Tag: Ollanta Humala

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 20:19 UTC

  Humala sends troops to end protests against a 4.8bn dollars gold mine project

  

  Security forces fanned out across Peru's Cajamarca region on Monday to enforce emergency measures decreed by President Ollanta Humala to put an end to 11 days of protests against a 4.8 billion dollars gold mine project.

• Sunday, November 27th 2011 - 01:01 UTC

  Peruvian peasants clash with police to protest against gold mine in the Andes

  

  Peruvian police fired tear gas on Friday to break up a protest at Newmont Mining Corp's proposed 4.8 billion dollars Conga gold mine as the government tried to mediate a bitter environmental dispute over the project. Several protesters were injured.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 03:54 UTC

  Peruvian president at China trade forum: “we sell oranges and they send us marmalade”

  

  Peruvian President Ollanta Humala emphasized on Monday the importance of trade and investment relations with China, both for Peru and the region during the opening in Lima of the two-day 5th China-Latin America Business Summit

• Tuesday, November 15th 2011 - 23:05 UTC

  Peruvian Vice-President suspended from Congress over corruption allegations

  

  The ethics committee in Peru's Congress voted on Tuesday to suspend Vice President Omar Chehade from the legislature over corruption allegations, increasing pressure on him to resign from both posts.

• Thursday, October 27th 2011 - 05:37 UTC

  Praise and dollars from the World Bank to Peruvian president Humala

  

  The World Bank has offered a 3 billion dollars line of credit to Peru, backing President Ollanta Humala's plans for anti-poverty initiatives and sustained economic growth, a regional vice president said this week.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2011 - 08:36 UTC

  Peruvian president purges the Police and promotes fresh generation in Armed Forces

  

  President Ollanta Humala has fired two-thirds of all generals in Peru's police force in an unprecedented purge to stamp out systemic corruption, the government said on Monday. In the Armed Forces there was also a renewal with the promotion of 48 officers.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 09:03 UTC

  Humala becomes Wall Street ‘darling boy’, and S&P raises Peru’s foreign debt rating

  

  Peru had its foreign debt rating raised one level by Standard & Poor’s, which said it expects recently elected President Ollanta Humala to continue policies that support the country’s economic expansion.

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 02:55 UTC

  UN and Amnesty praise Peruvian law on consultation with indigenous peoples

  

  The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya and Amnesty International praised the approval of a law on consultation with indigenous peoples by the Congress of Peru and called on President Ollanta Humala for its quick promulgation and implementation.

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 02:52 UTC

  Mining companies agree to pay Peru an extra billion dollars annually

  

  Peru has reached an agreement with mining companies that will raise the industry’s annual payments to the government to about one billion dollars, the government said on Thursday, fulfilling a campaign promise by President Ollanta Humala.

• Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 - 06:42 UTC

  OAS calls for ‘shared responsibility’ from drug-consuming countries

  

  Consumer countries must assume their responsibility in the fight against the drug trade because as long as there is a demand, the illegal business won’t be stopped said the Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza who also praised his host Peruvian president Ollanta Humala for convening a presidential summit on the issue.