Tag: Peru

• Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  OECD to evaluate Argentina, Brazil and Peru as potential members

  

  The Council of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has decided to discuss the admission into the group of Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, it was announced Tuesday.

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Peruvian scientists contradict Repsol's account for the oil spill at sea

  

  A report issued by Peru's Supervisory Body for Investment in Energy and Mining (Osinergmin) has found that “anomalous waves” were not the cause for the major oil spill off the coast of Ventanilla.

• Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Peru wants Repsol to pay damages for oil spill amid Tonga volcano eruption

  

  Peru's Foreign Ministry Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Spanish oil company Repsol for damages caused by a spill in Ventanilla, in the province Callao province.

• Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Tsunami leaves two dead in Peru

  

  Two people have died in Peru this weekend as a consequence of the eruption of a volcano in Tonga which resulted in a strong wave hitting the Nyalamp beach near the northwestern city of Lambayeque, it was reported.

• Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  Peru's President has 60% disapproval rate

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones, who became head of state in a tight runoff against Conservative Keiko Fujimori about half a year ago, has a disapproval rate of 60%, according to a survey released Sunday.

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Colombia, Peru advance bilateral issues after a 2-year impasse

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Thursday met with his Peruvian counterpart Pedro Castillo Terrones at Villa de Leyva (165 kilometers north of Bogotá) to discuss the economic reactivation of the mutual border, as well as environmental issues and security matters.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 22:10 UTC

  Flurona cases detected in Peru; one patient dies

  

  Peruvian Health authorities have reported the detection of three infections and also one death of flurona, the new portmanteau disease resulting from the overlapping of COVID-19 with influenza.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 20:39 UTC

  Peru closes all beaches for New Year's celebrations to keep strains at bay

  

  Peru's Health Minister Hernando Cevallos Thursday said closing the countries' beaches for the remainder of the Summer season was not on the agenda.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 09:37 UTC

  Prosecutors question Peru's President in scandalous military promotions case

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones was questioned Tuesday by Prosecutors regarding his alleged involvement in the unlawful promotion of Army and Air Force officers, a scandal which has already led to the resignation of former presidential aide Bruno Pacheco and Defense Minister Walter Ayala.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Maduro-appointed Venezuelan ambassador lands in Lima

  

  Peru's Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua de Romaña Tuesday received the credentials from Venezuela's new ambassador Alexander Yáñez Deleuze during a ceremony at Lima's Torre Tagle Palace.