Chile Re-opens Border After Clearing Landmines Dislodged by Flood

Chile re-opened its border crossing with Peru Wednesday morning, after closing it for emergency security reasons. Thousands of travelers on both sides of the border had to wait 48 hours until the restrictions were lifted. The border was closed Monday after the Seco River in Arica flooded, dislodging anti-personnel landmines planted in the desert area. According [...]

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 [...]

Garcia signs Declaration of Lima with Chilean, Colombian, Mexican counterparts

Peru’s President Alan Garcia and his counterparts from Chile, Colombia and Mexico signed the Declaration of Lima on Thursday, which is aimed at deepening ties between the four countries. The main points of the declaration include establishing a Pacific Alliance to promote regional integration through stronger economic growth, development and better competitiveness, state news agency [...]

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.

Chile submits final arguments over maritime border dispute with Peru

Chile has submitted its arguments over a maritime border dispute with Peru to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Chilean Minister of Foreign Relations, Mariano Fernández, said Tuesday. “The government of Chile reiterates with this act that it will continue exercising its rights as it has done up until now with full [...]

IGP: National tsunami alert system will take a year to install

A national tsunami alert system that Peru’s government is planning to purchase will take at least a year to install, according to the chief of Peru’s Geophysical Institute, or IGP. “The most optimistic is one year because it is not a system that you can find on a shelf, you have to wait for it [...]

President García announces national earthquake disaster prevention program

President Alan García launched a national program on Wednesday to develop an earthquake disaster prevention program in Peru following the magnitude-8.8 earthquake that hit neighboring Chile last Saturday. García said engineers will conduct surveys of buildings at risk of collapsing during a powerful quake. The program will primarily focus on urban centers, including Peruvian capital [...]

Second Air Force NCO questioned in espionage case

Police at Lima’s Jorge Chavez airport Tuesday have detained Justo Rios, an Air Force NCO, for questioning in the alleged passing of information to another NCO, Victor Ariza, who has confessed to selling military secrets to Chile over several years.  Rios, 49, was taken into custody as he returned from a vacation in the United States.  He is being [...]

Peru President Meets with Nation’s Political Leaders on Chilean Espionage Case

President Garcia scheduled a meeting Wednesday afternoon with the heads of Peru’s leading political parties, to discuss the Chilean espionage case.    The small Government Palace meeting at 5pm today includes the Foreign Affairs minister, Jose Antonio Garcia-Belaunde, the mayor of Lima and head of Solidaridad Nacional, Luis Castañeda, Ollanta Humala of Partido Nacionalista, Lourdes Flores [...]

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 [...]

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