UPS Capital®, the financial services arm of UPS (NYSE: UPS), today announced it has expanded its Latin American presence by opening new offices in Bogota, Colombia, and Lima, Peru, to help facilitate global trade. Utilizing in-country representatives to staff the offices, UPS Capital will be able to offer specific kinds of loans to qualified businesses […]
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When the price of medicines for treating cancer soared by up to 64 percent in 2010, the Peruvian government set up a watchdog commission that will also monitor prices of drugs for diabetes and HIV/AIDS. The Directorate General of Medicines, Supplies and Drugs (DIGEMID) told IPS that the commission’s functions would be extended to other […]
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Border inspectors stopped a vehicle coming into Peru at the Carpitas checkpoint with a large quantity of gasoline in bags and containers. The driver attempted to evade authorities. Read Article
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National police captured a band of robamotos in a shootout in the village of Hunguimarán, Peru. This gang specialized in stealing motorcyles and then supplying them to drug traffickers known as traqueteros in the Huallaga valley. Read Article
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Regional Coordinator of Indigenous Peoples of San Lorenzo (CORPI) regional president of Loreto , Yvan Vásquez Valera, and representatives has given various State institutions an ultimatum within 48 hours to install in the province’s Datem Marañón (San Lorenzo) a work table to discuss the Law of Forestry and Wildlife or a new social conflict will […]
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National Police officers seized the suspected Shining Path Sergio Campos Rojas, alias Comrade “Sergio” in the town of Huari (Ancash), after a patient monitoring began several months ago. PNP General César Mendoza, Sergio Campos said that Rojas is as requisitions for justice from the March 31, 2006, for the crime of terrorism. Read Article
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Peruvian prison authorities have denied Dutch murder suspect Joran van der Sloot the right to speak to Radio Netherlands Worldwide. His lawyer Máximo Altez has lodged a complaint against Peru’s legal authorities. Mr Altez said that Peru is reluctant to grant RNW the interview because of general elections in three months. In normal circumstances it […]
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/16/2015 TAGS: EMIN, PGOV, SNAR, ASEC, EINV, ENRG, PE SUBJECT: MAJAZ ANTI-MINING VIOLENCE ON ECUADOR BORDER REF: A. LIMA 1432 B. 04 LIMA 5874 Classified By: Ambassador J. Curtis Struble. Reason: 1.4 (b,d) 1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Violent protests against British firm Majaz,s exploration for copper near the Ecuador border have resulted in […]
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A sixty-year old female was detained at the airport in Cusco, peru, for possession of 13 kilos of cocaine in two pieces of luggage. The suspect had arrived as a tourist and was stopped by authorities when attempting to depart for Lima and return to Spain. Read Article
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According to SEMAHMI, strong rains are to continue in the central and southern regions of Peru until April. The forecast is that rains will be most severe in February. Areas most impacted with be Ayacucho, Puno, Cusco, and Madre de Dios. Ayacucho and Huncavelica have recently had 41 communitites isolated due to landslides on roads.
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This past Friday, national police were called to the archaeology site of Huayacán Pariachi located in Distrito Ate., in the province of Lima. Thousands of Peruvians had taken possession the hillsides around the site. A police helicopter was called in and sprayed the residents with tear gas. Inhabitants claimed the may had offered the space […]
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Huancavelica, remains one of the poorest areas of Peru. 42.9 percent of children suffer from malnutrition while 68.3 have anemia. Carlos Torres Ortiz, an orphan who lived with his brother, is one of the many victims who took the disease. He was only seven years and died yesterday have chronic malnutrition and anemia. Malnutrition in […]
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21 rescuers USE Peru Group General Corps of Voluntary Firefighters, who left yesterday heading to the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, and are operating with their peers Bolivians in search of the workers trapped inside a collapsed building in the center of the city. Read Article
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The road Vía Cusco-Quillabamba has had restrictions placed regarding travel via transport. At the current time there is no driving allowed at night on the route due to the increased rainfall, rocks, landslides and mud. Source RPP
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Contingents of the Shining Path fired guns yesterday at workers of the CORAH Special Project, at a time when the eradicators rested from the daily work at their camp in the area of Canute, jurisdiction of the province of Tocache, San Martín region.Read Article
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Alpacas Fifty babies died in recent days, following the intense cold, rain and thunderstorm in the area of Pucuncho, located at the top of the Salamanca district, province of Condesuyos, Arequipa region. Hipólito Llerena, mayor of Salamanca said of 20 thousand llamas only seven thousand have been assisted with medications, and has asked support from […]
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New highways stretching across South America from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans will consolidate Brazil’s role as the continent’s leader and give it an alternative export outlet to Asia. The roads won’t redraw global trade patterns the way the Panama Canal did, but their impact could be considerable. Read Article
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1. Eleven regions of Peru have been alerted to continued and heavy rains. 2. On Monday morning there was a landslide on the part of the railway between Cusco and Machu Picchu. It was cleared in the afternoon. 3. RPP.com.pe reported that there were also other landslides on the track reported Monday night which have […]
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The National Dean Dental College in Peru, warned that 95 percent of the population suffers from dental caries. 10% of the population has lost one or two teeth. According to Miguel Angel Saravia Rojas of the dental college he warned that Peru is facing an oral health crisis that impacts the quality of life for […]
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A 39 year old woman was swimming at Catarindo beach in Islay, Arequipa Peru, when was she was attacked and severely bitten by a seal. Lifeguards were able to save her from the attack and she had received numerous bites and was hospitalized. Source RPP (Peru)
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Paleontologists say they have discovered an 85-million-year-old fossil of a previously unknown squid species from the Cretaceous era in northeastern Peru. “It is a new species of squid, totally new, that has not been seen in other parts of the world,” paleontologist Klaus Honninger said. Read Article
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According to inforegion.pe, human trafficking in Peru continues to be a pernicious issue in society. Here are a few points on the current condition of human trafficking in Peru. 1. Traffickers are locating and using new routes to traffick their human cargo. 2. Previous methods involved moving young rural youth from the country to urban […]
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Hundreds of police and security forces in Peru have clashed with a squatter community to force them out of a privately owned land lot near the capital of Lima. Police resorted to force on Wednesday to make squatters leave a private property, claiming their residence in the place had been illegal. Read Article
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Peruvian exports to China have climbed 31 percent to $3.99 billion in the 10 months since a bilateral free trade agreement came into effect, according to foreign trade association ComexPeru. Traditional exports represent 95 percent of Peru’s total exports to the Asian giant. They increased 31 percent since March, with agricultural exports seeing a a […]
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Ex-president Alejandro Toledo, a front-runner in Peru’s presidential race, said Jan. 13 that the mining sector must “give back” a portion of rising profits to poor rural areas. In a speech outlining his policy proposals, Toledo called for “co-responsibility” between private companies and the state for social development: “Just as we respect the rules of […]
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NOTES: NARCOTRAFFICKING PERU 1. VRAE, Huallaga are considered the drug production region of Peru. 2. 80 percent of illegal drugs exit the country via sea. The Port of Paita is known as a major transportation port for drugs. 3. Aragoto a small town in northern Peru is a legend in Peru in terms of narcotrafficking. […]
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Governments throughout Latin America are ramping up dengue prevention campaigns after 1.5 million people were infected and over 1,000 people in the region died of the disease in 2010. There have already been deaths from dengue fever this year, the most recent one in Perú, where the deaths are exceeding hospital capacity – and it […]
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Heavy rains in Peru’s Cuzco region have caused a landslide on part of the Inca Trail that leads to Machu Picchu, state news agency Andina reported the regional director of Culture, Juan Julio Garcia, as saying. The incident occurred along the last leg of the trail close to the Wiñay Wayna ruin, the report said. […]
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Initial results from a comprehensive exploration program consisting of detailed mapping, hand-supported radiometric surveys, trenching and channel sampling from a portion of the Alpi-1 target have returned significant widespread uranium mineralization from intensely fractured volcanic ash and ignimbrites. The mineralized area is characterized by a radiometric anomaly striking for 1.5 kilometres that was outlined during […]
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Band of drug dealers apprehended in San Juan de Miraflores – video
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A father and son were brutally murdered after being removed from their home by members of the Shining Path(Sendero Luminoso). They were beaten and then gunned down and were accused of being snitches. The crime occurred in the town of Santo Domingo de Huacaybamba, northeast of Huanuco region on the border with the province of […]
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For this year Cusqueña plans to enter South Korea and Australia and expand its export markets. Richard Gallagher, representing the Union of Peruvian Brewery and Jhonston Backus, producer of Cuscena, said that “for the short term we plan to start exports to Korea, where per capita consumption of beer from 80 to 100 liters, and […]
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The value of agricultural exports from Peru reached US $3 billion from January to November, a 30.2% increase over the same period in 2009, according to statistics from the country’s Agricultural Ministry. As reported by business news website America Economia, the total broke prior records, even without figures for December, the report said. Read Article
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A rare variety of chocolate bean, which vanished nearly 100 years ago in South America, returns this month to cafes around Portland, Oregon. Moonstruck Chocolate Co. has licensed the revived Pure Nacional cacao bean, recently rediscovered in Peru. The bean produced a fine chocolate enjoyed during the 19th century, but was thought lost to disease […]
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Almost two tons of chemicals that were to be used in the development of cocaine base in the Upper Huallaga and the province of Padre Abad in the Ucayali region, the National Police seized. En la operación fueron detenidas dos personas que son investigadas por las autoridades. In the operation were arrested two people who […]
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On January 2, 2011, a Polish tourist died after being crushed from a landslide. Kirczynska Martin, 38, was located on the lookout at Choquetico, in the Valley of the Colca in Arequipa. His companion was also injured and hospitalized. Peruvian mountain police were required to remove the two tourists. Read Article
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On January 6, 2010, a wanted individual was arrested by Peruvian police when the driver of a minivan acting as a taxi was attempting to pick up 8 tourists that had just arrived from the United States. The police were concerned about his behavior and it was discovered that he had false papers and was […]
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The flooding, mudslides and highway blockages due to intense rains spread Sunday to the Peruvian regions of Ancash, Cuzco, Huanuco and Pasco with thousands of people reported to be affected, officials said. Read Article
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Mapi Pone campaign -to be soon launched- will enable to double the visits of Peruvian tourists to Machu Picchu, between 300 thousand and 320 thousand, on the year of the 100th anniversary of Hiram Bingham’s discovery of the Inca archeological treasure. Read Article
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Belgian photographer Daniel Ritière presents a photographic exhibition titled ¡Lima se nos va! which will be held at Casa de la Literature Peruana (House of Peruvian Literature). The exhibition will show Lima’s architectural beauty as well as the abandonment and destruction of some of its mansions and monuments. Some of the 24 photographs show the […]
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During his nearly five years in office, Peruvian President Alan García has earmarked 620.5 million dollars to the “Glass of Milk” Programme (PVL), the backbone of the policies aimed at reducing malnutrition levels in the country. But the results of the nutritional supplement programme are poor. A Ministry of Economy and Finance report seen by […]
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As economic ties strengthen between Ecuador and Peru, new bus service has been announced to begin in mid January between Guayaquil, Ecuador and Lima, Peru. Cruz del Sur bus company has a long history in Peru and also has international routes to Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buses include GPS monitoring from the time […]
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Rains blocked the main road sections near Tingo Maria. Also, the highway yesterday between Huanuco and Tingo Maria were blocked by landslides and flashfloods. Huaycos is the term in Peru is the word for flashfloods.
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The Peruvian government has announced the creation of two new private conservation areas that will help develop eco-tourism and protect threatened flora and fauna species.National Service of Natural Protected Areas (Sernanp) said Selva Botánica and Herman Dantas have been declared private conservation areas (ACPs in Spanish) for a ten-year period during which the owners will […]
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Peru’s grape exports between October and 2010 reached 53,000 tons, and are expected to register a 30 percent growth by April, when the current campaign ends, the Table Grape Producers Association (Provid) reported Wednesday. Peru’s grape campaign begins in October of every year and ends in April of the following year. Read Article
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Peru’s Energy and Mines Ministry (MEM) reported Wednesday that investments in energy projects, which include electricity and of hydrocarbons, will total a bit over US$5 billion this year. “I think that we’ll reach nearly US$ 2.5 billion of investment in the electricity sub sector. In theory, in the entire energy sector we can have a […]
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Peru exceeds Chile in number of approved environmental projects in the mining sector during 2010 with 267 projects against 62 projects from the Chilean country. Read Article
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The first day of each year the festival of Takanakuy includes a punching and kicking event between members of the community. The festival takes place in the province of Chumbivilcas in the department of Cusco.
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The National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology ( Senamhi ) reported that the Loreto region will experience heavy rains and winds of up to 60 km / h, accompanied by thunderstorms, which will cause a slight drop in temperatures. The weather pattern is expected to begin Tuesday from 16:00 am to 16:00 pm on Thursday, […]
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Extortionists left a grenade under the seat of an inro to intimidate the owners of the charge carrier and quotas. A pineapple type grenade was found in one of the seats in interprovincial bus heading from Trujillo to Chiclayo, causing alarm among the passengers. The explosive was in a black bag that was left in […]
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The head of the Regional Health Department of Loreto, Carlos del Aguila CalAmp announced the start of the fumigation to prevent the spread of malaria and dengue fever in various parts of the city of Iquitos. The report indicated they have seen an increase of malaria in Iquitos. Read Article
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A Cobourg, Ont., woman has been arrested in Peru because authorities there believe she was part of a group that allegedly tried to smuggle 52 kg of cocaine out of the country on Dec. 26. Read Article
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Ecstasy is a common drug among young people in large cities in Peru. However, there is information that the drug is gaining use among smaller cities in bars and nightclubs. In Aguaytía. Peru, there has been a noted increase in the us according to infoperu.pe. Read Article
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Military located at the police station in Huanta Sector took into custody an 18 year old female in possession of two weapons. The area is known for high drug trafficking. Read Article
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In June of 2010 the Ministry of Social Development in the Ucayali region set up a women’s emergency center. In June there were as many as four complaints a day regarding violence and sexual abuse. However, as the center became more well known the number of complaints have increased to seven complaints per day. Read […]
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Two and a half years ago, the Baker River in Chilean Patagonia suddenly tripled in size, causing a virtual river tsunami. In less than 48 hours, roads, bridges, and farms were severely damaged and dozens of livestock drowned. Residents were in disbelief. Read Article
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The annual ranking by the British consultants Sky Research puts Lima’s Jorge Chávez Airport in front of all South America’s airports, with Pudahuel Airport in Chile coming in just behind. Read Article
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On December 22, 2010, an interprovincial bus crashed into the Limonchayoc River, after falling 150 meters. The accident happened at 2:00 am at km 60 on the road between Quillabamba-Kitemi in Cusco Department. There were reported three dead, three missing, and thirty injuries. Read Article
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The Peruvian army has purchased a MicroFalcon UAV system from manufacturer Innocon of Israel. Read Article
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Magnitude 4.7 Date-Time Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 20:04:48 UTC Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 03:04:48 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 15.362°S, 70.551°W Depth 205.4 km (127.6 miles) Region SOUTHERN PERU Distances 45 km (30 miles) WNW of Juliaca, Peru 75 km (45 miles) NW of Puno, Peru 155 […]
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La Compania Peruana Forestal (Copefor), which has concessions in the Amazon forest, reported that the dispute over an area of 300 thousand hectares to keep the regions of San Martín and Amazonas is encouraging the illegal trade in timber and land invasion in the area. Read Article
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There is a current invesitgation in process as to why so few are being treated at the Sant Rosa hospital in Puerto Maldonado, Peru. The director has told investigators they have hired additional staff to treat the high number of people infected with dengue. Read Story
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Agents of the Special Operations Group Jungle (GOATJ) belonging to the Anti-Drug Special Operations Division (Divo) were able to locate and destroy drug processing laboratory and stop “red-handed” three subjects engaged in chemical processiong in the town of Azpuzana branch, formerly the center of drug manufacturing in the Alto Huallaga. After receiving information from the […]
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A soldier died after a clash with members of the Shining Path rebel group in a remote jungle area, said Saturday the Joint Command of the Armed Forces. The soldier died Friday in Pampa hermosa in the province of Satipo, when he steppped on an improvised explosive device . Read Article
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RPP of Peru reported that a bigamist and his mistress were were nearly lynced in Piura Peru. The bigamist’s wife stated that she has been married nine years to her husband and the have two children. His wife made an attempt at stopping her husband from marrying his mistress in a civil ceremony. object width=”480″ […]
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The number of dead after falling into an abyss of an interprovincial bus in Huanuco , rose to 18 with the recovery of the body of a woman about 25 who was among the twisted iron bars of Sonia company car. The bus company did not have a permit to operate in the area of […]
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Peruvian families spend over US$200 in domestic tourism during the year-end holidays, President of the National Chamber of Tourism (Canatur) Carlos Canales reported today. “Most of the families who travel to provinces for the year-end holidays consist of five people or couples of friends who receive the New Year away from home,” he told Andina […]
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Peru’s economic takeoff is driven by the public and private productive investment, which is a strong instrument for the country’s growth and the creation of employment, and not by artificial or temporary subsidies, President Alan Garcia said Saturday. “Our country has started a takeoff that is neither artificial nor temporary. Our country does not sustain […]
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Peru’s per capita income would reach US$ 7,800 by 2015, boosted by strong economic growth, Economy and Finance Minister Ismael Benavides said Saturday. Read Article
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Nestled between the Andes and the Pacific, the sparse desert surrounding this outpost in southern Peru looks like one of the world’s most desolate areas. Barren mountains rise from windswept valleys. Dust devils dance from one dune to the next. But to the bone hunters who stalk the Ocucaje Desert each day, the punishing winds […]
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A popular former Peruvian prime minister was beaten and robbed in Lima, in a sign that no one is entirely safe from crime on the streets of this South American capital. A gang of eight robbers punctured the tires of Javier Velasquez’s car on the outskirts of Lima before dragging him and his driver out […]
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U.S. diplomats in Peru are keeping a close eye on the steady resurgence of the fanatical Sendero Luminoso insurgency but find that corruption in Peru’s army stymies efforts to fight the Maoist group, U.S. diplomatic cables show. A U.S. cable written in November 2009 said Lima urgently needed a better strategy “for turning the tide […]
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Peru is experiencing a growth in luxury tourism with new hotels, ecological resorts and gourmet restaurants opening in 2011 in key tourist locations. These investments are being driven by an increase in demand for luxury travel in the country, and new airline routes opening. 2011 will also be a bumper year for the country, which […]
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Peruvian passion fruit exports between January and October this year reached a total of US$251,900, an 80% jump over shipments for the same period last year. Citing numbers from the country’s commission for the promotion of tourism and exportation (Promperu), the total volume of passion fruit exports reached 111,900 metric tons (MT) through October, a […]
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According to Adex’s market intelligence system Adex Data Trade, shipments of non-sweetened evaporated milk totaled US$64.43 million, a 30 percent rise compared to last year (US$49.5 million). Peruvian Exporters Association said that, even though Peruvian milk was not exported to Sierra Leone, Nigeria, East Timor and Italy, among others, this year, its presence expanded into […]
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In the 1990s, then-Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori and his right-hand man (and spy-chief) Vladimiro Montesinos created a ring of corruption coupled a faction of major drug lords with Peruvian military commanders. At the same time as Montesinos, who was primarily responsible for the creation of this web, created this system, the Peruvian government was pledging […]
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Rangers at the Cordillera de Colan Reserved Zone in Amazonas, northern Peru, have found what is believed to be an Inca citadel as well as some stone and metal artifacts during a routine patrolling in the Cajaruro district. Biologist Leyda Gueiler said the metal artifact (pictured) seems to be a war shield while the stone […]
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The Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) has informed that Peru receives over 20,000 tourists each yearr who arrive in the country exclusively to surf at beaches like Punta Rocas, Chicama and Cabo Blanco. Eduardo Ferreyros, Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, explained that these tourists are mainly from Australia, USA and Brazil. […]
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