Tag: Peru

• Wednesday, October 8th 2014 - 21:46 UTC

  OAS Observers mission to Peru recommends unifying electoral legislation

  

  The head of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Peru, Uruguayan Senator Sergio Abreu underlined the orderly way in which Peruvians went to vote on Sunday's regional and municipal elections, this despite some regrettable episodes of violence in the pre-election phase, Election Day at some polling stations, and at the conclusion of voting in some departments.

• Tuesday, September 30th 2014 - 22:12 UTC

  OAS observers mission readies monitoring of Peru's Sunday regional elections

  

  Uruguay's lawmaker and chief of the Organization of American States Electoral Observation Mission (OAS/EOM) Sergio Abreu arrived on Tuesday in Lima to lead a group of 35 people who will observe the October 5 Peru's regional and municipal elections in 16 departments of the country and the Province of Callao.

• Thursday, September 18th 2014 - 05:51 UTC

  OAS observers for Peru's regional and municipal elections on 5 October

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) and Peru´s National Elections Jury (JNE) signed the Agreement on the Electoral Observation Process of the Mission that the OAS will deploy in the country to observe the regional and municipal elections to be held on October 5.

• 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 - 09:32 UTC

  Moody's confirms Peru as one of South America's strongest economy

  

  Peru's sustained macroeconomic performance has been recognized through the recently announced upgrade to A3 of its sovereign debt by Moody’s Investors Service. According to the credit rating agency, Peru' government debt was lifted two notches to A3 from Baa2, with a stable outlook for the economy.

• 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.

• Tuesday, June 10th 2014 - 13:43 UTC

  Machu Picchu the destination most world travelers want to see

  

  A travel Web site has selected the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in southeastern Peru as the destination that world travelers most want to see, Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Magali Silva said.

• Monday, May 12th 2014 - 23:51 UTC

  Lima ranks as the Latin American with best reputation for making business

  

  Lima, capital of Peru outstands as the leading Latin American city to make business, followed by Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Sao Paulo, Brazil, although these last two actually dropped from the previous ranking, according to an annual list made by the Bogotá Rosario University.