Peru looks to conclude trade talks with Japan in November

Peru is expecting to conclude negotiations for a free trade agreement with Japan toward the end of November, Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Martín Pérez said. Peru and Japan held a sixth round of negotiations between August 18-31 in Tokyo. “In the last round of bilateral negotiations with Japan, we didn’t get the advances that [...]

Peruvian health authorities send medical attention for jungle residents ill from contaminated food, water

Authorities in northern Peru’s Alto Amazonas province have sent a team of health professionals to provide medical attention for residents in the district of Balsapuerto where there have been reports of poisoning from consuming contaminated water and food. The team will include doctors, nurses and biologists to investigate the cause of poisoning, the director of [...]

Castañeda calls on Lima mayor candidates to make realistic promises

Lima Mayor Luis Castañeda has called on candidates campaigning to replace him to refrain from making unrealistic promises, particularly with regards to crime, state news agency Andina reported. Elections for the mayor of Lima are to be held in October. Candidates for the position have focused their campaigns largely on problems related to crime and [...]

Civil Defense may declare emergency in Loreto due to drop in Amazon river level

The civil defense committee in Peru’s north-eastern Loreto department will meet on Friday to discuss declaring an emergency due to a drop in the Amazon River’s water level. Water levels in the Amazon River in Peru, which is the main means of transportation to the jungle city of Iquitos, Loreto’s capital, has fallen to historic [...]

Peru, South Korea finalize trade deal

Peru and South Korea have finalized negotiations and reached an agreement on a bilateral free trade agreement which could come into force towards the beginning of 2011, Foreign Trade Minister Martin Perez said. “The FTA will come into force in the first months of 2011. Before, both governments will submit the trade agreement for a [...]

Velásquez: Anthropologist to be appointed minister of culture

Anthropologist Juan Ossio is expected to be named Peru’s first Minister of Culture, daily El Comercio reported Prime Minister Javier Velásquez as saying. President Alan Garcia is expected to officially announce Ossio’s appointment during the next few hours. Ossio is a professor of anthropology at Peru’s Catholic University (PUCP). He received his PhD from the [...]

LOOKING BACK: Festival of Native Music and Dances at Puruchuco

By Peggy Massey Peruvian Times, March 24, 1967 Puruchuco is one of my museums. This is stated with all the arrogance of the neophyte, and it means that at some time or other I’ve written the place up. So it was with a distinct twinge of proprietary pride that I returned to Puruchuco to see [...]

MTC: Broad band prices expected to fall as Peru sees jump in users

Broad band prices in Peru are expected to see a decrease in 2011 thanks to an increase in competition in the telecommunications sector, Transportation and Communications Minister Enrique Cornejo said. “Even though we have worked to grow the market and the number of users in the last few years, individual rates are still high,” state [...]

Peru authorities launch investigation into journalist, Russian spy

Peruvian authorities have accused Vicky Pelaez, the Peruvian journalist who was spying for Russia in the United States, of forging documentation, Radioprogramas reported anti-corruption prosecutor Jorge Luis Caldas as saying. Caldas said that Pelaez has two birth certificates with different names and a marriage license containing false information. In addition, he said Pelaez entered Peru [...]

Coca farmer protests costing Ucayali some $5.37 million

Protests by coca leaf farmers in Peru’s Ucayali department have cost approximately 15 million soles ($5.37 million) since the farmers began demonstrations on Aug. 14, according to Dotti Flores, the general manager of the Ucayali Chamber of Commerce. The farmers have blocked the Federico Basadre highway, which has prevented the flow of goods affecting the [...]

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