Peru anti-mining activist wins Goldman Environmental Prize
Maxima Acuña won the Goldman Environmental Prize for South and Central America for her activism…
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Keiko Fujimori’s party wins majority in Peru’s Congress
Keiko Fujimori’s Popular Strength party won at least 55% of the seats in Peru’s Congress…
8 years ago
Peru’s Pedro Pablo Kuczynski leads Fujimori in poll for runoff
A new poll shows presidential candidate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski with a four-point lead over Keiko…
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First sexually transmitted case of Zika virus in Peru
Peru’s health ministry has confirmed the first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus in the…
8 years ago
24 killed in central Peru bus accident
At least 24 passengers were killed when a passenger bus rolled over in Peru’s central…
8 years ago
Peru allows retirees to dissolve private pensions
Peru’s Congress voted on Thursday to allow retirees to withdraw all of their private pension…
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Lima’s high-crime port district under six months of martial law
Peru’s national government agreed to extend a state of emergency to fight crime in Lima’s…
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Peru markets rally as leftist fails to qualify for runoff
Peru stocks and the sol soared after leftist presidential candidate Veronika Mendoza did not garner…
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Political giants fall in Peru’s 2016 election
The 2016 general elections on Sunday saw veterans Alan Garcia, Alejandro Toledo and Lourdes Flores…
8 years ago
Peru tax police raid Panama firm’s Lima office
Police raided the Lima office of Mossack Fonseca on Monday in it tax-evasion investigations into…
8 years ago
Peru: two Americans die in fire during Amazon river cruise
Two American tourists died on Sunday morning during a fire on a cruise of the…
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Shining Path ambush kills 10 on eve of Peru’s election
Shining Path guerrillas killed at least 10 military and civilian personnel in an ambush in…
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Kuczynski seen facing Fujimori in Peru’s runoff for president
Early results from Peru’s 2016 elections show Pedro Pablo Kuczynski beating leftist Veronika Mendoza for…
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Odebrecht bows out of Peru’s Southern Gas Pipeline
Brazilian firm Odebrecht will sell off interests in public contracts in Peru as the company faces…
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Criticized tribunal keeps Kuczynski and Garcia in Peru’s elections
Peru’s elections board has ruled that Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Alan Garcia will not be…
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