Cabinet Chief Valdes Confident Peru Will Win Maritime Border Dispute

The government remains confident that Peru will win its legal dispute with Chile over the countries’ maritime border, according to Cabinet chief Oscar Valdes. The dispute is being heard by the International Court of Justice in The Hague, and a ruling is expected .

Speaking before Congress last week, Valdes said: “The experience and qualifications of those in charge of the defense of the nation’s interests guarantees the quality of our defense.” 

Peru filed its complaint at the ICJ in January 2008, and the Court is expected to announce in February this year the schedule for the oral arguments. Read more…

Humala Plans Trip to Venezuela Over Weekend

President Ollanta Humala plans to travel to Venezuela on the weekend,  where he will meet with that country’s president, Hugo Chavez, state news agency Andina reported.

The trip is intended to deepen bilateral ties between Lima and Caracas with a focus on trade, social issues and diplomacy, Andina said.

The government has requested that Congress provide Humala with authorization for the trip.

Humala had planned to travel to Venezuela in December for the first conference of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Celac, an organization Read more…

Venezuela’s Chavez: Humala to Visit in Early 2012

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that his Peruvian counterpart, Ollanta Humala, will be visiting Venezuela in 2012, daily El Comercio reported.

Chavez said Humala is expected to visit early next year, although he did not provide an exact date, El Comercio said.

Humala had planned to travel to Venezuela earlier this month for the first conference of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or Celac, Read more…

Former Ombudsman Appointed as Peru Representative to OAS

Peru’s former ombudsman, Walter Alban, has been appointed to be the country’s permanent representative to the Washington D.C.-based Organization of the American States, OAS.

Alban was Peru’s acting ombudsman, known as the Defensor del Pueblo, from 2000 to 2005, during the administration of ex-President Alejandro Toledo. He was succeeded by Beatriz Merino in 2005.

In 2008, Alban was appointed dean of the Law Faculty at  the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru.

Alban succeeds Peru’s previous representative at the OAS, Hugo de Zela, who earlier this year took on the post as the organization’s chief of staff to the Secretary General.

UN: Peru’s Economy to Have Grown by 7 Percent in 2011

Peru’s gross domestic product is expected to grow by 7 percent in 2011, making it one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America and the Caribbean this year, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

In a report, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Eclac, said the region is expected to grow by 4.3 percent in 2011, compared to 5.9 percent last year.

“The countries with the greatest growth this year —2011— will be Panama (10.5%), Argentina (9.0%), Ecuador (8.0%), Peru (7.0%) and Chile (6.3%),” Eclac said.

Eclac’s forecast for Peru is similar to the projection made by Peru’s government, Read more…

Humala To Travel To Venezuela, Mexico For Summits

Congress provided authorization Wednesday for President Ollanta Humala to travel to Venezuela and Mexico where he will participate in regional summits, state news agency Andina reported.

Humala will travel to Caracas from December 2 to 3 to participate in the first conference of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or Celac, an organization established by Venezuela aimed at countering the Washington D.C.-based Organization of American States. Read more…

ECLAC: Latin American Poverty at Lowest in 20 Years

Poverty in Latin America, often seen as one of the world’s most unequal regions, has dropped by 17 percentage points over the past 20 years, according to a report published Tuesday by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC.

ECLAC said in its report, Social Panorama of Latin America 2011, that the region’s poverty rate has dipped to 31.4 percent in 2010 from 48.4 percent in 1990, thanks to an increase in labor income.

But the figures are still high. ECLAC estimates that by the end of this year, 174 million people in Latin America will be living in poverty, including 73 million in Read more…

Humala in Colombia for CAN Meeting

President Ollanta Humala travelled to Bogota Tuesday to meet with his counterparts in the Andean Community, CAN.

“Our presence in Colombia is to strengthen CAN,” state news agency Andina reported Humala as saying. “We are going to discuss issues of integration, health and security.”

In addition to the host, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the heads of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, and Bolivia, Evo Morales, were also in Bogota for the meeting.

Former Peruvian Foreign Affairs minister and ex-presidential candidate, Manuel Read more…

Latin America – China Summit to Create $100 Million in Business Deals

The Fifth Latin American – China Business Summit  to be held November 21 to 22 in Lima is expected to create deals worth more than $100 million, an industry official said Friday.

The general manager of the Lima Chamber of Commerce, Jose Rosas, said some 2,000 meetings will be held between various businesses from across the region and China, state news agency Andina reported.

Peru’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said that more than 1,000 businesses from China and Latin America, including many Peruvian companies, will participate in the Read more…

Brazil’s Rousseff To Travel To Peru In 2012

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is to visit Peru in 2012 to meet with President Ollanta Humala, according to Brazil’s Foreign Affairs minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota.

Humala and Rousseff met during the recent meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. As well, Humala’s first visit following his June 5 election was to Brazil to meet with Rousseff and other government officials.

Brazil, South America’s biggest economy, is playing an increasingly larger political role in the region.

During the presidential campaign, Humala, who brought in Brazilian advisors, Read more…

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