An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale woke the people of Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna at 05:00 pm yesterday. The earthquake alerted people who left their homes before the threat of possible aftershocks. In addition, coincided with a sudden cut of electricity. Classes in schools and universities were suspended. Also recorded six minor […]
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Independence DIVINCRI agents gave the 17-years in the Safari Inn, near Mega Plaza Norte shopping center, which was operated by a large police contingent. “Gringasho” had arrived a few days ago to Lima and was living in different districts with their partner to avoid being found by the police . At 9 and 30 Saturday […]
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Two-time former President Alan Garcia has thrown his support behind Peru’s current President, Ollanta Humala, as the government is battling a Shining Path remnant group in a rugged, coca-growing region that has led to the recent deaths of a number of police and army officers. Garcia, who was president in the 1980s and again from […]
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An increase of up to 5 ° in the Pacific ocean surface temperature has altered the marine ecosystem in northern Peru. According to Environment and Health authorities of that country, that would be the cause for the death of about 5,000 pelicans starvation (lack of food). These birds feed on fish such as anchovy, which […]
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In the northern city of Piura, was seized a half ton of cocaine hydrochloride, valued at $ 84 million, hidden in a load of bananas for export, in a container that was bound for the city of Belgium. Five people were arrested. The blow to the drug was given in a statement made by staff […]
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The National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru (SENAMHI-Puno), reports that on the evening of Thursday 10 May to Tuesday 15 May, falling temperatures will be presented in the High Andean provinces over 3,900 m Puno Region. The affected provinces are Carabaya, Melgar, Azángaro, Lampa, San Antonio de Putina, Lampa, San Roman and […]
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The Civil Defense in Peru (Indeci) intensified today a prevention drive warning of a potential massive earthquake now preceded of two daily tremors average. Indeci called on every workplace and home to ready an emergency evacuation plan after a median quake and two replicas were recorded Sunday in Ica (south) and in Lima. Marco Tantalean, […]
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Peru and Japan agreed during a meeting between Peru’s President Ollanta Humala and Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to enhance political dialogue, improve economic relationships for investments and strengthen cooperation. Peru Peru’s President Ollanta Humala. Photo: ANDINA/Prensa Presidencia Both authorities also agreed to reinforce coordinations in multilateral forums and showed to be satisfied with the […]
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The Peruvian red cheese, produced in southern city of Lluta, in Arequipa will be exported to Chile and the United States, Arequipa’s mayor Elio Begazo said Wednesday. Begazo explained that currently the product goes through a standardization process in order to be exported to said countries. He recalled that farming is the main activity of […]
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Peruvian health officials alerted the public and recommended to stop eating fish and avoid visiting the beaches. Nearly a thousand dolphins found dead in recent weeks, with more than fifteen hundred birds, pelicans and boobies. The causes are still unknown. Peruvian health authorities fired warning sirens and recommended that people avoid beaches and stop eating […]
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A group of young people between 16 and 18 assaulted the tourist Magalie Annie Rose (24) of French nationality, who had visited the lookout on the hill Cruz Pata in the neighborhood to see the city Yananaco. The offense occurred when the tourists went down the steps of the hill and a group of young […]
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Juan Córdova Colonel Ruiz, head of the XVIII Territorial Police Directorate ( DIRTEPOL ) reported that it has stepped up surveillance at checkpoints Tumbes and the Pan American Highway North, to prevent teenage gunman ‘ Gringasho ‘who escaped yesterday from a rehabilitation center in Trujillo, to flee the country. As indicated, their armies guardhouses guard […]
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The National Civil Defense Institute (INDECI) warned of the presence of anomalous waves of light intensity on the coast of Lima and Callao until Thursday 3 May, and recommended to the authorities and population to take preventive measures. In announcing the notice oceanographic formulated by the Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation of the Navy of […]
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According to official figures, about 25% of Peru’s population does not access water service through the public network, a situation that, in practice, affecting 60% of the population living in rural areas, communicates the Ombudsman. Read Article
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Two of the agents involved in the payment of a bribe to a Spanish tourist in the province of Barranca, Lima was temporarily separated from their duties, said the colonel Juan Garcia Olivera, director of the Division of Highway Safety. He explained that according to Resolution No. 007, is superior Acuna Cesar Chavez and Navarro […]
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Three people have died this year in the Peruvian jungle for leptospirosis, an infectious disease spread by flooding experienced by the region, Efe reported a source in the Regional Health Authority (Diresa) of Loreto. In February passed a 9-year-old man in March 64 and on Wednesday another 32 years for leptospirosis, the source said, a […]
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Condemning the use of children in armed activities in the Valley of the Apurimac and Ene Rivers (VRAE) by terrorist leaders, congressmen from various beds are agreed with the complaint made by the Attorney Terrorism against these criminals for the crime of against humanity. While the legislator Luis Galarreta, Alliance for the Great Change, claimed […]
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The government of Chile to Peru sent a report on a demonstration by hikers in the capital Santiago , according to pointed out, was reduced and had no effect. This was announced by Foreign Minister Rafael Roncagliolo , explaining that in mobilizing about 20 people participated. “According to the report of Chile, has had no […]
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Shining Path rebels on Friday killed three members of Peru’s security forces and wounded two others while they were searching for police who disappeared in an earlier ambush, the armed forces said. It was the latest setback to the government’s push to retake a lawless bundle of jungle valleys in southeastern Peru where a remnant […]
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The operation launched by the government on Monday to curb the shortage of gas , was insufficient. Hundreds of Quito had to wait four hours for a cylinder. The paradox: on the northern and southern borders of the country is still leaking daily by thousands of tanks, although the operations of the police and oil […]
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Since in Iquitos are suffering the ravages of rising higher in the rivers of the past 25 years, have already reached some of the predictable consequences such as the outbreak of leptospirosis that we are suffering. It is important to call attention to this issue because in the context of the whole people are concerned […]
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The Ministry of Defense of Peru would have taken the decision to cancel the acquisition of Air Defense System, which was awarded in February to Northrop Grumman Consortium (USA), Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (Israel) and Bumar Group (Poland). The decision, according to unofficial information, respond to claims submitted by bidders, especially CPMIEC (China Precision Machinery […]
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The victims have burns in 70% of their bodies, said firefighters quelled the blaze. It happened in San Martin de Porres. At least two people were injured this morning a fire at an illegal fireworks workshop located in the shred Camaná 460, at the height of the block 31 of Avenida Peru, San Martin de […]
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The numbers generated by the illegal mining in our country are worrying. According to data from the National Society of Mining, Petroleum and Energy, this illegal activity moves every year about U.S. $ 2,000 million, the tax evasion to the tax amounts to about $ 600 million and “used” to more than 450,000 people. The […]
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PISCO, the national spirit of Peru, is a trickster: it appears so clear and pure — yet before long, you are under the table. Peruvians like to say that good pisco will never give you a hangover, although after a recent night in Lima, I beg to differ. Pisco is made from a single distillation […]
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Magnitude 4.5 – NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU 2012 April 17 12:26:33 UTC Earthquake Details This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude 4.5 Date-Time Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 12:26:33 UTC Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 07:26:33 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 15.215°S, 74.484°W Depth 65.3 […]
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The 36 workers in the gas sector contractors kidnapped by Shining Path rebels in southeastern Peru were released Saturday after spending nearly six days in the hands of insurgents, said local media reports and a corporate source. Released 36 workers kidnapped by Shining Path The 36 workers in the gas sector contractors kidnapped by Shining […]
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Morrope. – On Friday, 300 dolphins were found dead on the beaches of the districts of San Jose Mórrope and Lambayeque, and with them a lot of seals and fish, which presumably died of a rare epidemic caused by pollution Tues The newspaper Perú21 published today, the opinion of Stefan Austermühle, director of the NGO […]
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Pichari. – Brave 30 Army soldiers held out for four days and five nights of the narco-terrorist attack with the body of Jesus Manuel Delgado Lieutenant EP Nauca in Pampa Aurora area, in the hills district Llochegua, Huanta province (Ayacucho .)The body of the officer, recently was rescued Wednesday afternoon, involving five helicopter gunships, while […]
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CUSCO-In full operation to rescue the kidnapped 39 workers from Camisea, the heroic captain PNP, Nancy Flores Paucar, died of two gunshot wounds to the chest as the police helicopter she was traveling in was attacked by walkers to two hours Kiteni village, Echarate district, province of La Convención. Read Article
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KITENI – Cusco. – The helicopter shot down in the area of Lagunas, High sector Postakiato Echarate in the district of the province’s Convention, which killed the captain of the PNP Paucar Nancy Flores is not the National Police, but the DEA. The treacherous terrorist attack occurred Thursday afternoon, when the aircraft supporting search operations […]
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Peru is one of the least happy of the South American region, according to the first World Happiness Report, prepared by the United Nations Conference on happiness. The Peru was thus located in the post 77 and is below countries such as Bolivia, Mexico and Brazil. Read Article Spanish. Read Article
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Peruvians consume lots of beer a year, the study Proleche Fund. Per capita consumption of beer in Peru reaches 42 liters per year, while in Bolivia consumed 40 liters of beer a year. However, these figures are lower when compared with the U.S. where consumption reaches 100 liters per year, with 80 Venezuela, Mexico and […]
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Nine workers trapped inside a mine in southern Peru have been rescued The nine miners who were trapped for days in a mine in the Ica region, were rescued alive from the bottom of one of the tunnels and received abroad by the President of the Republic, Ollanta Humala Tasso. The workers walked out, visibly […]
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The Shining Path column on Monday kidnapped 40 workers from the gas industry has requested the Peruvian authorities on payment of a $ 11.2 million (8.5 million) and the delivery of explosive materials and equipment communication, in exchange for the release of the hostages, according to a note sent by the armed group, which was […]
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The mayor of Cusco province of La Convención, Fedya Castro Melgarejo, RPP Noticias reiterated that no worker kidnapped by terrorists of the Shining Path was released, so police continued the search efforts. Read Article
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Cajamarca: Today begins strike against mining project Conga macroregional President of the Council of Ministers, Oscar Valdés, confirmed that government respects the right to protest, but said not to permit any act of violence. The president of the Front for the Defense of Cajamarca, Idelsio Hernandez said that after 08 hours on Wednesday the 13 […]
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The Executive decided to declare a state of emergency for sixty calendar days from April 11 Echarate district, province of La Convención, department of Cusco. The move came after the kidnapping of 40 workers of the company Skansa by terrorists on Monday in the area of Cusco. According to the decree, the terrorists have shown […]
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The anxiety grew on Tuesday upon completion of the sixth day with nine miners trapped by cave-ins in a hole in a mountain in southern Peru, because they begin to suffer the first on your health conditions. Four of them reported, through a hose that is the only outside contact and through which they also […]
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Workers at the National Federation of Mining Metallurgical La Oroya, were against the proposal of the Minister of Energy and Mines Jorge Merino, to appoint a new operator that manages the operation of the Oroya, if not approving the restructuring of the mining company Doe Run. “We disagree. With Doe Run have 85% of workers […]
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Shining Path is the author of kidnapping Peter Yaranga terorrismo specialist and drug trafficking issues, stated that the terrorist group carried out a series of requirements in order to free the victims. After the kidnapping of 30 employees of a contractor of the Camisea consortium in the town of Kepashiato, Cusco province of La Convención […]
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The Amazon of Peru, which occupies more than half the country has begun to attract the interest of transnational corporations. These large companies buy carbon credits for huge tracts of land. However, some communities that they have been deceived. Several British companies have come there to buy the rights to their forests or carbon credits, […]
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HSBC Global Research estimated that the GDP of our country will be 735 billion dollars this year, plus a per capita income of 18 thousand 940 U.S. dollars. HSBC Global Research estimated that the GDP of Peru country will be 735 billion dollars this year, plus a per capita income of 18 thousand 940 U.S. […]
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The Ministry of Health (MoH) will begin tomorrow, Monday, fumigation and pest control of about 150 homes in the areas affected by landslides falling in Chosica , to prevent disease. The head of the Directorate General of Health (DISA) IV-Lima Este, Pablo Cespedes to Andina news agency reported that these prevention efforts will be made […]
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Local authorities and workers agreed to request enforcement of the mining on environmental issues and to withdraw claims against the Peruvian State. Following a meeting held today, various authorities and Junin mining company Doe Run agreed to require this to restart operations on May 1 in Oroya. The meeting was the regional president of Junin, […]
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The Regional Director of Health Ica , Huber Mallma, reported today that could communicate with one of nine miners trapped in the mine “black head” located in the town of Yauca del Rosario. As noted they were in stable health and have shown their confidence in the bailout that is being prepared. Read Article
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A fire at the Malecón de la Reserva, in Miraflores , caused the shock of several neighbors especially the large amount of smoke that spread into 15 blocks. The Fire Brigade Brigadier Luis Paredes, said the fire was caused by the dryness of the grass on the cliff, Radio Programs. Although the flames spread to […]
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Javier Leon Olavarria, Peruvian ambassador in Quito, said the two countries seek ways of mutual support before the natural disasters that may occur. The Peruvian ambassador in Quito, Javier Leon Olavarria, said Ecuador and Peru seek ways of mutual support to natural disasters that may occur in the border areas in order to serve the […]
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Peru and Ecuador will support one another disaster on the border Javier Leon Olavarria, Peruvian ambassador in Quito, said the two countries seek ways of mutual support before the natural disasters that may occur. The Peruvian ambassador in Quito, Javier Leon Olavarria, said Ecuador and Peru seek ways of mutual support to natural disasters that […]
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Residents and workers in the mining company Doe Run blocked several stretches of the Central Highway to begin an indefinite strike that began today from 00:00 hours demanding the resumption of operation at the La Oroya metallurgical complex. As indicated by RPP News, protesters suspended in whole traffic through this area and twelve other places […]
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The Argentines are the biggest book readers in Latin America , while Chile and Peru are the number one in reading magazines and newspapers, respectively, but in any event little read and more by necessity than by choice. The center recently presented a comparative study of reading behavior and reading habits, which includes Argentina, Brazil, […]
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Six people burned to death after a huge fire that occurred on one tank of fish oil company, located in Jiron Junin Florida Baja, in Chimbote . The head of Provincial Civil Defense Operations, Luis Echegaray Regal said that as the workers were performing welding inside the tank without adequate security measures. Read Article
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Hundreds of passengers were stranded in Spain because the airline AeroSur temporarily ceased operations in Madrid, and left several passengers land they planned to embark today on Flight 544 from the company to Bolivia. “No, not at all, information about it and say that agencies are not responsible, since they ensure that the company is […]
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So far this year, the National Police has detected 120 victims of sexual and labor exploitation in the country and, of these, 117 are women, accounting for 94.74%. Moreover, in the first three months of the year there were 46 reports of trafficking in persons in all Peru: 37 of them in the capital and […]
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The mayor of Lima, Susana Villarán , reported that the Metropolitan exceeded demand of 400 thousand users per day, which maintains a sustained growth rate so far of his 15 months in office. Villarán de la Puente explained that in December 2010 the number of passengers was 255,000 a day, so that since then, there […]
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The Japanese Ambassador to Peru, Masahiro Fukukawa, today expressed his country’s interest to cooperate with the technical studies necessary for the implementation of section 2 of the electric train , linking the district of Ate in Callao.Speaking to Andina news agency, the diplomat stressed that Japan has experience in this field, and said that only […]
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Police found a half ton of cocaine marked with symbol Red Dragon East and camouflaged between chicken and potatoes. An unsolved mystery. This is the first time police confiscated a shipment of cocaine with the seal of mythological Red Dragon. The data of the informants was necessary. Half a ton of pure cocaine was hidden […]
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Intervention in his boat was in mid-month, but the British press has just revealed the relationship to rock idol. Phillip Austin Collins (37) son of cartoonist Clive Collins and nephew of legendary musician Phil Collins was part of the British trio arrested on drug charges in mid-month in Callao. On that occasion, was seized 40 […]
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With an arrest warrant on 25 September 2001, last Friday the National Police arrested Onofre Mamani Pereira, a member of Shining Path under the alias “Coliton” Southern Regional Committee of that subversive group. At the time of his capture, “Coliton” sector was near Cerro Acllayoc Espinar province of Cusco, in whose division of Warrants being […]
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Peru: A ton of cocaine seized and 27 persons arrested Over a ton of cocaine was seized in Peru last week during a special operation by the Peruvian Police. Three British citizens were arrested when they were about to leave the country with 30 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride while three Italians were arrested with 89 […]
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Protesters demand the rescheduling of the hearing where he presented an environmental impact study of Lagunas Punta gas project. Violence in the province of Sechura kills one | RPP Chaos, destruction and abuse in Sechura | RPP One person dead and 36 wounded was the balance left in the confrontation Sechura (Piura) during the strike […]
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To help minimize water scarcity in the district of Chilca south of Lima, Peru Power Fenix company, company in charge of the construction and operation of the Power Plant located in the area announced that the project will generate 2,000 m3 drinking water for the population. Mariella Paredes, Manager of Corporate Affairs, Phoenix Power Peru, […]
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The sale of tickets in the south was suspended in Chimbote, Ancash region, due to blockade of the North Pan American Highway in the city of Casma, according to RPP Noticias. This measure, as expected, has created severe unrest among hundreds of people who had planned to get out of Chimbote, the same that forms […]
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A total of 50 houses falls, 100 isolated villages and five missing persons was the result of the torrential rain falls in the last 4 nights in the district of Olmos, Lambayeque, also caused an increase in the flow of various streams threatening several centers villages. This was announced by Chairman of District Civil Defence […]
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Heavy rains expected through May 2012 The flooding of the river Ñaupe in Olmos was about to gain its first victim. The force of water crawled a tanker truck carrying ten thousand gallons of fuel. The driver escaped death drive. At mile 139.5 of the road, the overflowing river destroyed part of the track linking […]
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The National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (Senamhi) today advised people to maintain preventive measures against ultraviolet (UV) in the autumn months. Nevertheless, although the intensity decreases, the head of the institution, Amelia Diaz, said that the radiation level to drop in May and June should not generate indifference among the population. “In summer we […]
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A group of illegal miners in the district of Camanti-Quincemil Cusco province of Quispicanchi, adjacent to the Madre de Dios region, asked the Regional Office of Energy and Mines formalized support. The miners went to the regional entity later that the government issued several decrees criminalizing informal mining. Camanti Cusco is the district where there […]
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Peru, Colombia and Bolivia seek to establish a system to measure the same criteria as the production of coca leaf, informed the president of the Peruvian anti-drug office, Carmen Masias. The decision, which includes the formation of teams in the three countries, was taken after the last two years to discrepancies about the amount of […]
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Police arrest alleged former member of Shining Path The entity has stopped the Peruvian Gelacio Luis Alberto Vieyra Terranova, alleged former member of Shining Path, who is accused of terrorizing and killing in his country, said today in a statement. He was arrested in the province of El Oro, on the border with Peru, will […]
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The restaurant chain Hard Rock Cafe confirmed that returns to Peru. Esta vez, abrirá un local en el Jockey Plaza. This time, open a store in the Jockey Plaza. Su anterior incursión fue en Larcomar. His previous foray was in Larcomar. “We will return with a product and a different format and a different country […]
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The leader of the protests mining in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios, Luis Otzuka yesterday announced a truce to bury the three dead in clashes on Wednesday and on Monday to negotiate with the government. Otzuka told the TV channel that will keep America “calm to find a viable solution in Lima”, which […]
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The Regional Government of Cusco emergency declared in this jurisdiction for 60 days due to damage caused by the rains and the threat these pose to the safety of the population. The regional president of Cusco, Jorge Tito Acurio , request the Central Government to declare a state of emergency through a supreme decree, in […]
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A. – The Government of Peru rejects acts of violence carried by illegal miners in the Mother of God and calls upon the authorities of the region and the population at large to support the work of the police force to restore order and tranquility in that jurisdiction. 2. – At the same time, calls […]
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A further blow to illegal loggers. The three kilometer Yurimaguas-Tarapoto highway, environmental police officers, prosecutors and staff of the sub program address forest management and wildlife resources, managed to seize about three thousand feet of lumber worked with chainsaw. Read Article
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In a joint operation conducted, the Regional Program Management of Forest Resources and Wildlife – home Nauta, in coordination with the Provincial Prosecutor, Hernan Perez Martinez, and the National Police of Peru, was operated a sawmill in the town of St. Regis , immobilizing 112 wooden logs screw species, making a total of 2 000 […]
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Subject vehicles disguised as military intervened to steal documents The police caught a guy wearing a fake military uniform and had stolen the identity of three people in St. Louis. Carlos Palomino Altez, 39, who drove a car tinted windows and a megaphone. The suspect pointed a air gun to their victims when they ask […]
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The regional councilor of the Andean province of Otuzco, Rafael Mayer Haro, reported to have presented thirteen cases of Anthrax in the region, they who are being treated at the post in the town of Sinsicap. As mentioned, the cases were from the weekend. However, just yesterday was confirmed the presence of skin infection, those […]
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The Bolivian Foreign Ministry announced today that defined the mechanism for returning to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Paraguay than 1,400 stolen vehicles were entered Bolivia illegally. According to Deputy Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Alurralde, to return it, the countries concerned must require, through its own prosecution, seizure of the stolen vehicles in its territory […]
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The electricity supply in the country is regularized only this Monday, when completion of the maintenance of the Mantaro hydroelectric plant, said Cesar Butron, Chairman of the Economic Operation of Interconnected System (COES). Thus, the energy reserve return to a level of between 8% and 10%. The plant handles 800 megawatts of power, and increased […]
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The operation called Lightning, which rode on the southern border Police seized 4,000 gallons of fuel and 16 LPG cylinders. This shipment, according to the agents was in clandestine warehouses Huaquillas 26, a town bordering Peru. In addition, seized empty plastic drums and accessories, which were allegedly used to illegally packaged fuel and then sell […]
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The gang called “Culebra del Norte” again outwitted the authorities, several trucks entering contraband goods from the border with Bolivia to Juliaca. On the way they clashed violently with police and troops of Customs. The authorities waited for the trucks with smuggled Huancané, but when they tried to stop them, they continued their way. Police, […]
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José María Cavero Zimic is not a common offender. Images show the precise time of the arrest of the Peruvian due to an order from a U.S. court for family violence and attempted murder. It is one of the men most wanted by the FBI of the United States and Interpol Peru. Zimic Cavero, a […]
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The capital appears in a list of the British newspaper “The Telegraph” thanks to prices “cheap” rental and purchase of properties. The condition of the country’s economy is one of the arguments by which Lima has been included in a list of “Top 20 cities for young people to emigrate.” The list drawn up by […]
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Balance of debt in the plastic money came S/.14.132 million in the first month of the year. Already 6’919 .982 cards in the local market. The Peruvians had until January 1 S/.14.132 million for debt payments made with credit cards from banks and financial institutions. The Association of Banks (Asbanc) said the figure is S/.116 […]
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Hikers Huarauya Teofilo Trujillo, aka “Cubillas’, and Julian Gaspar Lopez, alias’ Lander ‘, were taken to court Supranational Against Terrorism.Both were the only two members of that protected path ‘Artemio’ to the end, when he was captured on February 12 in the town of Tocache. Read Article
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Peru has, according to information provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a total of 18 border crossings with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Chile (see graphics). Of these, ten are fully qualified and the rest waiting for the budget and, in some cases, agreements with neighboring countries for its full operation. “It’s not an […]
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DUE TO LANDMINES WASHING AWAY BECAUSE OF OVERFLOWING WATERS – BORDER WAS CLOSED – NOW REOPENED BUT MANY STRANDED. The Defence Ministry yesterday afternoon established an air bridge between Tacna and Arica after the transfer of antipersonnel mines in the border by the overflowing of the creek Writers. About 100 Chileans were transferred to his […]
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The Multisectoral Commission Energy Investment Facilitation allow viable investments of U.S. $ 1,700 million in exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons, said on Wednesday Perupetro. The working group established by the Executive on February 18, consists of Nettles, who is the chairman and the vice ministers of Economy, Laura Calderon, Environmental Management, Jorge Castro, and Interculturalism, […]
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Peruvian police captured the three Mexican Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, when they tried to travel to Mexico with 6.3 kilos of cocaine, according to the Anti-Drug Directorate (Dirandro) of the National Police. The three Mexicans were arrested when they went to board the same flight to Mexico City. Each had 2.1 kilos of […]
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The Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) reported today that Peru authorized the entry to its market for Canadian cattle born after August first, 2007, and it is expected that the bulk of sales are in Canadian field of dairy genetics. “Farmers and Canadian dairy farmers will benefit from immediate access to the growing […]
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Minister of Government of Bolivia, Carlos Romero, said Tuesday from La Paz, which has reinforced the border to prevent the dangerous offenders entering the prison escapees Peruvian Challapalca southern border with Bolivia, in dialogue with the station RPP.”The Bolivian police have reinforced patrols the plateau to prevent the entry of dangerous criminals Peruvians to Bolivia,” […]
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Flores is one of about 2,000 women who reported being sterilized against their will, as part of a program of “family planning” undertaken by the government of Alberto Fujimori in 1996. The program consisted of the forced sterilization of some 300,000 women, according to information the government itself. Read Article
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Seven regions, excluding Lima and Callao, gathered in 2011 to 73% of Peruvian exports to China, the destination of Peruvian products, reported the Business Research Center of the National Chamber of Commerce, Production and Services (Perucámaras). These regions are: Ica, Ancash, Arequipa, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura and Cusco. Ica last year accounted for 21.9% of Peruvian […]
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Peru is considering the purchase of ten Super Tucano aircraft from Embraer, while working with his neighbor to strengthen surveillance in the border jungle, said on Tuesday the Minister of Defence of Brazil, Celso Amorim. The official said the Peruvian Army is also interested in purchasing military transport aircraft Embraer KC-390 and armored ground vehicles […]
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Six of the 17 inmates who escaped yesterday from Challapalca on the border between Tacna and Puno, were recaptured after a clash with police in the area Ipiñuma in Desaguadero, said the provincial prosecutor Oscar Jimenez. At first, the criminals fled, but police in the town roads Mazocruz Puna and two posts were surrounded and […]
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Early yesterday morning, at approximately 1:35 pm a group of 35 tourists from different nationalities on their way to Machu Picchu by land, using the Santa Maria, Santa Teresa, almost perishing to get caught in a cave-in Cocalmayo the ravine near the town of Santa Teresa. NEGLIGENCE. The fact would have happened when strangers tried […]
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Microfinance institutions opened 942 offices around the country over the last five years, from 477 in 2006 to 419 thousand last year, reported the Association of Microfinance Institutions (ASOMIF Peru). Read Article
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Peruvian Defense Minister Alberto Otárola, announced the capture of Jose E. Flores Hala, aka “Artemio”, the leader of the Maoist Sendero Luminoso. ‘Artemio’ would have been caught near the town of Tocache, San Martin (north) and had to receive medical care, as it is badly hurt. Otárola detailed in comments reported by the official news […]
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