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Wes Decker

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 ...

South_America Peru transportation infrastructure disaster

started by Wes Decker on 13 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
Wes Decker

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...

Latin_America China Peru trade economics policy mining industry

started by Wes Decker on 22 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
Wes Decker

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...

Peru Latin_America South_America economics IMF

started by Wes Decker on 22 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
Wes Decker

(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...

Latin_America South_America Peru mining labor strike regulations industry police violence

started by Wes Decker on 22 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
Wes Decker

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 ...

Peru Venezuela South_America trade economics protectionism politics

started by Wes Decker on 30 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
Wes Decker

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...

Peru smuggling drugs cocaine police war_on_drugs

Wes Decker

Southern Peru and Northern Chile Hit By Earthquake - 1 views

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    6.4 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.
Wes Decker

(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...

Peru South_America Machu_Picchu travel tourism natural_disaster

started by Wes Decker on 22 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
Wes Decker

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/

biology natural_history Peru ecology science

Wes Decker

(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...

Peru Alberto_Fujimori politics celebrities corruption

started by Wes Decker on 22 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
Wes Decker

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.
Analeah Rosen

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...

started by Analeah Rosen on 25 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
Wes Decker

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...

Peru South_America Indians police violence human_rights crime politics

started by Wes Decker on 26 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
Wes Decker

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...

started by Wes Decker on 13 May 10 no follow-up yet
Wes Decker

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...

Peru Latin_America South_America economics government regulation mining industry labor

started by Wes Decker on 20 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
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