Government Palace opens doors to show Machu Picchu artifacts

Artifacts from Machu Picchu, which were taken from Peru almost a century ago and recently returned by Yale University, have been put on display at the Government Palace, state news agency Andina reported. Authorities have set up 16 showcases to display some 360 archaeological pieces from Machu Picchu in the government’s Golden and Tupac Amaru [...]

Fujimoristas pledge not to repeat “self-coup” on 19 year anniversary

Representatives from Peru’s Fuerza 2011 party pledged Tuesday not to repeat the 1992 “self-coup” of jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori if its presidential candidate and daughter of the former president, Keiko Fujimori, is elected.

Twenty-one dead, numerous injured as bus plunges 200 meters in southern highlands

At least 21 people are dead after an inter-provincial bus racing through Peru’s southern highlands went over a cliff early Friday, daily El Comercio reported. The accident occurred at 5:00a.m. when a bus belonging to the Virgen del Carmen transport company plunged down a 200 meter abyss after losing control on a higway between Paucartambo [...]

China overtakes U.S. as Peru’s top destination for exports in Jan-Feb

China overtook the United States as Peru’s top destination for exports in the first two months of 2011, state news agency Andina reported. Peruvian exports to China totaled $926 million in the January-February period, up 18 percent from the year-ago period. Ninety-five percent of Chinese imports from Peru are raw materials, mainly minerals, according to [...]

Interview with filmmaker Michael Kleiman, director of “Web”

Web is an upcoming full-length documentary directed by Michael Kleiman, a young and talented filmmaker from New York who embarked on a personal journey to capture the moment when a group of children in a remote corner of Peru’s Amazon jungle interact with the Internet for the first time. Consulting some of the leading minds [...]

Peru president blasts Chile for alleged military spying

President Alan García on Monday blasted “dictatorial, Pinochet-like” elements in Chile’s government for allegedly keeping a Peruvian air force officer on its payroll to turn over military top secrets to Peru’s southern neighbor.

Best social networking site for Peru’s expat community gets FB-like facelift

By Rick Vecchio ~ Peruvian Times Editor ~ Peruvian Times’ sister site Expatperu.com has undergone a major redesign with a fabulous social networking application for Peru’s English-speaking international community, or anyone interested in getting an inside view of how things really work in South America’s third largest nation.

Barbara Fraser Interviews director of El Instituto del Bien Común: background of Indigenous unrest

Fujimori, Arana, massacres, impunity and immunity

By Paul Goulder ~ In April ex-President Fujimori was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison and the long fight for justice by relatives of those killed at Cantuta and Barrios Altos, and who had absolutely no connection with terrorism, have seen some belated and grim reward. It has been called “un hito jurídico mundial[i]” (an [...]

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