At least 105 people have died in southern Peru this winter. While that is tragic, it is hardly news. Children and elderly residents die by the dozen every year. Many Full Article »
A new economic report predicts that Peru’s informal sector will remain a significant part of the national economy until at least 2050. Peru’s state planning agency published a report forecasting Full Article »
The Peruvian Nationalist Party switched its 2016 presidential candidate from Daniel Urresti to former housing minister Milton von Hesse. The scandal-courting former interior minister Daniel Urresti renounced his bid for Full Article »
Peru’s housing and construction ministry will build two aerial cable car lines to improve mobility in the impoverished areas of north Lima. President Ollanta Humala announced plans for the cable cars, some Full Article »
A summary of the key points in President Ollanta Humala’s final Message to the Nation speech delivered on Tuesday. Humala delivered the last Independence Day address of his term from congress Full Article »
“A good rule of thumb to ask of a country: are people trying to get into it or out of it?” – Tony Blair Last week statistical agency INEI released Full Article »
Peru’s middle class is slightly smaller today than it was in 2011 according to a study by Lima’s chamber of commerce. The Institute of Economics and Business Development (IEDEP), an Full Article »
American actress Michelle Rodriguez filmed a documentary segment highlighting young children working for a brick manufacturer in Peru. Rodriguez appears at a brick manufacturing site in an undisclosed location where she interviews “Dina,” Full Article »
Ancash governor-elect Waldo Rios has cleared all legal hurdles to assume office after winning a runoff election six months ago. Rios could not legally take office after winning the election Full Article »
Peru’s statistical agency released a report showing the amount of Peruvians living in poverty decreased 1.2 percentage points to 22.3%, which marked the country’s slowest rate of reducing poverty in Full Article »
