Tag: Peru

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 00:29 UTC

  Paraguay and Venezuela resume political dialogue at Unasur summit

  

  Paraguay and Venezuela presidents Horacio Cartes and Nicolas Maduro met on Friday for over half an hour following the mediation of Brazilian leader Dilma Rousseff during the Unasur summit taking place in Paramaribo, Suriname. The meeting was made official by the Paraguayan presidency office and twits from the Planalto Palace, seat of the Brazilian executive.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 02:38 UTC

  Peru Shinning Path leaders killed in shoot out with Army, says president Humala

  

  The number two leader of Peru's Shining Path is believed to have been killed with two other top ranking guerrillas in a battle with government forces, President Ollanta Humala announced.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2013 - 01:41 UTC

  EU FTA agreements with Colombia and Central America became effective August first

  

  Free trade agreements, FTA, signed by the European Union with Colombia, and with Central American countries Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama became effective August first as part of the EU strategy to eliminate tariffs on trade with Central American and the Andean region.

• Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 17:21 UTC

  OAS/Ecuador workshop for maintenance of demining equipment used in border with Peru

  

  The Organization of American States, OAS and the Demining Centre of Ecuador (CENDESMI), with financial support from Norway have launched a training workshop for the maintenance and repair of MINELAB F-3 metal detectors and polycarbonate visors used in the deactivation of mines found in some areas of the border between Ecuador and Peru.

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 04:26 UTC

  World Bank President Jim Yong Kim returns to Peru, praises social development

  

  World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is in Peru this week, returning to the place where he says his interest in poverty reduction was first piqued.

• Tuesday, June 18th 2013 - 07:20 UTC

  Thousands camp in the Peruvian Andes to protect a lake from major gold mining project

  

  Thousands of opponents of a 5 billion dollars gold project of Newmont Mining circled a lake high in the Andes, in Cajamarca province vowing to stop the company from eventually draining it to make way for Peru's most expensive mine.

• Thursday, June 13th 2013 - 22:22 UTC

  Peruvian president Humala wants the US as observer of the Pacific Alliance

  

  Peruvian president Ollanta Humala said he favoured the incorporation of the United States as observer to the Alliance of the Pacific, a free trade, pro-business and open market group made up of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

• Friday, May 24th 2013 - 07:50 UTC

  Pacific Alliance agrees to eliminate tariffs for 90% of goods beginning July

  

  The Alliance of the Pacific bloc that includes Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Chile on Thursday agreed to eliminate tariffs on most goods to promote free trade between the countries and increase exports to Asia.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 00:45 UTC

  Penn calls for Dakar rally to cancel Bolivia unless a US citizen is released

  

  Actor and humanitarian Sean Penn called for the Dakar Rally to cancel its debut run in Bolivia unless an ailing American businessman being held under house arrest there is released. Penn, a friend of President Evo Morales has angered Bolivian authorities with his request.

• Friday, May 17th 2013 - 06:05 UTC

  Criticized Peruvian foreign minister steps down and is replaced by a female

  

  Peru's Foreign minister has resigned, the government said on Wednesday, days after he was criticized for contributing to a diplomatic spat with Venezuela. The office of President Ollanta Humala said in a statement that Rafael Roncagliolo resigned ”strictly because of health reasons”.