Bus Falls into Lake Titicaca - 4 views
Fifteen people were killed this morning and at least twenty injured when a bus fell 100 feet into Lake Titicaca after going off the road at the edge of a ravine. The bus had been driving along one ...
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Peru Sees an Increase in Chinese Investment - 2 views
China's deputy trade minister has announced that Chinese companies have invested $1.4 billion in Peru so far - more than any other country in Latin America. "Peru has become the principal destina...
Peru's Economy is the Fastest-Growing in Latin America - 6 views
The International Monetary Fund has projected that Peru's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow more than twelve percent over the next two years - more than any other country in Latin America or t...
(Repost) Violent Confrontation Between Police and Miners in Southern Peru - 1 views
Five people were killed and twenty-nine hurt today in a standoff between 1,200 police and about 3,800 miners who had blockaded a busy section of the Pan-American Highway in protest of new regulatio...
Peruvian President Calls Chavez Out on Free Trade Agreement - 1 views
This Wednesday, President Alan Garcia of Peru accused Hugo Chavez of restricting imports from Peru and violating an international agreement. Venezuela was a member of the Andean Community (a trade ...
Big Drug Bust in Peru - 5 views
UPDATE: Apparently, 4,000 kg of cocaine hydrochloride is worth more than $320 million in the U.S. market. The articles were unclear as to whether it was four tonnes of pure cocaine or four tonnes T...
Southern Peru and Northern Chile Hit By Earthquake - 1 views
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Wes Decker on 06 May 106.4 is pretty substantial, but still less than 1/1000th of what the big one this past winter was. The story is a very recent development, so nobody knows what the damage is yet.
Peru farmers drop cocaine in favor of cocoa / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor... - 0 views
(Repost) Machu Picchu to Re-open in Spring - 1 views
The Fifteenth-Century Incan fortress at Machu Picchu is expected to open early this April after flash flooding and mudslides disabled the railroad in late January and cut off access to any tourists...
New Species of Leech Identified in Peru - 7 views
UPDATE: Further reading at http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/15/trex-leech-enormous-teeth/
(Repost) Peru's Former President Attends Daughter's Wedding - In Prison - 2 views
Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori gave away his daughter Saturday in a small wedding ceremony at the chapel of the Peruvian police's Special Operations Directorate headquaters. The ex-presi...
British Tourists Taking an Interest in Peru - 1 views
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La Comisión de Promoción del Perú is reaching out to foreign travellers in order to promote tourism; particlarly in the tropical northern part of the country. Attractions promoted include beaches, surfing, and archaeological sites which pre-date the Incan civilization.
chile and peru to lead latin amercian growth in 2011 - 1 views
http://www.santiagotimes.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18675:prediction-chile-and-peru-will-lead-latin-american-growth&catid=48:other&Itemid=122 IMF and World Bank predict that u...
Police Chief Put in Charge of His Own Trial - 3 views
General Luis Muguruza, the police chief who commanded the bloodiest police operation of Alan Garcia's presidency, has been named to a government human rights commission. The appointment comes just...
Large Gold Deposit Found in Southern Peru - 2 views
A South African mining company and its Peruvian joint-venture partner have announced the discovery of a major gold deposit in the volcanically active Moquega region. The new deposit is estimated t...
Columbia Investing in Peruvian Energy - 0 views
Peru's Mining Companies May Be Dealing in Black Market - 4 views
Up to twelve Peruvian mining companies are under investigation for buying gold from wildcat miners to avoid paying taxes. At least four of the companies - Titan, Dynacor, Laytaruma, and Colibri - w...