Tag: Lima

Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 08:14 UTC
Nightclub owner where thirteen peoples died crushed condemned in Peru

Peruvian government officials condemned the owner of a nightclub after at least 13 people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as partygoers tried to flee a party raided by police because it violated coronavirus restrictions.
Monday, August 24th 2020 - 09:26 UTC
Peru: Thirteen people crushed to death as they try to flee a clandestine party raided by police

At least 13 people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as partygoers tried to flee a Lima nightclub after it was raided by police for hosting a party in violation of coronavirus restrictions.
Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 07:18 UTC
After four months suspension, Peru reopens domestic air travel

Peru reopened domestic air travel on Wednesday in a bid to reignite the economy as it announced a drop of 33% in GDP for May year-on-year. Long queues of passengers formed from dawn at the Jorge Chavez airport in the capital Lima with 17 domestic flights operating during the day.
Monday, January 27th 2020 - 07:37 UTC
Death toll in Peruvian gas tanker truck explosion climbs to 13

The death toll in the explosion of a gas tanker in Lima has risen to 13 after the overnight deaths of five people hospitalized with severe burns, Peru's Health Ministry said on Sunday. The dead included several young children and a 40-year-old man from Venezuela, the ministry said.
Saturday, December 28th 2019 - 09:20 UTC
Peru fines McDonald's local franchise US$ 250.000 for safety violations that electrocuted two employees

Peruvian authorities on Thursday fined the local owner of a McDonald's franchise US$250,000 for serious safety violations after two employees were electrocuted to death. Two workers, an 18-year-old man and a woman, died on Dec 15 while cleaning the kitchen of a McDonald's in Pueblo Libre, in the Lima province.
Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:32 UTC
Peru agrees to promote US investments in the country to counter Beijing influence

Lima and Washington are in the final stages of talks on a deal to promote American investments in Peru as part of a U.S. initiative to counter Chinese influence in the region, Peruvian diplomatic sources said.
Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 07:56 UTC
Copa Libertadores final moved to Lima from Santiago because of the social unrest in Chile

The Copa Libertadores final between Flamengo and River Plate has been moved to Lima in Peru from Santiago due to the continuing unrest in the Chilean capital, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) announced.
Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 09:52 UTC
Ex Lima mayor jailed after admitting benefiting from the Odebrecht corruption network in Peru

A Peruvian judge on Tuesday sentenced former Lima mayor Susana Villaran to 18 months' preventive detention for accepting illegal campaign funds from Brazilian construction firms Odebrecht and OAS. The Odebrecht bribery scandal, which has washed through Latin America, runs deep in Peru, where the country's last four presidents are accused of receiving illegal payoffs.
Wednesday, April 17th 2019 - 15:36 UTC
Alan García dies after shooting himself before being arrested

Perú’s former president, Alan García, died in a hospital on Wednesday at noon after shoting himself in the head when he was to be arrested by the police at his home in Lima.
Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 15:24 UTC
Uruguay rejects Peruvian ex-president Alan García's asylum petition

Uruguay’s President, Tabaré Vázquez announced Monday along with Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa that Peruvian former president Alan García will not receive political asylum. The rejection of the request is due to the fact that in Peru “the three powers of the State operate” freely, said Vázquez.