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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 »
Tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated against presidential frontrunner Keiko Fujimori in Lima and other cities throughout Peru five days before 2016 elections. The annual demonstration was held on the Full Article »
The Peruvian Nationalist Party has withdrawn its candidates for the presidency and Congress to avoid losing its legal status as a political party. The party’s presidential candidate Daniel Urresti as Full Article »
All but one of Peru’s leading presidential candidates have selected their vice presidents for 2016 elections. Leading presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, has selected Full Article »
Peru’s finance ministry has declared some of Lima’s Blue Corridor contracts void for not obtaining its approval for sustainability. The finance ministry has dealt a blow to Lima’s public transit Full Article »
A strike by Callao bus companies against Lima’s Blue Corridor transportation reform brought traffic to a standstill in Callao yesterday. Over 150 bus companies representing a fleet of over 1,500 Full Article »
Peru’s leading presidential candidate, Keiko Fujimori, generated controversy within her party for comments she made at a conference in the United States. In a conference at Harvard University, Fujimori endorsed Full Article »
Peru’s first lady Nadine Heredia testified on Tuesday before a congressional commission investigating her links to alleged political racketeer Martin Belaunde. Upon arriving at congress flanked by Nationalist Party congressmen, Full Article »
Peru’s ombudsman in Lima has requested an explanation from Lima’s municipal government after increasing complaints from citizens blocked from the city’s Facebook page. Facebook page administrators can remove or ban Full Article »
Since assuming office in January, Lima mayor Luis Castañeda’s popularity has plummeted due to a series of controversies and public gaffes. After handily winning the mayoral election last October with Full Article »
