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Law may open foreign investment in Peru’s border regions

Legislators in Tacna and Tumbes are looking to attract hundreds of millions of dollars in…

  • Lite

Peru President Kuczynski, Cabinet flex muscles to electro beats

President Pedro Pedro Kuczynski drew the ire of opposition legislators when he and his Cabinet…

  • Culture

Rio 2016: Peru sends most Olympic athletes in history

Twenty-nine athletes from Peru will compete in the marathon, racewalking, shooting and more events at the 2016 Summer…

  • News

Peru police planned extrajudicial killings to earn promotions: report

Prosecutors in Peru are investigating dozens of police officers for planning extrajudicial killings in the…

  • Lima

Martial law in Lima port district extended to nine months

President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski extended the state of emergency in Callao by 30 days as…

  • Business

Peru pipeline closed for six more months following third oil spill

Peru's Northern Peruvian Pipeline will remain closed until at least 2017 after its third spill…

  • Opinion

How innovation in construction can save lives in southern Peru

At least 105 people have died in southern Peru this winter. While that is tragic,…

  • News

Kuczynski outlines plan for Peru in inaugural address

In his first Message to the Nation, President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski promised running water, infrastructure,…

  • News

Peru: woman who assaulted Lima police officer pardoned

A woman whose arrest for assaulting a police officer went viral was pardoned and released…

  • News

Anti-mining governor released from prison in Peru

Former Cajamarca governor Gregorio “Goyo” Santos was released on Wednesday after two years in jail…

  • News

At least 11 dead in southern Peru bus accident

Eleven people were killed when a bus fell 650 feet into a ravine in Peru's southern…

  • Business

Peru steelmaker closes plant, cites dumping from China

Peru steelmaker Aceros Arequipa announced it will close its plant in Arequipa due to its…

  • News

Four mountain climbers killed in Peru avalanche

Four mountain climbers perished in Peru's northern state of Ancash after being overwhelmed by an…

  • News

Peru govt touts eradication efforts after coca reduction

An annual UN report on coca production indicates that Peru has reduced its national production…

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Peru seizes former president’s properties in corruption probe

Prosecutors have seized various properties belonging to former President Alejandro Toledo and his family as…