How the Shining Path works with Colombian drug traffickers
Peruvian guerrilla organization Shining Path is working closely with Colombian drug traffickers whose cocaine revenue is used…
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Tia Maria protests to pause for rice harvest
Protest leaders have announced a 10-day break in the indefinite strike against the Tia Maria…
9 years ago
Alonso Cueto’s La Hora Azul to make film debut in Peru
A film based on Peruvian novelist Alonso Cueto’s award-winning novel, La Hora Azul, will be…
9 years ago
Housing ministry looks to subsidize no-down-payment mortgages
Peru’s housing ministry will send to congress a bill that looks to revitalize its slowing…
9 years ago
National Solidarity congressman investigated for ‘ghost employees’
Congressman Jose Luna is being investigated by the ethics committee for soliciting salaries for three…
9 years ago
Four congressmen suspended in one week
Four congressmen representing three political parties were suspended for ethical infractions last week. Heriberto Benitez, a member of…
9 years ago
Former justice minister under Alan Garcia sentenced to four years
Former congressman and justice minister Aurelio Pastor was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday…
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Southern to ‘pause’ Tia Maria, Humala rejects calls for suspension
President Ollanta Humala rejected calls for a suspension of the controversial Tia Maria copper mine project…
9 years ago
Peru’s role in the Bolivia-Chile land dispute
While the International Court of Justice deliberates the lawsuit Bolivia brought against Chile in an effort to…
9 years ago
Tia Maria violence in Arequipa’s Plaza de Armas
Protesters opposed to the Tia Maria copper mine project damaged property and clashed with police…
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Ruben Florez, musician and father of Juan Diego Florez, dies aged 76
Ruben Florez, Peruvian Creole singer and father of iconic opera tenor Juan Diego Florez, died…
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Two years after rescue, Andean condors freed near Lima
Two Andean condors found poisoned in 2013 were released on Tuesday after two years of…
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Growing demand for pisco drives global sales
Export volume of Peru’s national spirit, pisco, has grown 168% in the last five years.…
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Attorney general dismissed for misconduct in Cesar Alvarez investigations
For the first time in Peru’s history, a judicial oversight commission voted to dismiss attorney…
9 years ago
Government to arrest Pepe Julio Gutierrez, freeze Islay province funds
In the face of fierce opposition to the Tia Maria copper mine in Arequipa, Peru’s government…
9 years ago