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 [...]

Defense Minister: Peru and Colombia intelligence agencies share information on ties between rebel groups

Peruvian and Colombian intelligence agencies have cooperated closely by sharing information on an alleged relation between Colombia’s leftist FARC rebels and remnants of the Shining Path insurgency in Peru, Defense Minister Rafael Rey said Monday. “We work with Colombia in a very efficient manner and I want to thank them for the services they provide [...]

Defense Minister denies claims of U.S. military presence

Defense Minister Ántero Flores-Aráoz denied claims made by opposition leader Ollanta Humala that personnel from the United States military are currently operating in Peru’s jungle region. Humala said Peruvian military sources told him that U.S. military personnel are operating in the country’s north-east Loreto Department, which shares a porous border with Ecuador, Brazil and Colombia, [...]

President García urges diplomatic solution to Colombia’s standoff with Ecuador and Venezuela

Following meetings with his Ecuadorean counterpart, President Alan García said today that Colombia did indeed violate Ecuador’s sovereignty when its military killed 21 members of Colombia’s largest rebel group, including a senior commander, during a raid Saturday on a guerrilla encampment in Ecuador’s northern jungle. Garcia said Colombian President Alvaro Uribe should offer a full [...]