New train companies to compete on the Machu Picchu line

One new company, possibly two, will be competing with Peru Rail later this year, providing more railroad services on the highly-prized line to the pre-hispanic citadel of Machu Picchu, Peru’s key tourist attraction. The first company to be granted the license is Inca Rail, formed by the Peruvian company Grupo Crosland and Turistren of Colombia [...]

Potato Science for the Poor: UN conference held in Cusco

More than 90 of the world’s leading authorities on the potato met in Cusco this week to discuss sustainable potato-based systems, in a four-day conference sponsored by the International Potato Center, CIP, and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO. One of the expected outputs of the conference has been dubbed the “Cusco Challenge,” a [...]

Archaeologists discover structures described in important colonial text

Archaeologists have reportedly uncovered remains of buildings in the Sacsayhuamán fortress overlooking the former Inca capital of Cusco which could be structures described in the Comentarios Reales de los Incas, an important chronicle of the Inca empire written by the first mesitzo writer of colonial Andean South America, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. The base [...]

Cusco’s APEC meetings assigned to Lima and Callao

The High Commission for the 2008 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum has announced that Lima and the port city of Callao will replace Cusco as the venue for the scheduled APEC tourism meetings. According to Agencia Andina, the decision was made because of the “logistic and administrative conditions” in Lima and Callao.

Peruvian Executive approves citizen arrest clause

Peru’s Executive approved a bill on Wednesday that will implement a Citizen’s Arrest clause found in Article 260 of the Code of Criminal Procedures. The clause will allow citizens to detain and turn over to police anyone found committing a crime in public. The bill could be implemented by April 1 after it is sent [...]

Peruvian Executive strips Cusco of 2008 APEC meetings

Defense Minister Ántero Flores-Aráoz announced today that Cusco will not host meetings during the 2008 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Peru. The announcement follows two days of protests in the former Inca capital last week and a recent statement by Cusco’s Regional Assembly saying it is organizing further strikes over a contentious tourism development law. [...]

Cusco prepares for future protests

Cusco’s Regional Assembly has decided to organize another protest over a contentious tourism development law passed by Congress in mid-February. The president of the assembly, Efraín Yépez, said they have not set a date for the 72-hour protest, but added they will seek support from other departments, particularly in Peru’s jungle region to make it [...]

Cusco protests continue, leaving tourists stranded

Thousands of tourists were stranded after commercial flights were canceled and roads blocked to Cusco, as protests over a tourism development law continue today. Authorities suspended commercial flights to Cusco’s Alejandro Velasco Astete airport and  halted train service to Machu Picchu, Peru’s top tourist attraction and ancient citadel of the Incas to prevent property damage [...]

Commercial flights to Cusco and train service to Machu Picchu suspended ahead of protests

A 48-hour strike in Cusco has caused authorities to temporarily suspend commercial flights to the city and train services to Machu Picchu, the ancient citadel of the Incas and Peru’s top tourist attraction. The Peruvian Corporation of Airports and Commercial Aviation, Corpac, suspended commercial flights to the city’s Alejandro Velasco Astete airport after 10 a.m. [...]

2008 APEC Senior Officials Meeting begins in Lima

Hundreds of delegates from 21 countries met in Lima today as part of the first Senior Officials Meeting, SOM I, which initiates meetings for the 2008 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum.

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