Clarification: García sends indigenous rights law back to Congress

Legislation  requiring the government to consult with indigenous communities prior to starting projects on their ancestral lands does not mean those communities will have veto power, President Alan García said Wednesday. Garcia said he would not sign the legislation —  approved by lawmakers 62-7 , with 6 abstentions, by lawmakers on May 19 — and [...]

Clinton meets with Garcia, applauds Peru’s “growing economic inclusion”

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton applauded Peru’s growing economic inclusion and reduction of poverty following a meeting with President Alan Garcia on Monday at the 40th general assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Lima, state news agency Andina reported. Clinton said the U.S. and Peru are working on a variety of [...]

President García attends Piñera’s inauguration in Chile

President Alan García arrived in Chile Thursday morning to attend the presidential inauguration of Sebastián Piñera, which was jolted by a powerful earthquake minutes before the ceremony.

Peru government to review medical records cited in pardon of ex-TV mogul

Justice Minister Aurelio Pastor said Wednesday a full review will be made of the medical reports used to justify the pardon granted last December to former TV owner José Enrique Crousillat, who took millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for favorable coverage of the Fujimori regime in the 1990s. “We are going to ask [...]

Peru D.A. to open investigation into prison pardon granted to ex-TV owner

The district attorney in charge of corruption crimes is to open a preliminary investigation into the pardon granted earlier this month by President Garcia to former TV mogul José Enrique Crousillat. The investigation is being made into possible irregularities in the request for the pardon. The former majority shareholder of America Television was sentenced last [...]

Peru President Garcia visits Tokyo and Seoul en route to Singapore for APEC Forum

President Alan Garcia met South Korea’s President Lee Muyng-Bank Wednesday for protocol ceremonies at the presidential palace of Cheong Wa Dae, during his first day in Seoul.  

Cancer prevention campaign launched nationwide

Peru’s National League for the Prevention of Cancer has launched its nationwide 2009 fund-raising campaign, which aims to collect funds for awareness and prevention activities and a modern clinic designed to attend to 60,000 cancer patients annually. Across the Andean country, a small “army” of 10,000 volunteers is currently collecting passersby’s loose change – on [...]

Famed Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo greeted by Peru’s García at Government Palace before concert

Plácido Domingo, one of the most praised, versatile and talented operatic tenors, met with Peru President Alan García at the Government Palace in Lima on Tuesday, a day before his scheduled performance with Peru’s National Symphonic Orchestra. “We truly appreciate your visit to Lima,” said García, who showed Plácido Domingo plans for the construction of [...]

Alan García: Peru-Brazil relations at “highest and most creative point in history”

Peru President Alan García congratulated Brazil as the country celebrated 187 years of independence on Tuesday, and said that relations between the two countries were at their “highest and most creative point in history.”

Social conflicts up by nearly 250 percent since Peru’s Garcia took office

Social conflicts have shot up from 84 in July 2006 – a month after Peru President Alan Garcia was elected as APRA’s presidential candidate in a runoff election – to 284 this past month, reported daily El Comercio on Tuesday. Of the 284 social conflicts tracked last month, more than 60 percent were related to [...]

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