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…
9 years ago
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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…
9 years ago
Political giants fall in Peru’s 2016 election
The 2016 general elections on Sunday saw veterans Alan Garcia, Alejandro Toledo and Lourdes Flores…
9 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…
9 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…
9 years ago
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…
9 years ago
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…
9 years ago
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…
9 years ago
Bus falls in southern Peru river, killing 23
At least 23 passengers were killed and over 30 injured when a commercial bus fell from…
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Collectors coin commemorates Inca site in northern Peru
Peru’s central bank issued today a new sol coin which features the Cabeza de Vaca…
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Tens of thousands march against Keiko Fujimori in Lima
Tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated against presidential frontrunner Keiko Fujimori in Lima and other…
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Veronika Mendoza will not ruin Peru’s economy
A Veronika Mendoza presidency will not wreak the economic havoc which some analysts fear. “Ruin”…
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Catholic society says founder guilty of sex abuse in Peru
The Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV) apostolic society has declared its founder, Luis Fernando Figari, guilty…
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Rise of Veronika Mendoza hammers Peru markets
Peru’s currency and equity markets have fallen drastically on news that leftist candidate Veronika Mendoza…
9 years ago