Puno residents protest Inambari hydroelectric project

Conditions in Peru’s southern Puno department are reportedly returning to normal as a 48-hour protest against a multi-billion dollar hydroelectric project winds down on Friday, according to state-run news agency Andina.
More than 600 people from the district of San Gabán arrived in the city of Puno on Thursday to protest the construction of the Inambari [...]

Lake Titicaca water level drops 2.6 ft this year

Water levels on the world’s highest navigable lake have dropped 81 cm (2.6 ft) in just seven months, since April this year, according to the Binational Lake Titicaca Authority, ALT.
The lake’s water level rises and falls frequently, as can be seen in the graph. The sharper fluctuations are caused by heavy rains, and by droughts [...]

Climate change: intense cold front has killed 20,000 alpaca in Puno so far this year

Climate change continues to wreck havoc in Peru’s southern Altiplano, where the arrival of freezing temperatures since March — almost three months earlier than usual — have killed at least 20,000 alpaca, reported Peru’s National Agriculture and Sanitation Service, or Senasa.
Since January, approximately 20,000 alpaca – a number that still remains within normal limits – have [...]

54 children dead in Puno because of extreme cold front

Climate change continues to wreck havoc in Peru’s southern Altiplano, where the arrival of freezing temperatures since March — almost three months earlier than usual — have killed more than 237 children.
The extreme cold – which has brought snow, hail, low temperatures and strong winds – has claimed the lives of 237 children so far [...]

Bus collision leaves 23 dead and 30 injured near Peru’s Lake Titicaca

Two buses speeding along a highway in the southeastern Andean region of Puno violently crashed into each other, killing both drivers and at least 21 other people upon impact.
The head-on collision – which killed 23 and left more than 30 people injured – occurred Thursday morning on a mountainous roadway linking the cities of Juliaca and Arequipa, [...]

Peru gives army green light to intervene in Puno protests

Just weeks after a deadly intervention in Bagua, the Peruvian government authorized the army to send troops to Puno, where residents have launched a 72-hour strike to protest the recently enacted Water Law, reported daily El Comercio.
The authorization, valid for 10 days as of June 24, aims to provide back-up for police, “and guarantee the normal [...]

Puno Regional President accused of negligence in child deaths from cold

Peru has declared a state of emergency in the highland department of Puno, where 35 children have recently died from exposure to cold weather, and accused Regional President Hernán Fuentes of negligence and mismanagement of funds, reported daily El Comercio.
These deaths are due to “structural poverty,” but in this particular case, the “mismanagement of government [...]

Cold kills 140 children under the age of 5, government inefficiency held largely responsible for deaths

Freezing temperatures on Peru’s southern Altiplano, where the arrival of below zero temperatures this year came as early as March — almost three months earlier than usual — as well as government inefficiency, critics say, have contributed to the death of 140 children aged 5 or younger so far this year.
In Puno, an important highland [...]

Extreme cold temperatures cause death of 133 children under the age of five

Climate change continues to wreck havoc in Peru’s southern Altiplano, where the arrival of freezing temperatures since March — almost three months earlier than usual — have killed more than 133 children.
The extreme cold has claimed the lives of 133 children so far this year, Radio Radio Programas, or RPP, reported on Monday. Most of [...]

Fourth Indigenous People’s Summit to take place in Peruvian highland city of Puno

More than 2,000 indigenous leaders are expected to attend the 4th Continental Summit of Nations and Pueblos of Indigenous Peoples Abya Yala, set to take place in Peru’s highland city of Puno.
The Summit, scheduled to run May 27-31 in Puno’s National Altiplano University, or UNA, will address issues such as the criminalization of protests, territorial [...]

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