Tag: Peru

• Friday, April 17th 2015 - 04:32 UTC

  Pope Francis to visit Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay next July

  

  Pope Francis will make his first visit as pontiff to Spanish-speaking Latin America in July, stopping in Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay, the Vatican said Thursday. The pope will kick off his trip in Ecuador on July 6, then travel to Bolivia on July 8 and wrap up his tour in Paraguay from July 10 to 12.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 06:35 UTC

  Peruvian president after new prime minister: seven in less than four years

  

  Peru's prime minister was ousted by Congress in a vote of no confidence late on Monday following allegations of spying on her opponents, delivering a blow to President Ollanta Humala who will now have to form another new government. The new PM will be Humala's seventh in less than four years.

• Monday, March 9th 2015 - 07:59 UTC

  Peru to withdraw ambassador from Chile because of alleged military espionage

  

  Peru said it was withdrawing its ambassador from Chile, amid an intensifying diplomatic spat that was sparked by accusations of military espionage. The Peruvian government is prosecuting two non-commissioned officers in its navy and investigating a third for allegedly spying for neighboring Chile.

• Tuesday, February 17th 2015 - 05:40 UTC

  Peru asks Argentine oil company to leave conflict zone while it reassesses contract

  

  Peru will evaluate a natural gas contract it signed with Pluspetrol in 2005 and is asking the Argentine company to leave a restive Amazonian town following deadly protests, the government said on Thursday. Pluspetrol started exploratory activities in natural gas block 108 last year, upsetting locals in the town of Pichanaki who fear it will lead to pollution and hurt farming.

• Monday, February 9th 2015 - 10:12 UTC

  Guyana, US, Peru and Uruguay consent to OAS visits on anti-corruption

  

  The governments of Guyana, the United States, Peru and Uruguay confirmed this week to the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) their consent to receive on site visits as part of the Fifth Round of the Mechanism for Follow-up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC) of the OAS.

• Monday, November 24th 2014 - 07:03 UTC

  Peru investigating the death of 500 sea lions found on a northern beach

  

  Peru is investigating the deaths of some 500 sea lions found on a beach on its northern coastline. The local governor has accused fishermen of poisoning the mammals, which usually come close to the shore looking for food.

• Monday, October 13th 2014 - 07:04 UTC

  Head of Pentagon underlines military partnership of the US with Chile

  

  US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with government leaders in the Chilean capital of Santiago on Sunday to discuss deepening the U.S. military partnership with Chile.

• 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.