Peru seeks extradition of Italian ship captain involved in January oil spill
Peruvian prosecutor requested the extradition of a ship captain who is being investigated for the spill…
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Does the future of education in Peru lie in programming? This Peruvian edtech startup is betting on it
In 2018, when Maria del Mar Velez founded the Peruvian startup Crack The Code, she had one thing clear:…
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Peruvian journalists hold sit-in at Congress to protest Covid-era entry restrictions
Journalists from various media outlets in Peru staged a sit-in outside Congress last Thursday in response…
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Peru Libre ruling party loses power: 10 of its congressmen resign
There is division in Peru’s ruling party. Ten congressmen from Peru Libre, the political party that…
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Congress rejects President Pedro Castillo’s bill to change Peru’s Constitution
The Peruvian Congress’ Constitutional Commission rejected the bill presented by President Pedro…
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Peru’s capital Lima swears in new mayor weeks after impeaching Jorge Muñoz
Former Deputy Mayor Miguel Romero was sworn in as Mayor of Lima weeks after his predecessor, Jorge Muñoz,…
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Peru’s Las Bambas copper mine shut down for weeks as locals protest for more social investment
Operations at Las Bambas copper mine in south-central Peru have been paralyzed for weeks after hundreds…
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Presidential plagiarism: Peru’s Pedro Castillo takes heat over master’s thesis
Peru’s Public Ministry opened an investigation on Thursday into President Pedro Castillo and his wife,…
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Peru to close 40 military bases in VRAEM, aka ‘Peru’s Cocaine Valley’
Peru’s Minister of Defense José Gavidia announced last week a new government strategy to close…
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Mayor of Lima, Peru impeached for serving on the board of state-owned company while in office
Peru’s National Jury of Elections (JNE) removed Lima Mayor Jorge Muñoz from office for illegally…
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