Garcia announces 48-hour house cleaning at state-run Materials Bank

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Policeman charged for shotgun murder of campesino protesters during February farmers strike

A local prosecutor in Ayacucho has filed murder charges against a police officer for the deaths of two farmers gunned down during a national farmworker’s strike last February. The criminal charges represent an embarrassing blow to Interior Minister Luis Alva Castro, who was hauled before Congress. He issued a blanket denial to avoid a vote [...]

Garcia describes bright future for Peruvians with investment grade rating

President Alan Garcia enthusiastically told Peruvians on Thursday that the nation’s promotion in its foreign currency debt to investment grade by Fitch Ratings will soon translate to more jobs, better salaries and lower interest rates. “What is the concrete effect of this rating? That all the world’s banks, the financial institutions, the pension funds of [...]

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Radio Programas: Farmers strike suspended after two days of violent protests leave 4 four dead

A top farm federation leader called on his followers late Tuesday to end a violent two-day national strike that claimed the lives of four people, disrupted highway transit and prompted the government to declare a state of emergency, suspending constitutional rights in seven provinces, Radio Programas reported.

Poll: Majority of Peruvians favor tourism development bill for archaeological sites

Sixty-six percent of Peruvians support proposed legislation to usher in the concession of hotels and restaurants adjacent to Peru’s archaeological ruins and historic sites to spur tourism, according to a national poll published in Sunday’s El Comercio newspaper.

Hundreds of families displaced by flood in Nazca

Hundreds of families were forced from their homes Saturday in Nazca after the Aja River overran its banks, flooding a large swath of the southern coastal city up to the main plaza and damaging some 400 homes. Mayor Daniel Mantilla told Radio Programas that adobe homes were the hardest hit by the turbid waters and [...]

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