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  • Economy

Peru holds national e-commerce promotion

Lima’s chamber of commerce sponsored the third annual Cyber Peru Day promotion this week in…

  • News

Defiant first lady appears before corruption commission

Peru’s first lady Nadine Heredia testified on Tuesday before a congressional commission investigating her links…

  • News

Peru no longer world’s top coca producer after 14% drop: UN

Following a drop in coca leaf production, Peru is no longer the world's top producer of the…

  • News

Prosecutor considers resigning over justice minister’s gag order

A prominent public prosecutor investigating Peru’s first lady has threatened to resign over a gag…

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Provincial mayor murdered in southern Peru

A provincial mayor from Peru’s southern state of Cusco was assassinated last night. Ronald Nuñez, mayor…

  • News

15 dead in northern Peru car accident

A van fell over 1,600 feet last night in Peru’s northern state of La Libertad,…

  • News

Freezing temperatures kill 15 children in southern Peru

Peru’s government is rushing to provide relief in the southern state of Puno, where a…

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Former governor under house arrest in southern Peru

Former Arequipa governor Juan Guillen has been placed under house arrest during an investigation into…

  • Lima

Lima Metro’s third line planned

Peru’s transportation minister has announced the route of the third line to be added to…

  • News

At least 10 dead in central Peru truck accident

At least 10 people were killed and 40 injured when a truck fell from a rural highway in…

  • Economy

Nationwide march for minimum wage increase

Peru’s largest labor organization held a national protest today to demand a doubling of the minimum…

  • Culture

New geoglyphs found near Nazca Lines

A Japanese university research team has discovered 24 new geoglyphs near the Nazca Lines archaeological…

  • News

Alberto Fujimori requests court overturn prison sentence

Former President Alberto Fujimori has requested Peru’s supreme court to overturn a guilty verdict for…

  • Economy

Tia Maria: police request extension of emergency

Police in Arequipa have requested an extension of the emergency status which implemented martial law…

  • News

Avalanche buries six miners in southern Peru

An avalanche killed six miners in an informal gold mine in Puno as heavy snows…