Tag: Peru

• Thursday, January 20th 2011 - 18:35 UTC

  Chile and Peru Best Time in Bilateral Relations

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera and Peru’s Alan Garcia agreed on Wednesday to downplay Lima’s suit against Santiago over maritime boundaries in favor of economic integration to combat poverty and underdevelopment. They instead outlined that bilateral relations are going through the best ever time, in term of relations.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 13:10 UTC

  Woman mayor takes office in Lima, Peru’s most populated city

  

  Susana Villaran took office this week as the first popularly elected female mayor of Lima, in a ceremony attended by Peruvian President Alan Garcia and former U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar.

• Thursday, December 9th 2010 - 08:28 UTC

  Keiko Fujimori daughter of jailed leader joins Peruvian presidential race

  

  Keiko Fujimori, daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, joined Peru's presidential race, vowing to make sure the country's economic boom lifts more people out of poverty.

• Thursday, November 18th 2010 - 19:53 UTC

  Latinamerica “business climate” steady and in “cautious boom” phase

  

  Chile, Peru and Uruguay rank as the countries with the best business climate according to a report from the Brazilian foundation Getulio Vargas, FGV. The October report released this week ranks Chile with 7.5 points; Peru, 7.1; Uruguay, 7; Brazil, 6.8; Colombia, 6.8; Paraguay, 6.5; Argentina, 5.9 and Bolivia, 5.6.

• Friday, November 12th 2010 - 13:44 UTC

  Peruvian economy steaming ahead at 8%; top of the list in the region for business

  

  Finance Minister Ismael Benavides said Peru's economy should grow between 8% and 8.5% this year, with inflation ending the year from 2.2% to 2.5%. The Peruvian Central Bank latest forecast was annual growth of 7.5% to 8%.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2010 - 05:57 UTC

  Latin America’s second largest bourse by market value is launched in Peru

  

  The main securities exchanges in Chile, Colombia and Peru plan to begin trialling cross-border stock trading in an arrangement that may lead to the creation of Latin America’s second-largest bourse by market value.

• Saturday, November 6th 2010 - 07:43 UTC

  After 15 years U.S. supporter of Peruvian terrorist group free on parole

  

  US citizen Lori Berenson who is serving a 20- year prison sentence in Peru for aiding Marxist rebels, was granted parole for a second time. Berenson is entitled to parole as she has served more than three quarters of her 20-year sentence for helping plan an attack on Peru’s Congress, Judge Jessica Leon ruled.

• Friday, November 5th 2010 - 23:50 UTC

  Colombia, Chile and Peru launch integrated stock markets November 22

  

  Colombia approved Friday the integration of the Colombian stock exchange with those of Chile and Peru opening the way for the start of joint operations next November 22.

• Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 18:57 UTC

  Peru proposes South American Pacific countries free movement zone

  

  Peruvian President Alan Garcia is proposing to Chilean President Sebastian Piñera a zone for free movement of goods, people and capital, a zone that would include Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru and Chile.

• Sunday, October 24th 2010 - 02:03 UTC

  Bolivia plans to buys vessels to operate from its Ilo port facilities

  

  Bolivian president Evo Morales is considering the purchase of naval vessels to operate from the port of Ilo on the South Pacific coast helping the country to develop for the first time in 130 years its maritime resources.