Foreign Minister José García Belaunde recalled Peru’s ambassador to Bolivia for consultation Monday to reevaluate diplomatic relations between the two countries after Bolivian President Evo Morales alleged over the weekend that Peru is opening its doors to establish a permanent United States military base.
Morales, who made his comment on Saturday, contended that after being rejecting […]

Moquegua’s regional Civil Defense Institute is maintaing a yellow alert, indicating that the Ubinas volcano in southwestern Peru could erupt.
Since the volcano began to emit acid-laden ash, smoke and toxic gases more than two months ago, hundreds of residents have complained of migraines, conjunctivitis and respiratory infections.
“The inhabitants of (San Pedro de Querapi), who came […]

Ex-President Alberto Fujimori’s once-feared intelligence chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, testified Monday that his former boss is innocent of charges he sanctioned the Colina group paramilitary death squad.
Fujimori, 69, could hardly contain a grin as his former spy chief depicted him as a “courageous” hero who defeated a bloody leftist insurgency and lifted Peru from its knees. […]

The head of Peru’s military Joint Chiefs of staff said it would be a mistake to start eradication of coca leaf, the raw material for cocaine, in the Apurímac and Ene river valleys, VRAE, because of the social chaos it would cause among the majority of the poor inhabitants who eek out their living on […]

The Organization of American States on Tuesday accepted Peru’s request to hold a special meeting of the Permanent Council in Washington later this week to address the European Union’s approval of a tough new illegal immigration law.
The law passed by the European Parliament last week calls for detention of illegal immigrants for up to 18 […]

Thirty-four thousand vehicles in Peru’s capital, Lima, have converted their engines to natural gas and the Peruvian Natural Gas Vehicle Association predicts that 30,000 more will make the switch by the end of the year.
“This market is growing at an accelerated pace, especially in Lima. And if we maintain a good rhythm, we could convert […]

Since his term began in July 2006, President Alan Garcia has mailed out more than 300 dispatches to invite top businessmen from Chile and 51 other countries to invest in Peru.
Garcia’s press secretary released the information to Peruvian journalists to head off criticism about a story published Sunday in the Chilean daily La Tercera, which […]

The National Geographic Society insists Yale University turn over to Peru all artifacts taken from Machu Picchu by American historian Hiram Bingham nearly a century ago.
Though Yale recognized Peru’s title to the artifacts by signing a memorandum of understanding last September, negotiations are now stalled as Machu Picchu’s centennial “discovery” anniversary looms ahead.
“We were […]

The gourmet ham and cheese sandwiches, packed and ready to go for the AeroMexico flight, seemed a little heavy? Oops, they sneaked cocaine into the in-flight food cart, again!
Just four months after a drug bust in its kitchens, Gate Gourmet Peru is back on the police radar, Peru’s weekly news magazine Caretas reported. The […]

Peru President Alan Garcia enacted a legislative decree to declare a 60-day state of emergency in 11 of Peru’s 24 departments Thursday as temperatures in the Andes region continue to drop dramatically and claim the lives of residents.
As Peru remains in the grip of intense cold — meteorologists have registered temperatures dipping to -22°C, or […]