Tag: Peru

• Saturday, August 20th 2011 - 06:43 UTC

  Peru halts coca plants eradication and works to redesign new anti-drugs program

  

  Peru has temporarily halted the eradication of coca plants used to make cocaine as it works to redesign its anti-drug programs, the country's interior ministry announced this week.

• Friday, July 29th 2011 - 06:47 UTC

  Peruvian president Humala promises economic growth with social inclusion

  

  Peru's incoming President Ollanta Humala promised on Thursday the poor would take part in the country's economic boom, investors and their contracts would be respected and changes will be moderate and gradual.

• Thursday, July 28th 2011 - 11:14 UTC

  Humala takes office in Peru with a balancing act on promises and the cabinet

  

  Former nationalist military officer Ollanta Humala will take office next Thursday as the next president of Peru, one of the fastest growing economies in the world but with almost half the population living in poverty.

• Thursday, July 28th 2011 - 11:04 UTC

  Peruvian president counts with the support of 68 out of 130 benches in Congress

  

  A working alliance of 68 members in the one-chamber Congress of 130 benches will be supporting the government of Peruvian president-elect Ollanta Humala who is to be sworn in on Thursday 28 July.

• Thursday, July 28th 2011 - 11:00 UTC

  All South American presidents, except Chavez and Lugo, present in Lima

  

  All South American presidents with the exception of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez under chemotherapy treatment, and Paraguay’s Fernando Lugo, who cancelled at last moment following medical instructions, will be present at Thursday swearing in ceremony of Peruvian president-elect Ollanta Humala.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2011 - 01:13 UTC

  UNASUR leaders to meet in Lima following Humala’s taking office ceremony

  

  The twelve leaders of UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) will be meeting in Lima, Thursday following on the taking office ceremony of Peruvian president Ollanta Humala. All twelve presidents have confirmed attendance with the exception of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez undergoing cancer treatment.

• Thursday, July 21st 2011 - 23:57 UTC

  Peruvian president-elect names orthodox pro-business in key cabinet posts

  

  Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala picked more moderates for his Cabinet on Thursday as he tries to reassure investors he will govern as a centrist in one of the world's fastest-growing economies.

• Thursday, July 21st 2011 - 01:40 UTC

  Humala seems ready to accept Peruvian economy is robust and on the right track

  

  In a week’s time Ollanta Humala takes office in Peru as president for the next five years.

• Thursday, July 14th 2011 - 07:22 UTC

  Bolivia gets involved in Chile/Peru ongoing maritime dispute

  

  International relations between Chile and Bolivia are tense and could worsen, considering the impact of a Monday press release from Bolivia’s Ministry of Foreign Relations.

• Monday, July 11th 2011 - 07:57 UTC

  Peru celebrates “100 years of Machu Picchu in the world”

  

  Peru is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, one of the seven new wonders of the world which sits high in the mountains at an altitude of 2.430 meters of difficult access.