Peru soldier steps on land mine planted by Shining Path in VRAE
June 22, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
An 18-year old soldier stepped on a land mine in Peru’s remote Apurimac and Ene River Valleys, or VRAE, during a routine patrol of the densely forested San Judas mountain, reported daily El Comercio. Jhoni Kaynicelima Tabray lost his right foot on Saturday, after stepping on a homemade landmine in VRAE, where the army is [...]
Peruvian serving in U.S. Army among dead in soldier’s deadly rampage in Iraq
May 13, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
Sergeant Christian Bueno GaldĂłs, a Peruvian-American serving in the U.S. Army, was among the servicemen murdered by another U.S. soldier who inexplicably opened fire on his fellow troops, daily El Comercio reported Wednesday. Bueno, a 7-year veteran, who was serving a third tour of duty in Iraq, was killed Monday, along with four other soldiers [...]
Navy gunboat and Perenco Co. ship break indigenous Napo River blockade
May 7, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
A Peruvian Navy gunboat and at least one other boat belonging to oil company Perenco broke through an indigenous blockade on the Napo River, where indigenous communities are protesting the contamination of their ancestral lands by mining companies, and demanding the repeal of a series of laws they say are promoting unrestricted oil exploration. The [...]
Peru government harshly criticized for turning down $2 million donation for museum
March 2, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
Over the weekend, Peru’s leading op-ed columnists continued to criticize President Alan Garcia’s decision to reject a $2 million donation from the German government to build a museum to honor the memory of 70,000 people who died as a result of Peru’s 1980-2000 civil war. The criticism prompted President GarcĂa to admit that the successive [...]
La RepĂşblica: Military budget increases by more than 50 percent
February 14, 2008 by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES · Leave a Comment
Peru’s military budget will reportedly increase by 53 percent in 2008, with a large percentage of it intended to upgrade equipment and reinforce the country’s borders. The military’s budget will increase from about 1.7 billion soles, about $585 million, in 2007, to more than 2.7 billion soles, about $930 million, in 2008, daily La RepĂşblica [...]
