Tag: Peru

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 03:08 UTC

  Relief for Humala as second vice-president finally resigns over corruption claims

  

  Peruvian Vice President Omar Chehade has resigned over corruption allegations but lawmakers expect him to try to hang onto his seat in Congress, where he could face an expulsion vote later this week.

• Friday, January 6th 2012 - 06:48 UTC

  Dakar rally suspended because Andes snow storms prevent the crossing to Chile

  

  The sixth stage of the Rally Dakar 2012, the first one in Chilean territory, has been suspended due to intense snow storms that do not allow the trespassing of the vehicles from Argentina.

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 21:01 UTC

  Peru’s fish meal anchovy finds a new successful outlet in the burger market

  

  Peruvians now have a choice of good food thanks to a hamburger produced by TASA that is made with anchovy pulp: Omegaburger Kontiki, innovative product rich in protein, minerals, vitamins and Omega 3 fatty acids.

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 03:56 UTC

  Peruvian fish exports soar in volume and income: 2.8bn dollars in ten months

  

  Peruvian fish exports generated during last October generated 206.2 million dollars which represents 42.1% more than in the same month of 2010 (145.1 million), while export volume jumped 42.8% from 89.200 to 127.400 tons, the Ministry of Production reported. The increases were primarily due to higher sales of fishmeal.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 06:31 UTC

  International environmental audit for mining project, promises Peru government

  

  Peru's new mine and energy minister said on Monday the government would attract private investment to the vast sector while requiring that it bring more social benefits for the fast-growing economy.

• Monday, December 12th 2011 - 20:22 UTC

  Peruvian government ally abandons cabinet fearing ‘militarization’

  

  Former president Alejandro Toledo announced Sunday that his party was leaving Peru's ruling coalition after President Ollanta Humala appointed an ex-army officer as the new prime minister.

• Monday, December 12th 2011 - 04:29 UTC

  Humala reshuffles cabinet and names former military officer Prime Minister

  

  Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has picked Jorge Humberto Merino, who worked for the government agency that promotes foreign investment, to be his new mines and energy minister, local media reported on Sunday.

• Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:29 UTC

  Peruvian group in support and solidarity with Argentine Falklands/Malvinas Islands

  

  Peruvian diplomats, jurists and academia presented the Argentine ambassador in Lima Dario D’Alessandro a document formalizing the Peruvian Group in Support and Solidarity with Argentine Sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands

• Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:05 UTC

  Dakar rally 2012 takes off from the Atlantic and ends in Peru on the Pacific

  

  Dakar Rally chief Etienne Lavigne said that the next edition of the competition which takes off from Mar del Plata, Argentina next January first and ends in Lima, Peru, fifteen days later, is the most renewed and challenging version since the rally moved to South America in 2008.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2011 - 22:03 UTC

  Wing of Peru’s terrorist group Shinning Path admits defeat and wants peace talks

  

  ”Comrade Artemio” head of one of the two remnant groups of the Peruvian armed terrorist Shinning Path movement admitted defeat and called on the government in Lima to begin a dialogue process to reach a peace accord.