EU to send team to observe April 10 election

The European Union will send a technical team to Peru to observe the Andean nation’s general elections in April, state news agency Andina reported. In December, Peruvian authorities invited the EU to send observers, according to the political advisor for the European block in Peru, Marianne Van Steen. “In the exploratory mission, they determined that [...]

Peru opens trade deal with China and reaches agreement with European Union

A free trade agreement between Peru and China came into force on Monday, 15 months after President Alan García and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, wrapped up talks to seal the trade deal. The official opening of the trade pact with China comes a day after Peru finalized negotiations for a free trade agreement with [...]

European Union to help Peru with “war on drugs” as of 2010

As of 2010, the European Union will help Peru with its “war on drugs” by funding alternative crops and reforestation projects as well as by providing police training,  according to the President of Peru’s National Commission for the Development of Life without Drugs, or Devida.

Film caravan to visit towns along Peru-Bolivia border

A traveling film caravan sponsored by the European Union and the Andean Community of Nations, or CAN, is to visit towns located along the Peru-Bolivia border through September. The caravan, to launch its tour from Puno on July 6, 2009, will travel through 40 Peruvian and Bolivian towns, reported daily El Comercio. Films to be [...]

Peru joins Ecuador and Colombia to negotiate free trade agreement with EU

Delegates from Peru, Ecuador and Colombia began meetings in Bogota on Monday in the first round of negotiations for a free trade agreement with the European Union. This round of negotiations, the first of four that the countries hope will conclude with an agreement by mid-year, comes after a series of postponements. The European Union’s [...]

OAS accepts Peru’s motion for special Permanent Council meeting on EU migration law

The Organization of American States on Tuesday accepted Peru’s request to hold a special meeting of the Permanent Council in Washington later this week to address the European Union’s approval of a tough new illegal immigration law. The law passed by the European Parliament last week calls for detention of illegal immigrants for up to [...]

Peru President Inaugurates EU-Latin America Summit

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