Military plane crashes in southern Lima district
A Peruvian air force plane crashed into a mountain in Lima’s southern district of Villa…
9 years ago
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Snows block highways in southern Peru
Heavy snows prompted the closing of highways in Peru’s southern states of Arequipa and Puno yesterday. Snowstorms…
9 years ago
La Oroya: protesters suspend strike in central Peru
Mineworkers have lifted an indefinite strike in La Oroya, unblocking the Carretera Cental highway in…
9 years ago
La Oroya: Peru rejects relaxing environmental standards
Peru’s government has rejected calls for an easing of environmental standards at the La Oroya…
9 years ago
One dead in central Peru mineworkers strike
A man was killed today in clashes between police and mineworkers demanding relaxed environmental standards…
9 years ago
Two Shining Path leaders captured in southern Peru
Peru’s military arrested on Sunday two Shining Path militants who led a column in a…
9 years ago
Police seize $1 million of counterfeit clothing in Lima market
Yesterday morning police seized $1.25 million worth of clothing from the Polvos Azules shopping mall…
9 years ago
Copper prices send nuevo sol to six-year low at 3.20 per dollar
Peru’s currency closed last week at over 3.20 per dollar, a six-year low, on falling…
9 years ago
Dengue declines in northern Peru ahead of El Niño rains
Dengue fever has been significantly reduced in northern Peru ahead of El Niño weather conditions…
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Military helicopter rotor kills woman in northern Peru
A college student who tried to approach Peru’s Cabinet chief Pedro Cateriano in Tumbes yesterday…
9 years ago
Historic Lima soccer team at risk of liquidation
Universitario de Deportes, Peru’s second oldest soccer club, faces the risk of being dissolved and…
9 years ago
Peru’s oil future in question after key license attracts zero bids
None of the qualified oil companies placed a bid for block 192, Peru’s largest oil…
9 years ago
Ecuadorian climbers’ bodies found in Cordillera Blanca mountains
Three Ecuadorian mountain climbers perished in Huascaran National Park of the Cordillera Blanca mountain range.…
9 years ago
Peru’s cell phone tracking law faces little opposition
A decree requiring telecommunications companies to provide police with the identity and location of cell…
9 years ago
U.S. firm sues Peru for payment of 140-year-old bonds
An Illinois firm has sued the government of Peru for $182 million for its failure…
9 years ago