Villarán, Flores schedule Lima mayoral debate for Monday

Lourdes Flores will debate her top rival in the race for Lima mayor, Susana Villarán, on Monday, Sept. 27, in what may be Flores’ last opportunity to turn around her ailing campaign ahead of the Oct. 3 ballot. The debate is to be held in Lima’s Villa El Salvador district, Radioprogramas reported. The candidates are [...]

Musical prodigy Hilary Hahn in Lima for concert

Two-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn will perform live in Peru’s capital, Lima, on June 27, one of the leading performers in this year’s Lima Philharmonic Society season. Hahn, named the 2008 Gramophone Artist of the Year, is scheduled to play Brahms’ Symphony N° 4 and “Children’s Day at the Camp Meeting,” Ives’ Symphony N° [...]

Police to start giving out fines to quiet the blare of motorist horns

In an effort to contain noise pollution in Peru’s capital, Lima, police officers will start fining car and bus drivers who over-honk and unnecessarily beep-beep every couple of blocks to grab passengers’ attention, daily El Comercio reported. As of May 1, 2009, the unwarranted use of car horns will be fined, said Police Colonel Héctor [...]

Decontamination of Rimac River to cost more than $100 million

A thorough and complete cleanup of Peru’s heavily polluted Rimac River could potentially cost more than $100 million and take up to five years, said Chaclacayo mayor and President of the Rimac River Mayors’ Association, Alfredo Valcárcel Cahen. Because of the environmental and health risks, Valcárcel’s association has prepared an integral cleanup plan, which is [...]

World Meteorological Organization: air pollution severe in South American cities like Lima

Alarming levels of air pollution have been detected in South American cities such as Lima, Santiago and Bogotá, according to the World Meteorological Organization — the official United Nations’ authoritative voice on weather, climate and water. “Particle suspension in the air is an important problem in big cities,” said World Meteorological Organization, or WMO, scientist [...]

IADB estimates remittances to Peru to reach $3.5 billion in 2008

The Inter-American Development Bank has estimated that remittances to Peru will total $3.5 billion this year and increase to $4 billion in 2009, daily La República reported. The newspaper quoted the executive director of the Exxed consulting firm, Miguel Arbulú, saying that the projected total represents an increase over 2007, when Peruvians abroad sent $3 [...]

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.