Tag: Peru

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru join forces to combat illegal fishing

  

  Four South American countries joined forces this week in a bid to combat illegal fishing by huge Chinese fleets off their coasts. Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru threatened measures “to prevent, discourage and jointly confront” illegal fishing near their exclusive economic zones in the Pacific.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:35 UTC

  Peru with Canadian funds joins the South American lithium rush

  

  Canada’s Plateau Energy Metals has raised nearly US$ 600 million to develop Peru’s sole lithium project and expects to start mining in 2023, a year later than planned, as the country lags its neighbors in developing the battery mineral, a company official said.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  Peru's congress approves motion for an impeachment to remove president Vizcarra

  

  Peru’s Congress approved on Monday a motion to initiate a process to remove President Martín Vizcarra from office over corruption allegations, a month and a half after he survived a prior impeachment trial.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Machu Picchu, crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites has reopened

  

  The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites, reopened on Sunday with an ancient ritual after a nearly eight-month lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

• Tuesday, October 20th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Peruvian archeologists uncover a 37 meter long cat in the Nazca Lines

  

  Peruvian archaeologists have uncovered a 37-metre-long cat etching in a little-explored area of the country's celebrated Nazca Lines UNESCO heritage site which is home to hundreds of gigantic geoglyphs dating back more than 2,000 years.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Peru resumes international flights to seven countries in the region

  

  Peru resumed international flights on Monday that were suspended in March as part of emergency measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. President Martin Vizcarra led the resumption of flights from the capital Lima's Jorge Chavez International Airport, saying health regulations were put in place to combat the risk of infections.

• Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  Consumers' debts threaten the Peruvian banking system

  

  Peru's economy could plummet by more than 20% if unpaid consumer debts continue to mount, a scenario the government hopes to stave off with an emergency plan to reschedule troubled loans with state guarantees, the government said on Thursday.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Indigenous activists in Peru occupy infrastructure from state run oil company Petroperú

  

  More than 100 indigenous activists in Peru´s Amazon occupied infrastructure belonging to the state-run Petroperú pipeline, the company said, demanding improved social benefits and health care in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2020 - 09:24 UTC

  Peru's credit risk, EMBIG, stands at 183 points, less than half the region's average

  

  Peru's EMBIG (Emerging Markets Bond Index Global) spread stood at 183 basis points, while the EMBIG Latin America spread increased 52 bps to 494 bps on September 16-23, the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) has reported.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Some 270 Chinese jiggers catching giant squid in Peruvian EEZ; Navy monitoring the fleet

  

  Peru’s Navy was carefully watching a fleet of around 250 Chinese fishing vessels that had sailed just outside the Andean country’s waters, angering the domestic fishing industry and sparking a Twitter war between Washington and Beijing.