Tag: Peru

• Tuesday, November 12th 2013 - 23:54 UTC

  Brazil and Peru seal strong integration and cooperation alliance

  

  Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and Brazil's Dilma Rousseff agreed on Monday to promote regional integration and trade as they marked the 10th anniversary of the bilateral strategic alliance. Rousseff arrived Monday in Lima on her fourth visit to Peru since Humala took power.

• Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 03:14 UTC

  Peru is the original home of Pisco, says EU; grief in Chile

  

  Peru has scored a significant victory in the age-old battle with Chile over the origin of the two countries’ most popular liquor, with the European Commission recognizing the former as the original home of pisco

• Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 07:05 UTC

  Peru's Humala reshuffles cabinet and names fourth prime minister

  

  Peru's Prime Minister Juan Jimenez said on Tuesday he is leaving President Ollanta Humala's government and that other cabinet changes will soon be announced by his successor - a local governor and former business manager.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 06:57 UTC

  Petrobras negotiating sale of assets in Peru to Chinese company for 2bn dollars

  

  China National Petroleum Corp., the country’s largest oil producer, is nearing an agreement to buy Petrobras assets in Peru for more than 2 billion dollars. The proposed deal may be announced as soon as next month, according to sources quoted by Bloomberg.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 06:31 UTC

  Colombia, Chile and Peru move to integrate foreign exchange markets

  

  Colombia, Peru and Chile announced on Wednesday the integration of their foreign exchange markets in the framework of MILA to facilitate money exchange operations between the three associates which add to a daily average turnover of 2,798bn. So far the Latinamerican Integrated Market, MILA, is operating with a combined stock market for the three nations.

• Thursday, September 26th 2013 - 21:45 UTC

  Pacific Alliance makes its official presentation in New York with three presidents

  

  The Pacific Alliance made its official presentation in New York before 200 business people and investors, mostly from the US, with four top anchor men: the presidents of Chile, Peru and Colombia and Mexico’s foreign trade minister since head of state Enrique Peña Nieto had to remain in the country because of the catastrophic floods.

• 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.