Peru to build cable cars to serve poor Lima districts
Peru’s housing and construction ministry will build two aerial cable car lines to improve mobility…
10 years ago
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Lima book fair generates $4.3 million in sales
The 20th edition of Lima’s annual book fair attracted over 500,000 visitors and sold over…
10 years ago
Government backtracks on minimum wage increase
Prime minister Pedro Cateriano announced that Peru would not increase the minimum wage before the…
10 years ago
Lima police launch ‘mega-operations’ to battle rising crime
Thousands of police descended on high-crime neighborhoods in Lima over the weekend in raids aimed…
10 years ago
15 more rescued from second Shining Path ‘production camp’
Peru’s armed forces freed 15 enslaved workers from a Shining Path work farm in Junin…
10 years ago
Peru decrees security measures, including cell phone tracking
Peru has enacted a set of laws aimed at stemming rising crime rates, one of…
10 years ago
Summary: Humala’s 2015 Message to the Nation
A summary of the key points in President Ollanta Humala’s final Message to the Nation…
10 years ago
Humala’s ruling party loses congressional presidency
Opposition congressman Luis Iberico was elected president of Peru’s congress to further undermine the last…
10 years ago
Truck falls into lake, killing 11 in southern Peru
A truck fell from a bridge into a lake in Cusco yesterday, killing 11 and…
10 years ago
Opposition launches legal offense against Tia Maria copper mine
Opposition to the Tia Maria copper project in Arequipa has filed a lawsuit which aims…
10 years ago
Peru rescues 39 slaves from Shining Path ‘production camp’
Peru’s special forces rescued 26 children and 13 adults from forced captivity in a Shining…
10 years ago
Mosquito-borne disease epidemic spreads in northern Peru
Peru has declared a health emergency in the northern state of Tumbes after increasing cases…
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13 injured in extortion gang’s grenade attack at Lima circus
A grenade attack at the La Paisana Jacinta circus show injured at least 13 in…
10 years ago
Tia Maria: state of emergency expires in southern Peru
Peru’s government allowed a state of emergency to expire yesterday in an Arequipa province which…
10 years ago
WTO rules against Peru tariffs on Guatemala produce
Peru lost an appeal against a 2014 WTO decision against its tariffs on certain food…
10 years ago