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Peru bars presidential candidate Cesar Acuña from 2016 elections

Peru’s electoral authority has disqualified presidential candidate Cesar Acuña from the ballot in 2016 elections…

  • Economy

Peru’s copper production grows 41% in January

Production at Peru’s copper mines in January increased 40.6% over the same month in 2015.…

  • Lima

Overflowing rivers threaten to flood Lima neighborhoods

The rising water levels in two of Lima’s rivers from increased rainfall due to El…

  • Lite

Electoral body accuses Peru’s state daily of publishing vulgar logo

Peru’s electoral supervisory, ONPE, has accused state newspaper El Peruano of intentionally publishing a vulgar…

  • News

Peru: Cesar Acuña’s vice presidential candidate effectively quits

Cesar Acuña’s vice presidential candidate, Anel Townsend, has withdrawn her candidacy for Congress in the…

  • News

Julio Guzman linked to Peru’s domestic spying scandal

Presidential candidate Julio Guzman has been linked to Peru’s “Dinileaks” spying scandal by a document…

  • News

Five killed as El Niño rains batter regions throughout Peru

Heavy rains attributed to the El Niño climate phenomenon have destroyed infrastructure throughout Peru and…

  • Opinion

What would Veronika Mendoza do with Petroperu?

A list of questions to leftist presidential candidate Veronika Mendoza about her ambiguous plans for Peru’s…

  • News

Peru: political strategist quits Cesar Acuña’s campaign

High-profile political consultant Luis Favre has resigned from Cesar Acuña’s presidential campaign in 2016 elections. One…

  • Economy

Peru finds price-fixing among maritime shippers

Peru’s trade authority announced on Friday that it was evaluating fines for 17 maritime shipping…

  • Lima

Hundreds march against Trans-Pacific Partnership in Lima

Protesters in downtown Lima  engaged in minor clashes with police before vandalizing the APRA headquarters.…

  • News

Ten killed in northern Peru bus crash

Ten people were killed when a bus fell into a ravine in Peru’s northern state…

  • News

Peru: Woman undergoes surgery to remove 35-pound tumor

Doctors in a Lima hospital removed a 35-pound benign tumor which an indigenous woman from…

  • News

Peru’s electoral board approves Julio Guzman’s candidacy

A special elections tribunal in Lima has approved the at-risk presidential candidacy of Julio Guzman…

  • Lima

Lima to pay $15 million for breach of bus-rapid-transit contract

A bus company in Peru has won a $15 million claim against the city of…