Subcommittee to recommend investigation of ALBA cultural centers

Legislators conducting a preliminary investigation into the financing of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, ALBA, cultural centers will reportedly recommend to Congress a larger probe to determine the influence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Peru’s internal affairs. The congressional subcommittee’s head, lawmaker Rolando Souza, will request Congress’ Foreign Relations Commission create an investigative [...]

Chilean court fines Peru fishing ship $120,000

A Chilean court has fined a Peruvian company $120,000 after one of its ships was allegedly caught fishing in Chilean waters last week. The Los Halcones company was given the fine by the Fourth Court in the Chilean port city of Arica, about 11 miles south of the Peruvian border, daily El Comercio reported. The [...]