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Mario Vargas Llosa forces retraction from New York Times

The New York Times has retracted disputed facts published in a review of author Mario…

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Peru withdraws from 2016 Dakar Rally on El Niño concerns

Peru’s government has cancelled its participation in Dakar Rally events in 2015 and 2016 due…

  • Culture

Argentina to return 4,500 artifacts to Peru and Ecuador

Argentina President Cristina Fernandez announced that her government would return over 4,500 cultural artifacts to…

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Two cyclists’ deaths highlight bicycle safety in Lima

Two fatal accidents involving bicycle riders in Lima sparked protests and a regional discussion about…

  • Economy

Peru moves to avoid ‘frontier market’ classification

Peru looks to cut capital gains taxes and take other measures to avoid being reclassified…

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Sporting Cristal ties Universitario to win Opening Tournament

The Sporting Cristal soccer club tied Universitario de Deportes last night to win the Opening…

  • Economy

Pacific Stratus to operate northern Peru oil block

Peru has awarded a two-year license to operate block 192 to the Peruvian subsidiary of…

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Money-laundering charges against Peru’s first lady dismissed

On Friday a federal court in Lima dismissed money-laundering charges and ended prosecutors’ investigations into…

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Fugitive military commander turns himself in after 13 years

Peruvian military commander Jesus Zamudio turned himself in to authorities yesterday to face murder charges…

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Peru loses years of public contracts in database crash

Peru’s state authority which oversees the government’s hiring of contractors has lost almost 800,000 digital…

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Peru approves law to shoot down drug planes

Peru’s congress approved a law to allow the air force to shoot down private planes…

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Peru enacts laws to combat construction industry extortion

Peru’s government enacted by decree a group of laws intended to combat increasingly powerful extortion…

  • Culture

Peru issues coin commemorating poet and independence fighter

Peru’s central bank has issued a special edition of nuevo sol coins featuring the 19th…

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60 bodies found in mass graves in central Peru

Authorities in the central state of Ayacucho have found five mass graves containing the remains…

  • Economy

Northern Peru region set to protest private operation of key oil block

The Loreto state governor and local indigenous organizations have called an indefinite strike to protest…