Illegal mining renders vast areas uninhabitable in Lima outskirts
Illegal miners of construction materials create sprawling quarries which render vast expanses of land…
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Two of Peru’s presidential candidates may be disqualified
Legal technicalities and procedural errors threaten to bar the candidacies of Julio Guzman and Cesar…
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Lima opens tunnel to connect poor district to greater metro area
The city of Lima has opened the Santa Rosa and San Martin tunnels to connect the San Juan de Lurigancho…
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Second Lima bus strike fails despite political ammo
A second Lima bus strike scheduled today failed to significantly stop activity in the city despite a…
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Lima water plant at risk of collapse
The Huachipa water-treatment plant which serves 400,000 Lima residents has serious infrastructure damage…
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Chaos and corruption in Lima bus system revealed
Investigations by the newspaper, El Comercio, have revealed how bus companies and drivers avoid paying…
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Lima would suffer mass casualties in earthquake: experts
Lima officials and seismology experts warned that over 30,000 people would die if a large earthquake…
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Peru to build cable cars to serve poor Lima districts
Peru’s housing and construction ministry will build two aerial cable car lines to improve mobility…
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Lima police launch ‘mega-operations’ to battle rising crime
Thousands of police descended on high-crime neighborhoods in Lima over the weekend in raids aimed at…
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13 injured in extortion gang’s grenade attack at Lima circus
A grenade attack at the La Paisana Jacinta circus show injured at least 13 in Lima on Tuesday night.…
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