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Italian tourist dies after fall from stairs in Cusco, Peru

Agents Tahuantinsuyo police station investigating the causes of death of an Italian tourist, which took place inside the building located in the Mariscal Gamarra urbanization in the city of Cusco. The deceased was identified as Lucciano Matrone, 35, who had fallen from the stairs from the second floor of his house, being wounded, according to Yolanda Nevares told of his spouse of 30 years. Before this incident, the man became a scandal because of his drunkenness and property damage created by Alan Cabrera, owner of the property, he said. Read Article

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Lima Peru restricts the sale and consumption of liquor

The Metropolitan Council decided to implement this measure as part of the prevention plan “Safe Time” before the high death rate in the capital because of excessive alcohol consumption, said Villarán.The ordinance requires that wineries, liquor stores and other establishments may only sell alcoholic beverages until midnight, while bars and enabled only may do so […]

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Peru and Guatemala to sign free trade agreement

The FTA establishes who will enter our market by 81.4% of all Guatemalan products duty-free within a maximum period of five years. Meanwhile, Guatemala will receive 94.7% of Peruvian products. The balance of trade between Peru and Guatemala’s partner. In 2010 our country exported to Guatemala about U.S. $ 51 million, while Guatemala imported Peruvian […]

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Protests against construction of prison in Canete, Peru

Various sections between km 130 and 152 are constrained within the 48-hour strike against the construction of a penalty. Several sections of the road Panamericana Sur , between kilometers 130 and 152, still blocked in the framework of the second day of the 48-hour strike in the province of Cañete. Another 200 protesters gathered in […]

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Peru: Twelve year old girl raped for six years by uncle commits suicide

A 12 year old girl committed suicide by hanging herself with a scarf at her home in Rimac. Before he left a letter in which he said he took that decision because his maternal uncle raped her since she was 6 years and even on one occasion he would have an abortion. Read Article – […]

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Former director of Peruvian airline pleads guilty in U.S. Court for price fixing

A former director of a Peruvian airline pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to integrated a price-fixing with competitors in shipments from the U.S. to Latin America , after the hurricane “Katrina” and “Rita”. George Gonzalez, who was chief Skies Airlines commercial, pleaded guilty in Federal Court Southern District of Florida , which will help you […]

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Cajamarca Peru: Tourists, students and emergency patients evacuate city on military aircraft

On the seventh day of protests against the Conga project in Cajamarca , several tourists, students and people with medical emergency flight civic use military aircraft to leave the city while on the road, food is rotting in trucks stranded. Read Article – Video

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Thousands continue sixth day of protests in Cajamarca, Peru

Thousands of people participated in the seventh day of unemployment in Cajamarca continued despite Yanacocha announced the suspension of Minas Conga project . The regional president, Gregorio Santos, and Wilfredo Saavedra, head of Environmental Defense Coalition, reiterated its hope that the work is declared unfeasible, as they had reported a day earlier. Read Article – […]

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Peru, driver of mototaxi dies in crash, passengers injured

A motorcycle taxi driver died after his vehicle fell into the river Rimac, San Martin de Porres. The man had hit a truck that fled the scene. The 4 passengers were injured. Read Article – Video/a>

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Peru: tourist from Slovenia claims sexual assualt by two shamans (healers) during Ayahuasca ceremony

A tourist from Slovenia claimed she was sexually assualted when she went to a session of Ayahuasca. She assured the police that 2 Atalaya shamans used the ceremony to sexually assaulting her. She and her partner were contacted over the Internet with traditional healers, who were invited to the native community in October Nine Watchtower […]

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Peru, Anti-drug police may suspend efforts to capture two terrorists

The head of the Police Anti-Drug Directorate (Dirandro), Dario Hurtado Cárdenas, would be to order the cessation of intelligence operations carried out from 2007 to capture the terrorist leaders Florindo Flores Hala ‘Artemio’ (which operates in the Alto Huallaga ) and Victor Quispe Palomino “Jose” (which is in the valley of the Apurimac and Ene […]

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70 individuals arrested in mass robbery attempt of market in central Lima

This morning he went to San Andres police station more than 70 people, after being detained by police while attempting to steal the gallery “Los Reyes del Huallaga” in downtown Lima. Read Article – Video

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Peru, mother burns son’s face with hot spoon as punishment

Liz Azañero Karina, 27, burned his son’s face with a hot spoon as punishment for taking a piece of the sun in its portfolio, without permission, and is now inubicable. The child of 9 years, which has second degree burns, is the son of the first commitment was Azañero, which his whereabouts are unknown. The […]

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Hurricane force winds hit Ayacucho, Peru

Hurricane-force winds were felt over an hour, and left homeless by two educational institutions in Ayacucho, worried the local people.The school classrooms “Heart of Jesus” and “Wonderland” were left homeless after the natural phenomenon to vanish, and fortunately caused no human damage because it happened after school hours. On the walls of institutions, students pasted […]

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Peru puts into circulation new coin with ten million units

The Central Reserve Bank (BCR) put into circulation the seventh coin coin series “Wealth and Pride of Peru”, which is why the archaeological complex known as the Great Pajaten. Javier Añorga, BCR official said they will put ten million coins in circulation. Read Article

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Peru, archaeologists discover remains of person believed to have lived 800 years before Christ

Chiclayo, archaeologists discovered the region’s gold instruments in the tomb of a character who lived 800 years before Christ, whose importance could rival that of the Lord of Sipan. According to archaeologists, this gentleman who occupied these arid lands was buried with seven companions and all instruments used to perform your ceremony, which were gold, […]

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Peru, French tourist dies from suspected overdose of Ayahuasca

Police and public prosecutor found bottles of herb Ayahuasca. When averaging the eight o’clock on Friday 25, in the facilities of the lodge (Espíritu de Anaconda)”Spirit of Anaconda”, located on the road penetration, Frenchman Fabrice Pierre Epiene (39), was found dead in a room within which they found several bottles of Ayahuasca brew, so authorities […]

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Emergency meeting called regarding mine strike in Cajamarca, Peru

Gregory Regional President Santos will meet with provincial and district mayors this November 26 to evaluate the project Conga. The regional president of Cajamarca, Gregorio Santos, announced an emergency meeting with all local mayors on November 26 to discuss the anti-mining strike in protest at the Conga project Yanacocha.Read Article

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Hundreds protest Newmont gold mine in northern Peru

It paralyzed the trade and transport, also canceled classes in the school. The refusal of the people of the mining region of Cajamarca to the operation of a millionaire gold mine for its environmental implications is causing serious problems for the government of Peruvian President, Ollanta Humala. Read Article

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Unusual thunderstorms strike Lima, Peru

Several citizens of Lima reported this afternoon with amazement and fear a series of thunder , unusual atmospheric phenomenon in the capital. The thunder came with a brief but intense rain, also rare, occurred more strongly in the district of San Martin de Porres. Other districts where the phenomenon was felt San Isidro, Jesus Maria, […]

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Peruvian soldier killed in narco terrorist attack

A soldier died and two were injured by a terrorist attack on the Union Mantaro base, located in the province of Huanta, Ayacucho. The attack by a column narcosenderista against military post was recorded about 12:45 pm today, according to the Joint Command of the Armed Forces (CCFFAA). Read Article

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Officials deny outbreak of Tuberculosis at hospital in Lima Peru

Rule out tuberculosis outbreak in the hospital Edgardo Rebagliati They say that four days ago was reported working with TB. They say that four days ago was reported working with TB. “We are not dealing with an outbreak of tuberculosis and no surprises to create among the population,” said the manager of the Healthcare Network […]

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Argentine tourist killed in Peru from lighting strike

A national of Argentina tourist died after being struck by lightning while returning from visiting Churup Lake , located in the area of Tayacoto in Huaraz ( Ancash ). The fatality was identified as Walter Frederick Lohlé (36). His body was rescued by members of the Unit and the High Mountain Dirincri, in coordination with […]

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Peru: Australian tourist dies in McDonald’s from apparent overdose

Generaccion.com reported that an Australian tourist, Jeff Purcell, died of an apparent overdose while at a McDonald’s located in Miraflores, Lima, Peru on November 09, 2011. Apparently he went into convulsions and hit his head on the sink in the bathroom. He was dead when firefighters arrived at the scene. Reports indicated firefighters stated the […]

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pre-Inca sacrificed babies found in Peru

Researchers at the Sillustani archaeological site in Peru say they have found the bodies of 44 children thought to have been sacrificed between 600 and 700 years ago. They were buried in pairs in baskets placed around stone funerary towers. Read Article

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Peru government apologizes for 1992 killings of farmers

The state of Peru has apologized to the families of those kidnapped and killed nine farmers by the Colina Group in 1992 in the Santa, the capital of the province, located in the department of Ancash (west). The secretary of the High Level Multisectoral Commission (CMAN), Isabel Coral, and the executive secretary of the National […]

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Ethics Committe recommends to suspend second VIP, Peru

Parliamentary Ethics Committee of the Peruvian Congress approved unanimously Tuesday to recommend to the plenary of the House to suspend for 120 days of its functions to second vice president and parliamentary official, Omar Chehade, for an alleged breach of the Code of Ethics of the representatives elected and the Rules of this camera, as […]

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Ollanta Humala states inequality is the main problem in Peru

The president of Peru, Ollanta Humala, acknowledged that the main social problem facing the country is inequality rather than poverty, which in his opinion, is replicated in different countries of the region. “There are regions in the world’s poor (Latin America), but we took first place in inequality,” said the President during the regional launch […]

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Former member of Shining Path captured using false identity

After three months of painstaking research, the police Special Operations Division, Directorate Against Terrorism (DIRCOTE) were able to identify, capture location and Philip Corn Corn (42), former member of Shining Path. The hiker had been a long time to evade capture have changed identity. Now Robinson called himself Hector Robles Díaz, and had even registered […]

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Police destory fifteen hectares marijuana in Chinchao, Peru

Marijuana crops were burned by the police drug The plantations were ready for harvest Police destroyed 15 hectares of marijuana in Chinchao In a well-posed and operating huge three-day, which mobilized more effective than thirty specialized Drug Tactical Operations Department (depot) of Tingo Maria, the police destroyed 15 hectares of marijuana (cannabis sativa) the variety […]

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Yellow Fever outbreak in Ayacucho region, Peru

The disease claimed its first victim and the Regional Office of Health is on alert, he announced the start of free vaccination campaigns. After five years of epidemiological silence confirmed the deadly outbreak of yellow fever in the region of Ayacucho. The confirmation was made ​​after the analysis carried out to a pregnant minor of […]

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Peru, police destroy bunker of drug chemicals in Tingo María(Video)

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Peru, authorities discover large 3 tons of chemicals for manufacturing cocaine

The goods were found hidden in the thick vegetation of the area of ​​Tazo Grande, Monzón district, jurisdiction of the province of Huamalíes. The chemical inputs was camouflaged in vegetation Tazo sector Grande, Monzón district, province of Huamalíes.Dirandro agents in Tingo Maria, Huanuco , they found three sites for collection of chemical inputs to manufacture […]

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70 percent of medicines in Arequipa Peru, counterfeit according to authorities

70% of medicines sold in unauthorized warehouses would be false. Stores do not have formal providers such as pharmacies and opting to source from markets that sell adulterated or expired drugs.The head of the Executive Control of Medicines, Supplies and Drugs (DIREM) Manzanedo Gianina Cabal, reported that at least 70% of tablets that are sold […]

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Peruvian journalist shot who had reported on smuggling

A journalist for Peruvian daily La República was shot in Juliaca and is out of danger. The prosecution of the Peruvian town has not ruled that police and smugglers involved in the act because days before the reporter published a story on alleged charges made by members to allow police to enter commodity traders illegally […]

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Guide to Documentary Sources for Andean Studies, 1530–1900, recorded interview with editor Dr. Joanne Pillsbury

Guide to Documentary Sources for Andean Studies, 1530-1900. THREE VOLUME SET [Hardcover] – Recorded interview with editor Dr. Joanne Pillsbury (Recording Time- 01:31:16 ) Recorded October 28, 2011. Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Press (2008) – Published in Collaboration with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art. PURCHASE BOOK:Guide to […]

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6.9 Earthquake Peru

The strong earthquake of 6.7 magnitude on the Richter scale that rocked the central coast of Peru left 83 people injured, two of them seriously, and caused serious damage to 35 homes of adobe in the Ica region, according the latest official data. Initial reports of the Civil Defense Institute (INDECI) was raised to 17 […]

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Tomb of Indigenous leader discovered in Lambayeque, Peru

The tomb of an alleged officer of prehispanic culture 1,200 years old was found in Lambayeque, experts said Monday. The remains , which date from the tenth century AD, which consist of a crown and winged eye mask copper and silver, ceramic vessels and two adult chaperones, were found four feet deep in the archaeological […]

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Chilean pilots aquitted after flying near Peruvian air base, suspected of spying

Chilean pilots Hernan Alberto Robledo Jequier and Arnaldo Gilberto Roa, arrested on August 25 in Arequipa helicopter overflight near the air base of La Joya, were acquitted. As reported by the Bío-Bío radio, and Robledo Jequier Roa, who were investigated by the Attorney General for the alleged crime against national security, in the form of […]

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Peru, four youths detained performing satanic rituals while desecrating graves

Daniel Julio Chavez, Carlos Olivares Lopez and two other children were a kind of ritual at the cemetery. Without respect for the dead bodies of four youths were discovered while niches desecrated cemetery of Huaral. The detainees chose none other than the flag of the children to start a kind of ritual. Niches broke and […]

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Peru, German and Argentine tourists die in Cusco

A German tourist, 69 years old died, apparently of a heart attack while he was visiting the province of Pisac. He passed away en route to a hospital. Agents arrived to the place of the National Police and tourism tax shift, who after the investigation of the case ordered that the body of an Argentine […]

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Cusco Peru: Italian man dies with 103 capsules of cocaine in his stomach

An Italian citizen died in Cusco for a respiratory cardiac arrest, probably because of the 103 cocaine hydrochloride(cocaine)pills inside his stomach, said sources with the Public Ministry. Roberto Palazzotti, 44, was admitted to the hospital emergency room Cusco Regional October 19, and died two days later. On Sunday they performed the autopsy determined the presence […]

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Chinese military leadership visit Cuba, Colombia, and Peru

The vice president of China’s Central Military Commission, Guo Boxiong, today began a tour that will travel in Cuba, Colombia and Peru, in response to the official visit made to their Latin American counterparts Asian country , the official Xinhua news agency reported. Guo, invited by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba and the Ministries […]

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Peru, only 350 local municipalities have offices for the disabled

Only 350 local governments, there are more than 1,800 across the country, have a Municipal Office of Attention to Persons with Disabilities (OMAP), today unveiled the Conadis. The president of the National Commission for Integration of Persons with Disabilities ( Conadis ), Wilfredo Guzman said that this situation the lack of interest that give local […]

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Foreign tourist numbers up at Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum, Peru

The influx of foreign tourists to the Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum in Peru’s northern Lambayeque region grew by 13 percent through September this year, due to the opening of a laboratory for the restoration of pre-Columbian jewelry, locala authorities said Tuesday. Read Article

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Artichoke exports from Peru reach $150 million

During the last 10 years, sale levels for artichoke placed Peru among the 2 most important exporters in the world, with numbers reaching US$150 million of sales per year. At present, the main markets supplied by Peruvian artichoke are the United States and Spain, followed by France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, among others. […]

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Peru, 2000 prisoners serving for minor offenses may be deported because of prison overcrowding

About 2000 foreign prisoners serving sentences in different Peruvian prisons for committing minor crimes would be granted the commutation of sentence or enforcement of the penalty in their native country, in order to ease prison overcrowding, Justice Minister Francisco Eguiguren said. Read Article

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Onyx looking for solar projects in Peru

The president of US-based alternative energy specialist Onyx Service & Solutions, Malcolm Burleson, left for Peru today to further the company’s strategic business plan of developing solar power projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. ONYX is currently in the hunt to develop a municipal solar power project for the city of Lima, the country’s […]

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China, Armed Forces delegation to visit Peru in November, 2011

A high-level delegation of the Chine4se Armed Forces will pay an official visit to Peru in November to strengthen ties in the field of defense, Peruvian Ambassador to China Gonzalo Gutierrez said. He noted that said visit seeks to boost bilateral relations between both countries’ armed forces and promote mechanisms of technological cooperation. Read Article

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Peru’s minister of health recommends Peruvians to obtain vaccinations before foreign travel

Depending on the country of destination, travelers can apply yellow fever vaccine, cholera, diphtheria, tetanus, tick-borne encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, typhoid, influenza, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, pneumonia pneumonia, pneumonic plague, polio, meningitis, rabies and measles. Read Article

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Peru lifts ban on cotton imports from India

he Service of Agrarian Health ( SENASA ) restored today the issuance of permits for import of plant fibers not carded or combed cotton in India, which had been banned for several months. Sanitary permits were suspended on August 23 this year for 120 calendar days, but according to a decision released today, stands the […]

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Peru is largest producer of pure cocaine

Peru is at a critical time in their fight against drug trafficking to overcome for the first time in a decade in Colombia, which became the leading producer of pure cocaine, U.S. officials said at a legislative hearing in Washington. Appearing before the committee for the international drug control in the U.S. Senate, the intelligence […]

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Argentina , couple detained for trafficking Peruvian and Bolivian babys

Formed a band dedicated to newborns buy Bolivian and Peruvian women without resources to deliver adoption in urban centers in the country. They used as a photo album catalog. The investigation is being presided by Judge Norberto Oyarbide. A baby-smuggling ring was broken in the last hours by La Federal Police, through multiple raids in […]

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Peru, video explains how Indigenous group reject presence of outsiders

In exclusive video obtained by Environmental News shows how voluntarily isolated indigenous people faced that transited by boat along the Madre de Dios River. The footage shows the rejection of the natives to what they apparently saw as interference in the territories they inhabit.The images were recorded in May this year in the buffer zone […]

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Tingo Maria Peru, truck apprehended with 2.5 tons of chemicals for manufacturing drugse

Speakers truck with 2.5 tons of chemical inputs in Tingo Maria,The Huallaga Police Front Chief, General Ríos Whitman reported that early Sunday, police intervened a truck with 2.5 tons of chemical inputs used in the manufacture of drugs, in Tingo Maria, Huanuco. The police chief explained that they captured three people: Read Article

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Peru, owner of large hacienda denies presence of Shining Path on his property

The owner of the Hacienda Louisiana located in the district of Santa Rosa in the VRAE, William Parodi, denied that their properties have appeared in red cloth with symbols of the hammer and sickle, alluding to the Shining Path, as some media Huamanga, Ayacucho. Read Article

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USDA locates locates new cacao plants in Peru

New cacao types with unique flavors that are distinctly Peruvian have been identified by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. These new flavors could one day be marketed like wine, by geographical provenance. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the agency’s Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory (SPCL) and Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory (SMML), both in […]

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Peru, approved local agenda of competitiveness of cocoa

At the initiative of Rural Municipalities Network of Peru, REMURPE and Alternative Development Program, PDA, Aguaytía was conducted in a workshop to approve the agenda of local cocoa competitiveness of the province of Padre Abad. Leaders participated cocoa organizations, producers, collectors and representatives of various public and private entities related to culture, including the provincial […]

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Narcochefs from Peru operating in Chile

A form of the drug trade seems to expand more and more in Chile and would involve a number of compatriots, according to a local television report. This is the ‘narcochefs’ Peruvian or cooks’ who make cocaine paste (PBC) at home and with a special technique.According to a report of the National Television of Chile […]

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Peru, increase in tire imports from China

Peru conducted from January to August last tire imports worth more than $ 24 million, 17 percent compared with same period in 2010, reported the Lima Chamber of Commerce. As reported by the business association in the same period recorded business transactions from 546,000 to buy tires, which represented an increase of 9 percent over […]

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Driving intoxicated major contributing factor in fatal traffic accidents, Lima, Peru

Call for greater control in the driving school as a preventive measure Traffic accidents in the capital every day increasing. So far this year there have been 434 traffic accidents causing 446 deaths. The year 2010, 568 accidents were recorded, leaving 592 dead. Drunk driving is one of the main factors causing these fatal accidents. […]

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H1N1 Alert for Tacna Peru

The Regional Health Bureau Tacna is in permanent epidemiological alert to the 540 cases of H1N1 influenza positives detected in eight departments of Bolivia, so that the executive director of Epidemiology, Edgar Tejada Vasquez announced that carry out coordination with the Regional and Arequipa , Puno and Moquegua, as well as health services Arica (Chile), […]

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Peru reorganizes national police, 30 generals sent into retirement

The Peruvian government has initiated a reorganization of the police with an unexpected and radical step. In one stroke, 30 generals were sent into retirement on Sunday, including director general. While waiting for their occurrence future promotions (usually occur later this year), the staff of the institution is reduced to 26 officers of the highest […]

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Peru armed forces acquire new MI-17 helicopters

The new aircraft will be used by the armed forces against the scourge of narco-terrorism in the Tactical Air VRAE advantage and give greater confidence in the military, said the former head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces Jorge Montoya. He noted that is renewing and acquiring new material for military institutions, in […]

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Oldest Catholic church in Peru may have been located

A 16th century Catholic Church – believed to be Peru’s oldest – was discovered outside the northern coastal city of Piura. According to an article of Fox News Latino based on an Associated Press report, the church was built in 1534 but its mud walls deteriorated over time as Spanish conquistadors abandoned the area, said […]

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China replaces U.S. as largest trading partner with Peru

China is set to replace the United States this year as Peru’s biggest trade partner, said Jorge Chian, the economic and trade advisor at Peru’s Embassy in Beijing. In the first seven months of 2011, Peru’s exports to China grew by 30 percent and placed it above the United States, state news agency Andina reported. […]

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Peru, still 15,000 people missing from 1980 – 2000

In Peru, there are more than 15,000 persons from the period of internal armed conflict (1980-2000) that are still missing. Their relatives refuse to give up hope of finding their whereabouts. The numbers are impressive, but the disappeared and their relatives are more than numbers; more than mere statistics. Read Article

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Lima Peru, estimated 75,000 women have worked as prostitutes in the last ten years

The Andean Parliament Hilaria Supa, Lima revealed that 75 000 women were immersed in prostitution in the past decade and in the interior of the country increased sexual exploitation of minors. She indicated that this figure is much higher at around the country and in locations where mining is established not only is there the […]

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Coma, Peru, 30 establishements closed due to prostitution and adulterated liquor practices

Some 30 premises where prostitution is practiced clandestinely sold adulterated alcoholic beverages were closed so far this year by the Municipality of Comas, in joint operations with the National Police. Among the establishments are closed “Sins”, “El Refugio”, “The Palmeritas” operating in the Tupac Amaru Avenue under the guise of bars and nightclubs, said the […]

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Peru, new routes, visitation rules planned for Machu Picchu

To meet the increasing demand of visitors to the Inca ancient citadel Machu Picchu, Peru’s Trade and Tourism Minister Jose Luis Silva plans to organize tourists into groups, according to pre-established routes and timetables. Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 and a New Seven […]

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Editor of Peru 21 sentenced to prison, fined for defamation

The editor of the newspaper Peru 21 , Fritz Du Bois, and the reporter of this medium Gessler Ojeda were sentenced to two years imprisonment suspended for offenses against the honor and defamation just because he issued an opinion. They must also pay 30 thousand suns and civil damages. Read Article

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Misuse of sewers in Lima causes nearly 200 daily cases of backflow in the city streets

An average of 186 backflow occur daily in Lima and Callao by the misuse of sewer service, said Victor Hugo Barrera Mengoa Services Manager Sedapal Center The program for our people, RPP Noticias, said that most cases occur in the secondary networks that are coming out of the house and be narrower than most backflow […]

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Peru: Interior Minister attempting to block access and exit routes of drugs in the VRAE

The Ministry of the Interior, through the National Police, is blocking all possible routes of entry and exit of supplies and drugs in the Valley of the Apurimac and Ene Rivers (VRAE), today announced the headline of this portfolio, Oscar Valdés. The Interior Minister, Oscar Valdes led the burning of more than 6 tons of […]

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Forged Passports in Peru, $500, group of forgers arrested

They specialized in forging passports to criminals until the police disrupted the laboratory that had assembled in a house in the district of Villa El Salvador. For a month, agents of the Division of scams following the organization and found that in a three-story building, located in the block D of urbanization Pachacamac sold handbooks […]

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Peru, problems with fake diplomas

If there are fakes is because the manufacturing processes of university diplomas have many faults and shortcomings.The event discovered in Congress and state permits. Counterfeit diplomas aware of the lack or uncertainty in their manufacture. Señal de Alerta Warning Signal. “The Congress president, Daniel Abugattas, confirmed last night that so far in his administration found […]

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TACA airlines jet catches on fire during landing in Cusco, Peru

According to RPP via Peru.com,A TACA jet caught fire Sunday morning when landing at the airport Alejandro Velazco Astete Cuzco , according to witnesses. Flight number 009 from Lima seemed to blow a turbine engine upon touchdown and the cabin began to fill with smoke. Firefighters arrived immediately. There was no loss of life. An […]

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Peru, over 13,000 national police sanctioned through August 2011

The Ministry of the Interior, through the Inspector General, launched a Plan to Strengthen discipline in this institution, which has resulted in 13 000 559 troops receive penalties for various reasons between January and August this year. Victor Ordinola, chief of said control body, said that police personnel are receiving lectures on Disciplinary Act and […]

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Shining Path fires on Peruvian military hellicopter, killing two soldiers

Military patrols were conducting counterinsurgency operations in the region of Junín when rebels fired on the aircraft. Two army officers shot killed Wednesday in a rebel attack on the rebel group Shining Path against a military helicopter in an area wracked country, the joint command of the armed forces. Read Article

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Peru, two soldiers killed in attack on helicopter by narco-terroristas in VRAE

According to Canal N, there are two dead soldiers and one seriously injured was the outcome of a narco-terrorist attack against an army helicopter in the district of San Martin de Pangoa in VRAE. Read Article

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Tambopata, Peru, illegal mining continues to threaten area’s environment

Tambopata National Reserve in Madre de Dios is seriously compromised by the excessive growth of illegal mining in the area in more than 15 miles from the Inter-Oceanic Highway, damaging agricultural and forest concessionaires whose lands have been invaded reaching lose because the violent invasion. Rep. of the department of Madre de Dios Peru Earn […]

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Ecuador Peru Border, possible malaria outbreak

Huaquillas In the canton, province of El Oro, to alert hundreds of cases of malaria on the border between Ecuador and Peru, people are alarmed by a possible outbreak. So far in 2011, there have been 11 cases of malaria in Ecuador, however, health authorities maintain active warning, because in Peru unlike hundreds of cases […]

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Táchira, Peru, violent deaths persist as severe social issue

During the third quarter (July, August and so far this month of September) of 2011, according to the balance contributed by the staff working in the first health center in this city, and workers morgueros funeral homes can not keep to meet so many lifeless bodies, especially on weekends. More than fifty bodies shot wounds […]

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Peru, plans against drug trafficking presented

At the beginning of his presentation, argued that there Soberón inconsistencies and double standards in its position regarding the fight against drug trafficking. “If we continue with the current policy on drugs, we have in 2016 about 70 thousand hectares of coca and 330 metric tons of cocaine hydrochloride,” he said.Read Article

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Brother of President Humala receives reduced prison sentence

Peru’s Supreme Court has reduced to 19 years the prison sentence of a brother of President Ollanta Humala who was convicted of leading a 2005 military uprising that left four police officers dead. Read Report

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Peru, second journalist murdered in 2011

Reporters Without Borders calls on the Peruvian authorities to give clear evidence of a determination to combat impunity after the second murder of a journalist in Peru this year. Shot by masked gunmen near his home in the northwestern city of Casma on 7 September, TV journalist Pedro Alfonso Flores Silva died of injuries to […]

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Peru, gang of thieves and scammers posing as water employees in Lima

Thieves and con artists are presented as workers SEDAPAL Required to show their fotocheck, ID, and check the programming of these works by calling 317800 Aquafono . Given recent reports of criminals posing as SEDAPAL workers to enter homes and commit their crimes, the company warning its customers not to be surprised. SEDAPAL, through his […]

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Peru, gang called “altar boys” captured during theft of church

Intelligence agents of the Division of Research on Terrorism (DIVICOTE) captured the members of the criminal gang “altar boys” of the crime alleged atuores against property, in the form of aggravated robbery to the detriment of several churches in Ayacucho. The robbers of temples were identifying them as Michelangelo Cusiatado Quispe (33), alias “Spiritualist” Manuel […]

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Puno Department Peru, 80% of workers being exploited

In the department of Puno would reign the harshest labor informality, after news that more than 80% of companies in the region would infringe the rights of their workers, according to statistics cited by the Regional Directorate of Labour and Employment Promotion. According to the head of sectoral management, Apaza Walter Zela, many of the […]

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Peru, majority of internet users between age fifteen and twenty-four

Most users intertet in Peru is between 15 and 24 years, according to the latter one study presented today at the Third International Seminar on Digital Advertising and Marketing organized by IAB Peru. Thus, the results of this study indicated that the average Peruvian spends 27 hours per month online. But young people are those […]

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Peruvian coast to have cold streak September through October

Panamericana.pe reported that current oceanographic conditions indicates that the Peruvian coast cooler water present than normal during the months of September and October. The news was released by the National Committee for the Study of El Niño (ENFEN), but this is a crucial indicator of a probable presence of the phenomenon known as “La Niña”. […]

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Peru in dire need of urban development plans

Thousands of cities of Peru need, urgently, an urban development plan. The state can not be outside the housing. And the reality also shows an enormous lack of architects, with defined specialties, although the country has 108 universities and 36 colleges of Architecture. In the words of Italo Calvino Cuban, our “Invisible Cities” in its […]

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Rats confirmed with Hanta Virus in San Juan Bautista, Peru

Health, the regional health Loreto, three rats were tested positive for the analysis of the Hanta Virus. “Until a week ago we only had confirmation of a rat, but now we have new results sent, indicating that three other rats present the Hanta Virus,” said Loreto health director, Hugo Rodriguez Ferucci. Read Article

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Peru, cocaine being transported by mototaxis in Tingo Maria (Video)

Staff police seized a motorcycle taxi That low of intelligence information that, It Was Used for basic folder cocaine distribution in the form of “delivery” in Tingo Maria to Different parts on all the areas in Alameda and Plaza de Peru weapons. Read Article

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Peru, Intelligence shows narcos moving drug routes away from VRAE to Cajamarca

To the ‘strengthening’ of the military strategy in the area VRAE (Ene River valleys of Apurimac and) some drug dealers have migrated to this region to start a new drug route and that, in two separate intelligence reports, the Police Drug Cajamarca has already dubbed as the ‘small’ VRAE. According to narcotics agents require the […]

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Peru, over 500 people reported disappeared so far 2011, believed to be mafias related

At least 556 people are missing in the country so far this year, according to official figures cited by the National Police Peruvian Net against Child Pornography (RCPI-Peru). Senmache Dimitri, president of the entity, said that between January and August 2011 have been reported 810 complaints of disappearances in the country’s police stations and more […]

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Peru’s only iron producer declares force majeure

Peru’s only iron producer, Shougang Hierro Peru, declared force majeure on its deliveries due to a workers strike, the company’s general manager said on Thursday. The company’s 1,124 workers laid down their tools on Wednesday in an indefinite strike demanding higher salaries. Read Articl

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Peru’s new government

AFTER narrowly winning a divisive presidential election, Ollanta Humala has got off to an unexpectedly calm start as Peru’s president. A former army officer without any government experience, he has moved quickly to implement some of his campaign promises: his government has negotiated a new tax on mining companies and pushed through a law requiring […]

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Peru, Van der Sloot charged with murder of woman

Peruvian authorities have charged Joran van der Sloot with murder in the death of a Peruvian woman. Van der Sloot was arrested in June of last year, but was not formally charged until Thursday. Prosecutors are asking for a 30-year prison sentence and a restitution payment of $73,000 to the family of Stephany Flores. They […]

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Organization in Peru offering nonexistent jobs in Canada

The Peruvian Association of Consumers and Users ( Aspec ) reported this morning at the Technological Institute Indecopi Arzobispo Loayza Private and College Headway Center for misleading people with false promises of jobs abroad. Chrysologus Caceres, head of Aspec, said that after conducting relevant investigations, it was found that the company offered U.S. $ 7 […]

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Peru, ringleaders arrested for 2009 pirate attack on tourist boat

River captured pirates who raided Gaston Acurio Police Criminal Investigation Division (DIVINCRI) captured the two alleged ringleaders of the gang “Pirates of the Amazon River,” known in the underworld underworld as ‘Salamanca’ and ‘Battery’, involved in the assault on the chef Gaston Acurio national, his wife and a group of tourists when roamed the Amazon […]

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