Peru exports increase by almost 30 percent

During the first two months of 2008, Peruvian exports reached more than $4.7 billion, a 29.7 percent increase over the same period last year, Radio Programas reported the Peruvian Commission for Exports and Tourism, PromPeru, saying. The largest importer of Peruvian exports was reportedly the United States, which received 18 percent, followed by China at [...]

Peruvian Executive approves citizen arrest clause

Peru’s Executive approved a bill on Wednesday that will implement a Citizen’s Arrest clause found in Article 260 of the Code of Criminal Procedures. The clause will allow citizens to detain and turn over to police anyone found committing a crime in public. The bill could be implemented by April 1 after it is sent [...]

Archaeologists uncover 5,500-year-old Peruvian ruins

A team of Peruvian and German archeologists have dated ruins in northern Peru to 5,500-years-old, making it one of the oldest structures in the Americas, El Comercio reported. The archaeologists confirmed the antiquity of the stone and adobe structures in the Sechín Bajo archaeological complex, located close to the coastal city of Casma, in Ancash [...]

More than 50 injured in Ayacucho protests demanding investigation into farmers deaths

More than 50 people were injured yesterday in the southern highland city of Ayacucho amid protests over the deaths of two farmers killed by police during a farmers strike on Tuesday. Ayacucho’s mayor, Germán Martinelli, told Agencia Andina officers fired tear gas at protesters after they hurled stones at the city’s police station and set [...]

Radio Programas: Farmers strike suspended after two days of violent protests leave 4 four dead

A top farm federation leader called on his followers late Tuesday to end a violent two-day national strike that claimed the lives of four people, disrupted highway transit and prompted the government to declare a state of emergency, suspending constitutional rights in seven provinces, Radio Programas reported.

RPP: Indeci’s provides latest report on damage caused by heavy rains

More than 150,000 people in 18 departments have been affected by heavy rains in Peru this year. According to Radio Programas radio, the National Civil Defense Institute, Indeci, reported on Monday that 154,496 people have been affected. Indeci also reported 28,452 homes, 297,860 meters of highway and 15,489 hectares, or about 37,000 acres, of farm [...]

Flooding in jungle costs Peru farmers millions

Flooding of two rivers in Peru’s eastern Ucayali Department has destroyed thousands of acres of crops, causing millions of dollars in damage. The president of Ucayali, Jorge Velásquez, told daily El Comercio he has requested aid from Agriculture Minister Ismael Benavides to support some 2,000 families who lost their farm land.

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