Peru won’t need to look to nuclear power as an alternative energy source for the foreseeable future thanks to its large hydro-electric potential and natural gas reserves, President Alan Garcia said. He also said the country could consider banning…
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Mayor Villaran releases report that highlights overspending in Castañeda administration
The administration of Lima’s former mayor, Luis Castañeda, included unnecessary spending, lack of transparency and the delivery of incomplete works as a result of excessive outsourcing to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), according…
Authorities increase security in Callao port to fend off piracy
The Peruvian coast guard service, Dicapi, has said it will increase security in the waters around the port of Callao in an effort to prevent further ship robberies, daily El Comercio reported. Earlier this month, a Japanese fishing boat anchored abou…
Presidential candidates Humala and Kuczynski gain in recent polls
Two opinion polls released on the weekend show a significant gain in approval ratings for Ollanta Humala, of the left-wing Gana Peru, and for the center-right candidate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, of Alianza por el Gran Cambio. They are also the only candid…
National water agency to team up with France’s IRD for glacier study
Peru’s national water authority, ANA, will team up with French development agency IRD to conduct scientific studies on the evolution of glaciers in Peru and how they have retreated over the last decade as a result of global warming. The study is part…
Ombudsman calls on candidates to improve situation of Afro-Peruvians
Peru’s national ombudsman, Beatriz Merino, has called on the presidential candidates to implement policies aimed at improving the inclusion of the Afro-Peruvian population. “On the eve of a change in government, I would like to call on the person …
Press freedom group condems attack on local paper
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists condemned on Wednesday an attack on the office of newspaper Voces, a daily published in Tarapoto in San Martin region, last weekend. Voces’ office was attacked with homemade explosives early Saturda…
Yale to return all Machu Picchu pieces, says Foreign Affairs minister
Foreign Affairs minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde rejected claims by Congressman Yonhy Lescano that Peru will receive from Yale University only 20 percent of the thousands of archaeological pieces removed from Machu Picchu between 1912-16. Lescano …
Van der Sloot to seek shorter sentence with guilty plea
Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot will plead guilty in the killing of a university student in his Lima hotel room last year. He is, however, seeking a shorter sentence by arguing that it was not premeditated, daily Correo reported. Van der Sloot, who …
Lawmakers summon minister to answer charges on Yale agreement
Lawmakers have summoned Foreign Affairs minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde to answer questions over charges that Peru will receive from Yale University only a portion of the archaeological pieces taken from Machu Picchu almost a century ago. Garcia…
Peru’s coca growing areas increase for 4th consecutive year, UN reports
Peru’s failure to stem the growth of coca production was reconfirmed in the United Nations’ International Narcotics Control Board report, released this week. Also released this week was the U.S. State Department’s annual report on Inter…
Peru admits timber certificates faked in secret cable
Peru’s government has secretly admitted that 70-90% of its mahogany exports were illegally felled, according to a US embassy cable revealed by Wikileaks.
