Peru to reevaluate environmental laws over La Oroya smelter
Peru’s environment ministry has proposed modifying laws restricting sulfur dioxide emissions to…
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Chinese miners evaluating pending bid for Peru’s La Oroya smelter
Peru’s government will likely ease sulfur dioxide emissions limits to attract investors to an auction…
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Peru changes bankruptcy law in bid to save historic La Oroya smelter
Peru’s Congress has passed a bill that would extend the terms of liquidation for bankrupt companies…
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Domestic violence spikes after historic women’s protest in Peru
Assaults and murders of women in Peru has spiked since 50,000 people marched in the “Not One…
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Peru: Kuczynski calls for protest to save mining company
President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has called for mineworkers at Doe Run’s smelter in La Oroya,…
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Shining Path ambush kills 10 on eve of Peru’s election
Shining Path guerrillas killed at least 10 military and civilian personnel in an ambush in Peru’s…
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Peru mulls barring Kuczynski in no-win situation
Peru’s elections board has lost significant credibility as it considers the disqualification of presidential…
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Keiko Fujimori’s VP barred from running for Peru’s Congress
A special elections board in Junin state has barred Vladimiro Huaroc, the second vice presidential candidate…
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Child killed after finding grenade in Peru’s jungle
One child was killed and four injured after they found a grenade in a region of the VRAEM used for military…
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At least 17 killed in central Peru bus accident
At least 17 people were killed when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in Peru’s central Junin state…
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