Andean nations sign agreement on electrical integration

Officials from Andean nations met in Lima last Friday and signed a declaration on electrical integration, state news agency Andina reported. Peruvian Foreign Affars minister Jose Antonio Garcia-Belaunde and his counterparts from Chile, Alfredo Moreno; Colombia, Maria Angela Holguin; and Ecuador, Ricardo Patino, signed the Declaration of Lima on Andean Electrical Integration. Bolivia is also [...]

Peru Health Ministry warns of possible dengue fever in Lima, insists on prevention

A fast-growing outbreak of dengue fever in Peru’s northern Amazon region and neighboring Bolivia — aggravated by the torrid summer heat, rain, and accompanied by the reappearance of the more serious dengue hemorrhagic fever — could potentially spread to Peru’s capital, Lima, if preventive measures aren’t taken seriously, reported Peru’s Health Ministry, or Minsa. Though [...]

Andean Development Fund approves $300 million loan for Peru-Brazil Transoceanic Highway

The Andean Development Fund, CAF, approved a $300 million loan Monday to partially fund the completion of the Peru section of the Transoceanic Highway, a roadway project to connect Brazil’s Atlantic ports with the Pacific coast of Peru, said CAF Director Eleonora Silva Pardo. “(With this loan), the project, which is a pivotal element in [...]

Shoving Peru out of the Andean Community of Nations

Excerpted editorial from today’s El Comercio newspaper: Another ungrateful junkyard dog. This time it’s an Andean breed with two heads? Once more, the Bolivian and Ecuadorian governments have made obvious their obstructionist agenda and politicking within the Andean Community of Nations (CAN). Bolivia and Ecuador maliciously insist on throwing a monkey wrench into the works [...]

Bolivia is requested to respect the Uros culture, Lake Titicaca, Peru

A Bolivian anthropologist is appealing to his government to put the breaks on development of floating reed tourism attractions that replicate Peru’s Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca. Manuel Rojas Boyan asked Bolivia to respect the ancient traditions of the Uros civilization, telling Peruvian daily El Comercio that he believes it is unacceptable to exploit a [...]

Subcommittee to recommend investigation of ALBA cultural centers

Legislators conducting a preliminary investigation into the financing of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, ALBA, cultural centers will reportedly recommend to Congress a larger probe to determine the influence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Peru’s internal affairs. The congressional subcommittee’s head, lawmaker Rolando Souza, will request Congress’ Foreign Relations Commission create an investigative [...]