Progressive mayor may face recall in upscale Lima district
Opposition politicians have organized a petition to recall San Isidro district mayor Manuel Velarde via…
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Domino’s Pizza returns to Peru after sanitation scandal
The American restaurant chain, Domino’s Pizza, is reopening stores in Peru one year after withdrawing…
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American film highlights Peru’s sovereign-debt dispute
“The Debt,” an American film which explores Peru’s sovereign-debt lawsuit and other issues, opened in U.S.…
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Seven killed after cruise ship explosion in Peru’s Amazon
An explosion and the subsequent sinking of a cruise ship in Iquitos on Saturday left…
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Peru President-elect Kuczynski’s new Cabinet ministers
President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski unveiled the 19 Cabinet ministers who will lead his government on Friday. Kuczynski…
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Armed gang holds up tourists on cruise in Peru’s Amazon
An armed gang held up passengers on an Amazon River cruise ship Thursday morning in…
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Collectors coin honors indigenous culture from Peru’s Amazon
Peru’s central bank has issued a new sol coin which features pottery and architecture from…
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Peru declares Zika emergency in 11 states
Peru’s government has declared a health emergency in 11 states in the north and eastern…
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Peru’s defense minister faces censure for journalist intimidation
Peru’s Congress will vote whether to impeach defense minister Jakke Valakivi two weeks from the…
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Peru: Kuczynski picks former finance minister for Cabinet chief
President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has selected Fernando Zavala, an economist with experience in the public…
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Peru: Kuczynski calls for protest to save mining company
President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has called for mineworkers at Doe Run’s smelter in La Oroya,…
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Lima political boss gets five years for corruption
Former Callao governor and Chim Pum Callao party leader Alex Kouri has been sentenced to…
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State firm confirms another oil spill in Peru’s Amazon
The Petroperu-operated Northern Peruvian Pipeline has suffered the third spill this year in an Amazon…
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Fugitive governor extradited to Peru from Ecuador
Former Tumbes governor Gerardo Viñas was extradited from Ecuador to face more than 30 corruption charges…
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