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  • Economy

What did Peru get out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership?

Peru negotiated special terms in the Trans-Pacific Partnership to ensure access to medicine and to…

  • Economy

Peru to reduce oil royalties 75% to attract investment

Peru will reduce royalties oil companies pay to the government in order to attract investment…

  • Culture

Peru singer showcases Quechua by covering English hits

Peruvian singer Renata Flores has brought renewed focus to the Quechua language with successful covers…

  • Economy

Petroperu looks to take over Peru’s top oil license in 2017

Peru’s oil regulator Perupetro is working on a contract for state oil firm Petroperu to…

  • News

Bill Clinton meets with Peru’s president and Lima mayor

Former United States President Bill Clinton met with Peru’s President Ollanta Humala and Lima mayor…

  • Culture

Mural bolsters case for private investment in Peru’s archaeology

The discovery of a 1,500-year-old mural in northern Peru’s Huaca de la Luna archaeological site…

  • News

Peru designates Sierra del Divisor as national park

Peru’s government has officially designated as a national park the Sierra del Divisor area of…

  • News

Border rhetoric heats up between Chile and Peru

Peru and Chile have recalled their ambassadors over a new border dispute in which both…

  • Economy

Peru enacts real estate laws to drive construction sector

Peru enacted a law this week which widens home rental and mortgage options in an…

  • Economy

Increased life expectancy to strain Peru pension system

Peru released new data reflecting an increase in life expectancy which increase liabilities for the…

  • Economy

Peru allows second anchovy season in 2015

Peru’s government announced today that it will authorize as second anchovy fishing season in 2015.…

  • Culture

Peru collectors coin features Inca archaeological site

Peru’s central bank issued today a new nuevo sol coin which features the Huarautambo archaeological…

  • News

Peru investigates Brazil companies linked to Carwash scandal

Peru’s Congress has begun investigations into public contracts linked to companies involved in Brazil’s Carwash corruption…

  • Lima

Semi-trailer hauling heavy machinery destroys Lima bridge

A semi-trailer truck hauling a backhoe destroyed a pedestrian bridge over the Carretera Central highway…

  • Economy

What are locals saying about Peru’s Tia Maria copper project?

The state of emergency which implemented martial law in Arequipa’s Islay province expired over three…