Tag: Peru

• 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.

• Thursday, February 24th 2011 - 00:12 UTC

  Libya: Peru cuts links; Cuba, Venezuela support Gadaffi, blame “imperialist states”

  

  Peru announced it has suspended diplomatic relations with Libya over the use of force against civilians there. It is the first country to take such a step since the anti-government protests erupted in Libya last week.

• Tuesday, February 22nd 2011 - 00:58 UTC

  Toledo set to repeat in Peru, but ex mayor Castañeda can still give surprise

  

  Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo continues to lead public opinion polls for the April 10 presidential election followed in a tight race by Congress member Keiko Fujimori and the ex mayor of Lima, Luis Castañeda.

• Monday, February 14th 2011 - 06:07 UTC

  Dengue is back in South America: 31 dead and 46.600 suspected cases

  

  An outbreak of dengue fever across much of Latin America has killed 31 people since the start of the year and is showing no sign of relenting. Endemic in several countries there’s growing concern following the discovery of a very “aggressive” strain in Peru.