Peru Sets Prison Sentence Guidelines for Illegal Mining

The Executive, in a move to bring widespread informal mining under control, has incorporated the activity into the Criminal Code and set sentence guidelines for convictions on charges of undertaking unauthorized exploration, extraction and development of mineral resources, and causing damage to the environment through such activities. D.L. 1102, published Feb. 29 in the official gazette [...]

US$741 million needed to finish Peru-Brazil Transoceanic Highway

Approximately $741 million – which is about $200 million more than initially planned – will be needed to complete the Peru section of the Transoceanic Highway, a roadway project to connect Brazil’s Atlantic ports with the Pacific coast of Peru, Finance Minister Luis Valdivieso said Wednesday. Peruvian officials may directly provide additional funding for the [...]