Humala Rejects Rumours That He May Change Cabinet

President Ollanta Humala has reiterated his support for his cabinet chief, Oscar Valdes, as he rejected rumors that he could make changes to his cabinet anytime soon, newspaper Peru.21 reported. “He has my support,” said Humala, during a lunch with Valdes at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Lima. Peru.21 says that Humala told Valdes that [...]

Former Humala Adviser Jimenez Criticizes Government

Felix Jimenez, President Ollanta Humala’s former top economic adviser, criticized the current administration for serving the country’s economic power groups, according to an interview on Ideeleradio. Jimenez said that those who garnered the presidential votes nationwide last year are no longer the policy makers and, instead, those who lost the elections and who harshly criticized the [...]

Six Firms Eye Investing In Peru Petrochemical Complex

Six international companies are interested in participating with Peru’s state-owned Petroperu to develop a petrochemical complex on the country’s southern coast, according to Petroperu’s general manager, Pedro Mendez. “We are receiving visits from six companies worldwide that are very interested in talking with us about analyzing different areas of participation in the petrochemical complex,” Mendez [...]

Former Humala Allies Create New Political Group

A group of left-wing political allies and former advisers to President Ollanta Humala, who broke with the government last year, have formed a new group, known as Ciudadanos por el Cambio, or Citizens for Change. The group includes Humala’s former Premier, Salomon Lerner Ghitis, the former Environment minister Ricardo Giesecke, and the former Devida anti-drug [...]

UNICEF Says Shining Path Remnants Violating Convention On Child Rights

Recent reports and photographs of Shining Path rebels in Peru’s southeast jungle have shown that the rebel group holds dozens of young children, kidnapped or born to kidnapped women, to train them as rebel soldiers. UNICEF’s office in Peru said Tuesday that the use of children by remnant groups of the Shining Path rebels is a violation of [...]

Britain, Peru Begin Mending Relations With Business Road Show

Britain and Peru appear to be mending ties through the private sector following a diplomatic rift caused by Peru’s last minute cancellation in March of a visit to the port of Callao by Britain’s HMS Montrose, a navy frigate. Peruvian business and government leaders travelled to London last week as part of a three-city tour this [...]

Van der Sloot May Be Extradited To U.S.

Peruvian authorities are evaluating a request to extradite convicted killer Joran van der Sloot to the United States, Radio Programas reported. Van der Sloot, a Dutch citizen, pleaded guilty in January to the 2010 murder of Stephany Flores, a 21-year-old University of Lima business administration student whom he met at a casino in Lima’s tourist [...]

Peruvian Exports Rise 10.7 Percent In First Quarter 2012

Peruvian exports totaled $11.2 billion in the first quarter of this year, up 10.7 percent from the same period in 2011, the private-sector Foreign Trade Society, or Comex Peru, said. Non-traditional exports in the quarter totaled $2.54 billion, which is a 12 percent increase from year-ago period, daily El Comercio reported. Sectors that led the non-traditional [...]

Peru Prepares Major Offensive Against Shining Path In VRAE – Report

President Ollanta Humala’s government is preparing a large-scale offensive against remnants of the Shining Path insurgency in the isolated coca-growing Apurimac and Ene river valleys, or VRAE, daily El Comercio reported, citing Reuters. The report said the offensive is the biggest in almost two decades, and seeks to deliver a major blow to the Shining [...]

Gov’t Confirms Informal Miner Trapped In New Cave-In

An informal miner in Peru’s southern Ayacucho region has been trapped underground, the government confirmed, in another case that highlights the dangers of wildcat mining in the Andean country. The Mines and Energy Ministry confirmed that the miner, Medardo Gutierrez, was trapped when there was a cave-in at the informal Luicho mine, in the district [...]

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