Construction of a massive highway project through eastern Peru has garnered international attention from press and conservationists as critics worry it could destroy some of the country’s most precious protected Full Article »
A fire on early Friday morning destroyed the Cantagallo shantytown settled by natives from the Amazon jungle in the Rimac district near downtown Lima. Hundreds of homes were consumed in Full Article »
Indigenous protesters on Saturday released over 200 international tourists and other hostages who were detained on a remote stretch of the Marañon River in Loreto following recent oil spills. Natives from the Saramurillo village in Full Article »
“When Two Worlds Collide,” a documentary about the “Baguazo” conflict which left 33 people dead, opened in theaters in the United States on Wednesday. The Sundance award-winning documentary showcases the Full Article »
Peru’s central bank has issued a new sol coin which features pottery and architecture from the Shipibo-Conibo culture found in the eastern jungle state of Ucayali. The bank will issue Full Article »
Award-winning actress Magaly Solier will star in a one-person live performance featuring singing and storytelling about love in Peru. Solier will direct and star in “Ricchari warmi,” which is Quechua Full Article »
Peru inaugurated the newly renovated museum for the Pachacamac archaeological site in the Lurin district south of Lima on Monday night. Cabinet chief Pedro Cateriano and culture minister Diana Alvarez Full Article »
Two breaches in the Northern Peruvian Pipeline have contaminated the Marañon river in Peru’s Amazonas and Loreto states. The first breach in the pipeline occurred on Jan. 25 in the Full Article »
Spain’s largest public library is showcasing a Garcilaso de la Vega exhibit featuring the ‘indigenist’ writer’s book collection and other personal belongings. The National Library of Spain in Madrid unveiled Full Article »
Julio Guzman has backtracked in an early gaffe committed just after emerging as a contender in Peru’s presidential elections next April. Less than one week after new polls indicated that Guzman Full Article »
