Spike in dengue fever prompts state of emergency in Piura
A state of emergency has been declared in the Piura department after a spike in…
11 years ago
Keiko Fujimori leads presidential candidates: poll
Opinion polls show Keiko Fujimori would win a presidential election in Peru if held tomorrow.…
11 years ago
Castañeda backtracks, returns blue buses to Javier Prado
After removing the 40-foot blue buses from various thoroughfares, the city of Lima has reinstated the…
11 years ago
Modified version of repealed labor law introduced to congress
Peru’s governing party has introduced to congress a new version of a controversial labor law…
11 years ago
Tia Maria protest leader jailed, violence ensues in Arequipa
After fruitless talks with the national government, an anti-mining protest leader was taken into custody…
11 years ago
Forecasts for Peru’s GDP in 2015 shift down
After February GDP came in below expectations, analysts from Peru’s finance ministry to the IMF…
11 years ago
Vandals destroy Chimu geoglyph in La Libertad
At some point in the last month, vandals destroyed a 600-year-old geoglyph in the Laredo…
11 years ago
Castañeda and Segura create joint commission to avoid legal showdown
The city of Lima and Peru’s finance ministry have created a joint commission to investigate the…
11 years ago
Cateriano meets with opposition ahead of confidence vote
President Ollanta Humala’s nominee for prime minister held meetings with the leaders of Peru’s various…
11 years ago
Two former governors implicated in Arequipa corruption case
Investigations into a widening corruption case that defrauded the Arequipa department of $2.3 million have…
11 years ago