Tag: Ollanta Humala

• Monday, November 9th 2015 - 08:15 UTC

  Border conflict erupts between Chile and Peru over a 10 acre wedge of land

  

  The fragile relations between neighboring Chile and Peru appeared to unwind further Saturday, after Peruvian President Ollanta Humala officially recognized an administrative district in a disputed border area. The Chilean government promptly sent a protest note to Peru “strongly” rejecting the law because it concerns “unquestionably” Chilean territory.

• Monday, July 27th 2015 - 06:18 UTC

  Peru's Humala begins his last year in office with defeat in congress and 80% disapproval

  

  Peruvian lawmakers elected an opposition legislator as head of Congress in a new but hardly unsurprising defeat for the ruling party and increasingly unpopular President Ollanta Humala who this week begins the last year in office. GfK polls indicate the president has a disapproval rating of 80%.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2015 - 06:37 UTC

  Pacific Alliance summit takes off in Peru with business conferences

  

  The Xth summit of the Pacific Alliance took off on Wednesday with the attendance of presidents from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru at the Peruvian sea-side resort of Paracas.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2015 - 10:27 UTC

  China and Peru agree to study feasibility of transcontinental railroad

  

  China and Peru have agreed to study the feasibility of a controversial 5,300 km transcontinental railroad that will connect Peru's Pacific coast with Brazil's Atlantic coast, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 06:35 UTC

  Peruvian president after new prime minister: seven in less than four years

  

  Peru's prime minister was ousted by Congress in a vote of no confidence late on Monday following allegations of spying on her opponents, delivering a blow to President Ollanta Humala who will now have to form another new government. The new PM will be Humala's seventh in less than four years.

• Friday, September 26th 2014 - 06:03 UTC

  Pacific alliance anticipates incorporation of new full members in the near future

  

  In the near future the number of full members belonging to the Alliance of the Pacific will increase, but the block will continue with its realistic and pragmatic approach with no intent of a political group, said Peruvian president Ollanta Humala next to his peers from Chile, Colombia and Mexico, in New York, during a meeting hosted by Bloomberg.

• Tuesday, July 29th 2014 - 05:17 UTC

  Peru announces increase in government spending to prop the economy

  

  Peru's President Ollanta Humala said on Monday that his government is countering slow economic growth by boosting public spending on improved wages and better benefits for public health, education and security workers.

• Thursday, July 24th 2014 - 06:27 UTC

  Revolving cabinet: Humala names sixth prime minister in three years

  

  Peru's President Ollanta Humala has named his sixth prime minister in three years in a surprise cabinet reshuffle that elevated two core members of his ruling party after an embarrassing political scandal.

• Thursday, July 24th 2014 - 06:18 UTC

  Humala signs contract for pipeline that will make Peru a leading gas exporter of the region

  

  The consortium made up of Spanish energy company Enagas and Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht signed a contract on Wednesday with Peru's Energy and Mines Ministry for the construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline that will run from the Camisea gas fields to the Pacific port of Ilo.

• Saturday, July 5th 2014 - 09:26 UTC

  Peru Interior minister accused of killing a journalist in 1988; refuses to resign

  

  Peru’s newly named interior minister has acknowledged being formally accused of murder in the 1988 killing of a journalist when he was a young army intelligence officer fighting Shining Path rebels. But Daniel Urresti faced reporters and proclaimed his innocence and said he had no plans to resign.