Huancavelica Govt Declares Emergency Due To Heavy Rains

A 60-day emergency was declared in Peru’s central-south Huancavelica region on Wednesday, due to the damages caused by intense rains and flooding, state news agency Andina reported. Huancavelica’s Regional President, Maciste Diaz, said that 8 million soles (almost $3 million) will be available to the region to deal with the damage. Diaz said that flooding [...]

IADB Approves $25 Million Loan for Peru Education

The Inter-American Development Bank, IADB, has approved a $25 million loan to Peru to improve education for children in three departments. The funds will be aimed at improving education for children between the ages of three and five in the departments of Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Huanuco, the IADB said in a release. The three departments were [...]

Ex-PM Simon urges Humala to focus on conflicts in central, southern Peru

The incoming government of President-elect Ollanta Humala will need to provide more attention to central and southern Peru in order to reduce social conflicts, said former Prime Minister Yehude Simon. Simon recommends Humala form a team aimed at preventing protests, state news agency Andina reported. Over the past few months, social conflicts have led to numerous [...]

Two soldiers, four Shining Path guerrillas dead after shootout in Huancavelica

Two soldiers and four suspected Shining Path guerrillas were killed in the highland department of Huancavelica early Wednesday morning after an operation to capture “Comrade Raúl” turned violent, said Defense Minister Rafael Rey.

Poachers kill 370 vicuñas in Huancavelica province

Poachers have killed more than 370 vicuñas — one of two wild South American camelids — near the highland community of Santiago de Chocorvos, in Peru’s central department of Huancavelica. According to daily El Comercio, the poachers rounded up the vicuna, killed them, and then stripped the animals of their precious fiber. Local farmers estimate [...]

Andean Development Fund: poverty in Peru could be reduced by as much as 31 percent by 2011

Poverty in Peru could be reduced by as much as 31 percent by 2011 if the Andean country maintains an annual economic growth rate of 6 percent and develops an efficient and integrated social policy, reported the Andean Development Fund, or CAF, on Monday. The CAF’s expected poverty decrease is in sync with the Peruvian [...]

Corruption accusations continue to emerge following Aug. 15 earthquake

More than seven months after a magnitude-8 earthquake rocked southern Peru, authorities from the hard-hit Ica Department found a reportedly large quantity of donations hoarded in the house of a local mayor. According to daily El Comercio, authorities under the orders of prosecutor Ángel Mendoza Suppo confiscated food products, clothes, blankets, shoes, foldable beds, tents, [...]