While thousands of drivers in Peru’s capital are converting their gasoline powered vehicles to run on Peru’s abundant supply of less expensive natural gas, one economist says the savings aren’t as substantial as they should be because filling stations are gouging customers with artificially high costs to compress the fuel into their tanks.
“The lower cost […]

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 […]

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by peruviantimes

More than 90 of the world’s leading authorities on the potato met in Cusco this week to discuss sustainable potato-based systems, in a four-day conference sponsored by the International Potato Center, CIP, and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO.
One of the expected outputs of the conference has been dubbed the “Cusco Challenge,” a year-long […]

President Alan García laid out 10 objectives to increase relations with China by 2015 during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wednesday. The meeting came on the second day of García’s visit to the Asian country and follows official meetings in Japan earlier this week.
García told President Hu Jintao of China that increasing economic and […]

The president of Osiptel, the State regulator of Peru’s telecommunications sector, announced a plan today to increase competition among Internet providers by reducing the operating costs for broadband Internet service providers by 91 percent.
Internet providers in Peru currently need 34 broadband connection points, which has a monthly cost of $166,000, Agencia Andina reported Guillermo Thornberry […]

Scientists at the National Agrarian University have created the World’s first “test-tube” alpaca embryo in an attempt to protect the South American camelid’s biodiversity and improve its productivity by controlling reproduction. The three-year study was led by the Agrarian University’s Center for Investigation and Education on the Transfer of Embryos, Ciete, with support from Peru’s […]

Peruvian police have arrested a 20-year-old computer science student accused of hacking into the websites of three Peruvian newspapers in early January. According to daily Correo, Diego Luis Bardales, alias Sdm, is suspected of leading a campaign against Peru’s media calling for authorities to release Cyber Alexis, the alias of César Alexis Atoche, 23, who […]

Three Peruvian newspapers have been targeted by supporters of “Cyber Alexis,” the alleged alias of César Alexis Atoche who was arrested by police on Dec. 30. A hacker called Sdm, of the Dark Mafia Group, posted messages on daily Ojo and daily Correo calling for authorities to “free Cyber Alexis.” Sdm added, “you protect the […]

Police say they have captured a notorious Peruvian hacker who allegedly turned “cracker” by siphoning some $833,000 from unsuspecting banking customers through online fraud. César Alexis Atoche Paredes, 23, alias “Cyber Alexis,” was arrested in Lima’s Carabayllo district by the Investigative Division for High Tech Crimes on Dec.30, police said.
Cyber Alexis made a name for […]