President Garcia returns from the Vatican and Ibero-American Summit in Portugal

President Alan Garcia returned to Lima Wednesday from Madrid, following his visit to the Vatican on Monday and his attendance at the 19th Ibero-American Summit in Estoril and Lisbon on Tuesday. At the 22-country summit, Garcia was the first speaker in the heads of state plenary session, taking his message on the need for Latin [...]

Social conflicts up by 150 percent since 2008

Social conflicts in Peru have shot up from 93 in March 2008 to 238 this past month, reported daily El Comercio on Tuesday. Of the 238 social conflicts tracked last month, more than half were related to environmental concerns. To tackle some of the ongoing conflicts, the state-sponsored Ombudsman’s Office – in charge of protecting [...]