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  • Economy

El Niño droughts affect harvests in southern Peru

A lack of rain throughout southern Peru will devastate this year’s harvests of crops including…

  • Economy

Peru: stronger stocks may prevent Lima exchange downgrade

Increased liquidity and market capitalization in two Peru-listed companies could protect the Lima stock exchange’s…

  • Business

Anti-mining protesters occupy downtown Cusco

Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Cusco’s downtown plaza to demand the repeal of dozens of…

  • News

Peru: Cesar Acuña pegged with eggs at campaign event

Hecklers threw eggs at presidential candidate Cesar Acuña on a campaign stop in Peru’s Ayacucho…

  • News

At least 17 killed in central Peru bus accident

At least 17 people were killed when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in…

  • Business

Las Bambas: Peru’s largest copper mine starts production

Peru’s Las Bambas copper mine exported its first shipment of copper to China last week.…

  • Culture

Gaston Acurio publishes book of forgotten Lima recipes

Peru’s most famous celebrity chef, Gaston Acurio, and journalist Javier Masias have published a new…

  • Lima

Lima opens tunnel to connect poor district to greater metro area

The city of Lima has opened the Santa Rosa and San Martin tunnels to connect…

  • Economy

Peru hikes key rate, forecasts stronger growth in 2016

Peru’s central bank raised its key interest rate for the second time in two months…

  • News

Peru’s only leftist presidential candidate loses top ally

Leftist politician Sergio Tejada has renounced the alliance he made with Peru’s only left-wing presidential…

  • News

New voter poll shakes up Peru’s presidential race

A new voter poll revealed a shakeup in Peru’s presidential race with Cesar Acuña surpassing…

  • News

Peru drug lord eyes TV series after 22 years in prison

Peruvian drug trafficker Demetrio “Vaticano” Chavez was released from prison yesterday after serving 22 years…

  • Lima

Fresh violence on Peru’s campuses over university reform bill

Groups of students occupying a Lima university campus fought with police and other interest groups…

  • Economy

Humala vetoes law to allow pensioners to absolve accounts

President Ollanta Humala vetoed a law which would allow retirees to absolve their private pension…

  • News

Humala to sign extradition treaty with France

Backtracking on his veto two weeks ago, President Ollanta Humala has signaled that he will…