Tag: Peru

Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 23:04 UTC
EU, Colombia, Peru sign ambitious trade agreement; saves half a billion Euros in tariffs

EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gutch together with Colombian Minister for Trade Sergio Diaz-Granados Guida and Peruvian Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade Carlos Posada Ugaz, celebrated Wednesday in Brussels the initialling of an ambitious trade agreement between the EU, Colombia and Peru.
Tuesday, April 12th 2011 - 04:25 UTC
Humala’s run off with Keiko Fujimori; Peruvian economy faces overheating

Peru’s presidential election on Sunday will have a second round of voting between Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori on 5th June, according to the latest official percentages which indicate the nationalist former Army officer has 31.75% of the vote and the daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, 23.29%, quite distanced from Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s (PPK) 18.8%.
Friday, April 8th 2011 - 22:45 UTC
Peru/Mexico sign trade agreement, fist step for a regional expansion towards Asia

Peru and Mexico signed this week a trade agreement with the aim of jointly reaching out to Asia, an undertaking that they want Chile and Colombia to join
Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 20:33 UTC
Peruvian presidential run-off between Humala and Keiko Fujimori, forecast polls

Nationalist presidential candidate Ollanta Humala is forecast to get just under 30% of the vote in Peru's election on Sunday and face lawmaker Keiko Fujimori in a run-off, sources with access to two different polls said on Thursday.
Wednesday, April 6th 2011 - 06:39 UTC
Chile, Colombia, Peru launch integrate stock markets beginning May 30

Operations of a joint stock market linking Chile, Colombia and Peru are scheduled to begin May 30. The group, known as the Integrated Latin American Market, or Mila, said Tuesday that the decision was taken following two rounds of successful testing.
Monday, April 4th 2011 - 01:52 UTC
Maersk to build and operate 1.1 billion USD pier in Peru’s main port

The world’s largest container shipping line, Moeller-Maersk A/S, won a contract to build and operate a 1.1 billion US dollars pier at Peru’s largest port, the government announced in Lima.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 20:14 UTC
Bolivia considering international court to claim coastline lost to Chile

Bolivia is prepared to take Chile to the International court of The Hague over its claim to a section of Pacific coast that it lost in a war more than 130 years ago, Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday.
Monday, March 21st 2011 - 07:45 UTC
Peru April 10 presidential election: any of five candidates can make it to the run off

With less than three weeks to April 10 Peruvian presidential election the electorate remains volatile with no candidates assured a first round victory (50% plus one votes cast) or making it to the run off.
Monday, March 7th 2011 - 07:35 UTC
Toledo leads in Peruvian presidential election opinion polls

With just over a month for the presidential elections April 10, former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo continues to lead comfortably vote intention according to the latest public opinion polls. Lawmaker Keiko Fujimori and former Lima mayor Luis Castañeda are runner ups but ten points below.
Monday, March 7th 2011 - 07:28 UTC
Peru and EU to sign free trade agreement in mid March

Peru and the European Union will be signing the final documents for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) in mid March, said Peruvian Trade and Tourism Minister Eduardo Ferreyros in Lima.