Tag: Peru

• 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.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 20:19 UTC

  Humala sends troops to end protests against a 4.8bn dollars gold mine project

  

  Security forces fanned out across Peru's Cajamarca region on Monday to enforce emergency measures decreed by President Ollanta Humala to put an end to 11 days of protests against a 4.8 billion dollars gold mine project.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2011 - 09:04 UTC

  China becomes Peru’s main trade partner and a leading investor

  

  Peruvian Prime Minister Salomon Lerner said that China’s direct investments in the country would increase between 30% and 40% in the next two years. China became this year Peru’s main trade partner.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2011 - 02:14 UTC

  Peru admits 32.477 TB cases as part of the campaign to combat the disease

  

  Peru has 37% of all multi-resistant tuberculosis cases in the Americas and one in four patients of the disease abandon medication in a mild stage of the disease according to the World Health Organization.

• Sunday, November 27th 2011 - 08:11 UTC

  IMF chief praises Latinamerica, which can provide ‘some lessons to the advanced world’

  

  IMF chief Christine Lagarde who this week will be visiting Latinamerica said that Brazil, Mexico and Peru, like to many other countries in the region have done remarkably well over the past few years and can provide some lessons to the advanced countries.

• Sunday, November 27th 2011 - 01:01 UTC

  Peruvian peasants clash with police to protest against gold mine in the Andes

  

  Peruvian police fired tear gas on Friday to break up a protest at Newmont Mining Corp's proposed 4.8 billion dollars Conga gold mine as the government tried to mediate a bitter environmental dispute over the project. Several protesters were injured.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 03:54 UTC

  Peruvian president at China trade forum: “we sell oranges and they send us marmalade”

  

  Peruvian President Ollanta Humala emphasized on Monday the importance of trade and investment relations with China, both for Peru and the region during the opening in Lima of the two-day 5th China-Latin America Business Summit

• Friday, November 18th 2011 - 06:32 UTC

  IMF chief Lagarde to visit Peru, Mexico and Brazil end of the month

  

  The Managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde will be making her first official tour of Latin America when she visits Peru, Mexico and Brazil at the end of November and beginning of December according to spokesperson David Hawley.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2011 - 23:05 UTC

  Peruvian Vice-President suspended from Congress over corruption allegations

  

  The ethics committee in Peru's Congress voted on Tuesday to suspend Vice President Omar Chehade from the legislature over corruption allegations, increasing pressure on him to resign from both posts.

• Thursday, November 10th 2011 - 06:05 UTC

  Unasur council addresses initiative to compare military spending in the region

  

  The Unasur Defence Council is scheduled to meet Thursday and Friday in Peru to address an action plan for 2012, which once approved will help estimate and compare in a more compatible way military expenditure.