Peru was the country most deeply affected by the El Niño Costero phenomenon that spanned between 2016 and 2017 and led to extensive flooding along the Pacific coast of South Full Article »
Peru’s government has declared a state of emergency in various provinces throughout the country which saw torrential rains, landslides and floods. Cabinet chief Fernando Zavala declared the state of emergency Full Article »
The free-trade agreement between Peru and Honduras will take effect on Jan. 1, 2017. The agreement which takes effect on Monday will eliminate Honduran taxes on 84% of Peru’s exports Full Article »
Peru has launched its first ever satellite in an effort to assist agriculture and combat organized crime. The Peru SAT-1 was launched Sept. 15 from French Guiana and is scheduled Full Article »
Peru President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is in China for his first official visit abroad to court investment in Peruvian mining and infrastructure projects. Kuczynski will meet with government and business Full Article »
Peru’s new trade minister Eduardo Ferreyros has announced his goal to attract 7 million tourists to Peru and export $70 billion of goods per year by 2021. Given Peru exported Full Article »
Legislators in Tacna and Tumbes are looking to attract hundreds of millions of dollars in investment by amending Peru’s Constitution to allow foreign capital into border regions. Article 71 of Full Article »
At least 105 have died and thousands of children have suffered respiratory illnesses in the harshest winter to hit southern Peru in years. On May 20 the government declared a Full Article »
Peru’s environment ministry has issued a statement to the London stock exchange stating that United Cacao has engaged in illegal deforestation in the Amazon. The statement is the latest development Full Article »
A plane spraying herbicide near a high school in Ancash poisoned 92 students and three teachers on Tuesday. The crop-dusting plane sprayed a sugar cane field adjacent to the San Full Article »
