has served to make reports as “Child Labor in Peru” presented last year by the ILO and reveals that 70% of them (2.3 million) […]
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A small success is being hailed as a big step forward for conservation efforts to protect the world’s largest aquatic frog, the critically endangered Lake Titicaca frog (Telmatobius culeus). For the first time, frogs in captivity in their native country of Peru have laid fertile eggs, and although the resulting tadpoles did not survive, scientists […]
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A guided tour featuring the magnificent architecture and art pieces of the Archbishop’s Palace and the Basilica Cathedral of Lima was recently launched with the aim of promoting the cultural and religious heritage of Peru. Cost: 30 soles ($11.00) The tour costs 30 soles (around US$11) per person. The tour is organized by the museum […]
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Air traffic in domestic flights totaled 5,459 733 passengers in 2010, a 27.85 percent increase compared to last year (4,270,510 passengers), the General Administration of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) reported Monday. Read Article
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Canadian-based Vena Resources Inc. announced the commencement this month of the third major drill campaign on Minergia’s Macusani properties in the department of Puno, southeastern Peru. Read Article
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Peru’s Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde tells The Associated Press on Saturday that the summit could be delayed. It is currently set for Feb. 13-16 but political unrest in Egypt and some other countries may prompt the Arab League to set the date back. Read Article
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Growth in Peru’s real estate market has remained steady over the past five years, despite the global economic downturn, said José Antonio Olaechea, managing partner of Estudio Olaechea, a law firm in Lima. He said that although high demand and a low housing supply were pushing prices up, stagnant wages were preventing out-of-control growth. “We […]
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The expected impacts of hydroelectric generating alarm Inambari potential social, environmental and biological diversity, as released this week in various media. The weekly “Hildebrandt to his guns” played in its Friday edition February 4, an article published on February 2 in the daily El Pais, Spain, in which he states that the project’s environmental impact […]
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In order to prevent the occurrence and spread of dengue, the regional government of Callao launched an educational campaign and the distribution of information booklets on the subject at the Jorge Chávez International Airport and the seaport. Read Article
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Peru’s authorities have announced that they will work together with Brazil to stop loggers entering isolated Indians’ territory along the two countries’ joint border. Read Article
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The favourable situation of the flying jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas), also know as the Humboldt squid, has been enhanced recently by different factors in China. The unexpected strength in prices last year prompted numerous Chinese factories to rethink the possibility of having cooking facilities at the squids destination, in order to not rely on third […]
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Peru’s Health Ministry has identified four cases of dengue in Lima, CNR news service reported. The four people came down with dengue while in the jungle city of Iquitos, where Health Minister Oscar Ugarte estimates there are some 10,000 probable cases and 6,000 proven cases. To date, 11 people have died in the Iquitos area. […]
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Experts in environmental issues agree that Emergency Orders 001-2011 and 002-2011 threaten environmental protection, are unconstitutional and go against prior consultation. Both regulations promote 33 investment projects, such as hydroelectric power stations, roads and ports and include variations in the regulation of environmental requirements. Read Article
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