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		<title>Peru&#8217;s Illegal Gold Mining Bigger Than Drug Trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coca/Cocaine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law & Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cocaine Trafficking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal gold mining]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exports of illegal gold from Peru bring in about $1.8 billion per year, making it larger than the country’s drug trade, according to a new study by consulting firm Macroconsult. Elmer Cuba, a prominent Peruvian economist with Macroconsult, presented on Wednesday a new study that shows the size and influence of illegal gold mining, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humala Maintains Solid Support Despite Criticism Over VRAE Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new national poll shows that President Ollanta Humala has continued to maintain solid support in May, despite seeing his approval rating drop a tad from the prior month. The poll by Datum, which was published in daily Gestion, said that Humala has a 55 percent approval rating in May, compared to 57 percent in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garcia Backs Humala&#8217;s Policy Against Shining Path</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/12/garcia-backs-humalas-policy-against-shining-path/15704/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Law & Justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alan García]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidente Ollanta Humala]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two-time former President Alan Garcia has thrown his support behind Peru’s current President, Ollanta Humala, as the government is battling a Shining Path remnant group in a rugged, coca-growing region that has led to the recent deaths of a number of police and army officers. Garcia, who was president in the 1980s and again from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peru&#8217;s Ministers Resign Over Fight With Shining Path Rebels</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/12/perus-ministers-resign-over-fight-with-shining-path-rebels/15699/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Law & Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Provinces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congressional censure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru Cabinet resignations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VRAE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Peru’s Defense and Interior ministers, a mere six months since being appointed to their posts, resigned on Thursday amid a political uproar over an operation to rescue hostages and capture Shining Path rebels who had kidnapped the 36 natural gas workers last month. The ministers faced a censure in Congress to be voted on Saturday. Opposition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ninth Soldier Killed In New Shining Path VRAE Attack</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/10/ninth-soldier-killed-in-new-shining-path-vrae-attack/15686/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Insurgency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Martin de Pangoa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satipo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shining Path]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A non-commissioned army officer was killed in a new attack by remnants of the Shining Path insurgency in the Apurimac and Ene river valley, known as the VRAE, daily El Comercio reported. The officer, 38-year-old Valentin Huanca, was killed when a Shining Path sharpshooter attacked the Mazángaro counter-terrorism military base in Junin region’s San Martin de Pangoa province.  He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opposition Lawmakers To Support No Confidence Vote For Ministers</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/08/opposition-lawmakers-to-support-no-confidence-vote-for-ministers/15665/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 05:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense Minister Alberto Otarola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interior Minister Daniel Lozada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VRAE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Opposition lawmakers say they will support a vote of no confidence for Interior Minister Daniel Lozada and Defense Minister Alberto Otarola, due to their handling of the incidents involving Shining Path remnants in the Apurimac and Ene River Valley, or VRAE, daily El Comercio reported. Spokespersons for the Alianza por el Gran Cambio, Solidaridad Nacional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prime Minister Rejects Calls To Remove Ministers Over VRAE Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/05/prime-minister-rejects-calls-to-remove-ministers-over-vrae-strategy/15655/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 19:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andean Air Mail &#38; PERUVIAN TIMES</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Law & Justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Camisea Gas Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joint military police operation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Convención]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shining Path]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Oscar Valdes rejected Friday that Peru’s Interior and Defense ministers could be removed from their posts for their handling of a conflict with Shining Path remnants in the coca-growing Apurimac and Ene river valleys, or VRAE. Valdes said that removing Defense Minister Alberto Otarola or Interior Minister Daniel Lozada would not be favorable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunat Chief Says Gov&#8217;t To Implement Mechanisms In June To Combat Illegal Mining</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/05/sunat-chief-says-govt-to-implement-mechanisms-in-june-to-combat-illegal-mining/15653/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 18:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law & Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[illegal mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madre de Dios]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The head of Peru’s tax agency Sunat, Tania Quispe, said the government plans to establish by June mechanisms to halt the supply of chemical inputs and machinery that are used by illegal gold miners, state news agency Andina reported. “We are talking about May or June at the latest,” Quispe said. “We plan to pull out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNICEF Says Shining Path Remnants Violating Convention On Child Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/25/unicef-says-shining-path-remnants-violating-convention-on-child-rights/15586/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurgency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Provinces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Coordinator for Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shining Path]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Truth and Reconciliation Committion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN Convention on the Child]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent reports and photographs of Shining Path rebels in Peru&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Van der Sloot May Be Extradited To U.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.peruviantimes.com/25/van-der-sloot-may-be-extradited-to-u-s/15584/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Law & Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joran Van der Sloot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natalie Holloway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephany Flores]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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