Lawyer for jailed Shining Path founder charged with “apology for terrorism” over book announcement

Days after the announcement that a book of manuscripts written by Abimael Guzman – the principal architect and strategist of Peru’s Maoist Shining Path guerrilla – would soon be published, Peru filed apology for terrorism charges against Guzman, his lover and Shining Path’s second-in-command Elena Iparraguirre, as well as his editor and lawyer.

No alliances will be made with Lima Mayor Castañeda for upcoming 2011 presidential elections, says Simon

Former premier and head of the Peruvian Humanist Movement Yehude Simon said Friday that his party would not be making any alliances with the “authoritarian” Lima Mayor Luis Castañeda Lossio for the upcoming 2011 presidential elections. “We have a different vision,” said Simon, who compared Castañeda’s style to that of Ollanta Humala, head of Peru’s [...]

Mother whale beached at Chorrillos’ La Chira Beach dies in spite of rescue efforts, sick baby likely to die

An 80-ton whale stranded at Chorrillos’ La Chira Beach has died in spite of rescue efforts, and her sick baby – still struggling to get back to sea – is also likely to die, reported daily El Comercio. According rescue scientist Carlos Yaipén, the 16-meter long and 80-ton mother whale and her baby were most [...]

Giant coca paste maceration pit smashed by police in jungle Department of Loreto

A giant coca paste maceration pit — measuring more than 25 meters in length — was found in Peru’s Amazon Department of Loreto and destroyed by police, daily El Comercio reported Monday. As part of “Operation Piranha,” 35 anti-drug police left Iquitos for the isolated jungle town of San Isidro late Thursday night. Because of [...]

Nearly 80 foreigners petition Peru to serve prison terms in home country

Seventy-nine foreigners locked up in Peruvian jails – mainly on charges of drug trafficking – have petitioned Peru to serve the remainder of their prison terms in their home country, Vice-Minister of Justice Erasmo Reyna said Monday. “We have 79 petitions that are currently being evaluated,” said Reyna in comments to state news agency Andina. [...]

After being stranded in Mexico for days, 17 Peruvians make it back home

Seventeen Peruvians stranded in Mexico after Peru suspended all incoming flights from the Aztec country last week finally made it back to Lima aboard a LACSA flight with a special authorization to land in Peru’s capital, reported daily El Comercio on Wednesday.

Chávez critic granted asylum, Venezuela recalls ambassador to Peru

To protest Peru’s decision to grant political asylum to President Hugo Chavez’s most outspoken critic, Manuel Rosales, Venezuela has recalled its ambassador in Lima, daily Peru21 reported Tuesday. According to Venezuela’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, Rosales should have been arrested and then extradited to his home country, where he currently faces corruption charges. Venezuela disparaged Peru’s [...]

Kichua and Arabela indigenous communities block river traffic in Amazon to protest oil exploration and extraction on their ancestral lands

Approximately 2,000 members of Kichua and Arabela indigenous communities blocked off river traffic on Peru’s Curacay and Napo Rivers in northeastern department of Loreto Wednesday, to protest the contamination of their ancestral lands by mining companies, and to demand the repeal of a series of laws they say are promoting unrestricted oil exploration. According to [...]

Peru to launch its first nanosatellite into space by 2010

Peru’s National Engineering University, or UNI, will launch the Andean country’s first nanosatellite into space in November 2010, according to state news agency Andina.

Cementos Lima Co. draining Ica wetlands, posing threat to biodiversity and migratory birds

For the past few weeks, Cementos Lima Co. has been draining Ica’s Agua Santa swamps and lagoons, endangering the delicate ecosystem which is home to 36 species of birds, daily El Comercio reported. “We are losing biodiversity that is extremely difficult to recuperate,” said Carlos Obando Llajarua, President of Ica’s Regional Environmental Council, or CAR. [...]

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