Protesters in Lima’s northern districts of Puente Piedra, Ancon and Santa Rosa destroyed toll booths and battled police over a proposed toll on the Panamericana Norte highway on Wednesday. Over 200 Full Article »
Dozens of people were killed during holiday travels on Peru’s dangerous rural highways. At least 46 people died in fatal car and bus accidents around Peru since Dec. 20. Almost Full Article »
A transport workers’ protest which blocked the Panamericana Norte highway in north Lima left thousands of local residents without transportation on Monday. Hundreds of demonstrators blocked the highway in Lima’s Full Article »
At least 17 people were killed when two buses collided head-on in Peru’s southern state of Ica on Tuesday night. According to RPP, one bus was travelling from the provincial capital of Ica to Full Article »
Peru’s comptroller has issued a report detailing problems with the construction of the second line of Lima’s Metro which could cost the state $156 million. Comptroller Edgar Alarcon gave a Full Article »
Eleven people were killed when a bus fell 650 feet into a ravine in Peru’s southern state of Cusco. The bus was travelling through the Chumbivilcas province five hours outside of Full Article »
Opposition politicians have organized a petition to recall San Isidro district mayor Manuel Velarde via referendum. Peru’s elections authority, ONPE, has issued three recall petitions in the Lima metropolitan area. Full Article »
Two accidents less than 24 hours part left 19 dead and dozens injured in Peru’s northern state of La Libertad. A small bus suffered a head-on collision with a commercial Full Article »
Lima mayor Luis Castañeda’s approval fell slightly this month as two key public transit projects face problems and his political party sat out 2016 elections. An Ipsos poll taken this Full Article »
The upscale Miraflores district of Lima inaugurated the newly widened Villena Rey bridge on Tuesday. The bridge connected the north and south sides of the Miraflores cliffs above the Bajada Balta Full Article »
