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  • Business

Lima stock exchange’s alternatives market doubled in 2015

The Lima stock exchange’s alternative investment market (MAV) nearly doubled to over $22 million in…

  • Opinion

Anybody but Cesar

A moderate like me prefers elections in which any candidate will be OK. But sometimes, there…

  • News

Peru investigates Cesar Acuña for criminal piracy

Authorities in Peru are investigating presidential candidate Cesar Acuña for copyright infringement for publishing another…

  • Culture

Spain honors 400 years of Peru’s first ‘indigenist’ writer

Spain’s largest public library is showcasing a Garcilaso de la Vega exhibit featuring the ‘indigenist’…

  • News

Two of Peru’s presidential candidates may be disqualified

Legal technicalities and procedural errors threaten to bar the candidacies of Julio Guzman and Cesar…

  • Economy

After signing, Peru looks to ratify Trans-Pacific Partnership

Peru and 11 other countries including the United States formally signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement…

  • Business

Hedge fund to sue Peru for $1.3 billion over agrarian bonds

American hedge fund Gramercy Funds Management will sue Peru for $1.3 billion for the government’s…

  • Lima

Bus fare protests set back Lima transit reform

Violent demonstrations and clashes with police in the Pachacamac district east of Lima have prompted…

  • Lima

Hundreds of fish poisoned in upscale Lima park

Over 200 fish were found dead in the pond of El Olivar park in Lima’s…

  • News

Who is ‘outsider’ presidential candidate Julio Guzman?

Julio Guzman is an economist who has shocked Peru’s political establishment by rising to second place…

  • News

Peru: latest poll shows Julio Guzman second to Fujimori

A new poll of Peru’s voters indicates that Julio Guzman has risen to second place…

  • News

Peru reports first confirmed case of Zika virus

Peru’s health ministry has confirmed the first case of the Zika virus in a Venezuelan…

  • Business

Credicorp allies with Grupo Sura to finance infrastructure projects

Credicorp Capital has entered a strategic alliance with Grupo Sura to create a fund to…

  • Culture

New Mario Vargas Llosa novel set in Alberto Fujimori’s Peru

“Five Corners,” the next novel by Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, deals with corruption and…

  • News

Peru: Cesar Acuña violated campaign finance regulations

Peru’s electoral authority has ruled that presidential candidate Cesar Acuña violated campaign finance laws by…