President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner arrived in Lima, Peru, where she will participate at the 3rd Summit of South American-Arab Countries (ASPA), scheduled to take place on Tuesday in the Ministry of Culture, in the Peruvian capital.
Peruvian Ambassador to Buenos Aires, Nicolás Lynch, resigned to his post alfer he met with members of an organization suspected to be linked with guerrilla group Shining Path, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry informed.
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said today that she would make a plea for members of the Unasur to come together in the fight against ‘vulture funds’ in the region next week, during Peruvian President Ollanta Humala’s visit at the Government House.
Ollanta Humala was officially sworn in as the president of Peru today, taking over the reins of one of the world's fastest-growing economies as poor voters. Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was present at the ceremony Lima, after arriving to the city last night.
In a live press conference on Tuesday, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner thanked “the Peruvian government and population” for their decision to leave without effect the scheduled visit of a British frigate “in support of the Argentine sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands.”
The Direct Foreign Investment (DFI) in Argentina reached 7.243 billion dollars in 2011, 3 percent higher than the previous year, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The British embassy in Lima released a communiqué in which it stated that David Cameron’s government is “disappointed” on Peru after President Ollanta Humala decided to cancel the arrival of British frigate HMS Montrose to support Argentina’s claim over the Malvinas Islands sovereignty.
The Vatican has stripped the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, one of the most prominent centres of learning in Latin America, of its right to continue calling itself a Catholic or pontifical university, saying it had damaged the interests of the Church.
The first set of artifacts (363 to be precise) taken from Machu Picchu were returned today from Yale University, after being held in the United States for almost one hundred years after the explorer Hiram Bingham III had scooped them up during an excavation project.
Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot went on trial today for killing a young Peruvian woman in 2010, five years to the day after a US teenager vanished on the island of Aruba after spending time with him.
Following the announcement on Monday that Peru would withdraw the permit for the UK’s HMS Montrose frigate to dock at El Callao port out of “solidarity" to Argentina’s claim of sovereignty over the Malvinas islands, international repercussions continue,and the London Times
The Union for South American Nations agreed to limit the actions of vulture funds and categorically rejected a referendum that will take in place in Malvinas islands in March to decide the political status of the archipelago, during the summit in Lima.
Less than a year after firing his drug czar, who irked the United States by halting coca eradication in Peru, President Ollanta Humala has gone on an unprecedented drive to uproot the crop used to make cocaine.
Peru's sole natural gas pipeline was left without maintenance services on Saturday after Shining Path rebels destroyed on the ground three helicopters belonging to the company that runs the pipeline.
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, in prison for human rights crimes and suffering from oral cancer, has asked President Ollanta Humala for a humanitarian pardon, his children said.
Two police officers were killed and another two injured in an ambush in Peru's southeastern jungle region late last night, the latest strike again President Ollanta Humala's drive to regain control of cocaine-trafficking strongholds.
The bodies of two US climbers were located today after they apparently suffered a fall on the peak of Mount Palcaraju, high in Peru's Andes, local media reported.
One person died and four were injured when police clashed with protesters blocking a road leading to top gold miner Barrick's Peruvian mine Pierina, company and police officials said today.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights told Peru to annul a ruling by its Supreme Court that could have paved the way for an early release of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori.
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala's approval rating fell to a fresh low in July, a year since he took office as concern grows over his handling of increasingly violent social conflicts, an opinion poll showed.
President Ollanta Humala has begun sounding out replacements for his prime minister as part of a widely expected Cabinet shuffle designed to calm a wave of violent anti-mining protests in the world's No. 2 copper producer.
President Ollanta Humala named human rights lawyer Juan Jimenez prime minister as the Peruvian leader shuffled his cabinet to calm a wave of violent anti-mining protests.
Peru's top court has ruled Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot can be extradited to the United States in connection with the 2005 disappearance in Aruba of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, but only after serving a Peruvian prison sentence for murder.
A Peruvian search team found today the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed four days ago on an icy mountain 16,000 feet (4,900 m) high in the Andes, killing all 14 people aboard.
Peru's president Ollanta Humala, travelled to Europe today, where he will stay for the total of one week and visit Switzerland, France and Germany.
Peru's government declared a health alert along its northern coastline on Saturday and urged residents and tourists to stay away from long stretches of beach, as it investigates the unexplained deaths of hundreds of dolphins and pelicans.
A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook the border area straddling southern Peru and northern Chile early today, but there were no reports of damage, the Andean neighbors' national emergency offices said.
The mystery surrounding the deaths of at least 877 dolphins in Peru deepened as the government said human activity was not to blame but failed to pinpoint a natural cause for the massive die-off.
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala's approval rating climbed to 56 percent in April, boosted by the release of energy industry workers kidnapped by Shining Path rebels, an Ipsos Apoyo poll showed on Sunday.
Peru is evaluating a request to extradite Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot to the United States in connection with the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, his lawyer said.
Shining Path rebels killed three members of Peru's security forces and wounded two others while they were searching for police who disappeared in an earlier ambush, the armed forces said.
The nine miners who were trapped since last Thursday in the Cabeza de Negro mine in Ica, southern Peru, were successfully rescued today, Peruvian media informed.
Peru's Shining Path early on Saturday released 36 gas pipeline workers it took hostage six days ago in a remote jungle region in southern Peru, the government said, saying security forces had clashed with the rebels.
Peru's army is preparing one of its largest offensives in two decades against Shining Path rebels, officials said, hoping to quash remnants of the group that embarrassed the government over the weekend.
Nine workers trapped inside a wildcat mine in southern Peru received oxygen and liquids through a giant hose on Saturday while a rescue team toiled to get them out, officials said.
Shining Path rebels brazenly kidnapped dozens of workers in Peru's natural gas industry before letting most of them go hours later in a remote jungle, officials and local radio said.
Rescuers were closing in on nine workers trapped inside a wildcat mine in southern Peru and officials said they could be pulled to the surface within hours after spending five days underground.
Political and media sectors in Peru harshly criticized Peruvian Foreign Minister Rafael Roncagliolo for his last-minute decision to void a permit allowing a British frigate to dock at the El Callao port.
Peru's President Ollanta Humala said today his country won’t tolerate any foreign impositions on its internal affairs. The Andean leader alluded to the resolution to prevent the UK's HMS Montrose frigate from docking at El Callao port in Lima after ending its patrol mission in the disputed Malvinas Islands.
Peru's president sent his loquacious brother to solitary confinement this week to end his embarrassing spectacles - only to have him show up in court on Tuesday and say he was beaten and bruised by prison guards.
At least three protesters were killed and 32 people wounded as police in southeastern Peru clashed with wildcat, or illegal, miners opposed to a government crackdown on unauthorized gold mining, the interior minister and the ombudsman's office said.
By Carolina Barros.- The Malvinas cause has just taken its first casualty. Its name is Peru, which has chosen to go it alone and create a chink in the hitherto solid armour of Unasur countries backing the Argentine claim to the islands.
In a display of “Latin American support for Argentina’s legitimate rights,” the Peruvian government has announced its decision to disallow the protocol visit of a British frigate scheduled to dock in a Peruvian port this week.
At least 26 people died and twelve were injured today, after a fire broke out in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho in Lima, the Health minister in Peru, Alberto Tejada informed.
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake rattled the coast of Peru, causing minor injuries, authorities said. There were no reports of deaths or major damage from the quake, according to the US Geological Survey.
The most important leader of Peru's leftist Shining Path insurgency was seriously wounded and captured by security forces after being shot in a remote jungle rife with drug trafficking, President Ollanta Humala said in his first major victory against what remains of the rebel group.
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala said he supports Bolivia's "legitimate" demand for Chile to grant it access to the Pacific coast, a long-held claim the landlocked Andean country plans to take to international courts in 2012.
Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot was sentenced to 28 years in prison by a Peruvian court today for killing a woman in Lima in 2010, exactly five years after 18-year-old Alabama native Natalee Holloway disappeared after spending time with him.
Peruvian Vice President Omar Chehade has resigned over corruption allegations but lawmakers expect him to try to hang onto his seat in Congress, where he could face an expulsion vote later today.
Peru's counterterrorism police detained two leaders of protests that have stalled Newmont Mining's $4.8 billion Conga gold mine project, in a widening crackdown by President Ollanta Humala.
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala swore in a new team of ministers on in a shake-up that could lead to harsher crackdowns on social protests but will leave the country's free-market economic model in place.
Peru's new mine and energy minister said the government would attract private investment to the vast sector while requiring that it bring more social benefits for the fast-growing economy.
Peruvian prosecutors will seek a 30-year sentence rather than a life term in the murder trial of Joran Van der Sloot, a Dutch national accused of killing a 21-year-old business student, the judiciary said.
Peruvian police fired tear gas to break up a protest at Newmont Mining Corp's proposed $4.8 billion Conga gold mine as the government tried to mediate a bitter environmental dispute over the project.
Security forces fanned out across Peru's Cajamarca region today to enforce emergency measures decreed by President Ollanta Humala to put an end to 11 days of protests against a $4.8 billion gold mine project.
Peruvian lawmakers said that Vice-President Omar Chehade should resign as soon as possible over corruption allegations to put an end to the first political scandal of Ollanta Humala's young presidency.
Peru said on that it will crack down on violent anti-mining protesters after clashes with police injured 40 people, the first skirmishes since President Ollanta Humala took office vowing to defuse conflicts over natural resources.
The ethics committee in Peru's Congress voted to suspend Vice President Omar Chehade from the legislature over corruption allegations, racheting up pressure on him to resign from both posts.
Prominent lawmakers urged Peruvian Vice President Omar Chehade to explain himself or step down after allegedly asking a police general to help his brother evict workers from a cooperative farm that a private company wanted to take over. The episode has made Peru's popular President Ollanta Humala face his first political crisis just three months into his term.
Peru's President Ollanta Humala broke his silence surrounding the first political crisis of his government, saying he backed investigations into alleged corruption by Vice President Omar Chehade.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southern Peru, shaking buildings in the capital Lima, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries.
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote Amazon region of Peru, shaking office buildings far away in the capital and in neighboring Brazil although no injuries or damage were reported immediately.
A law that Peru's indigenous leaders fought for two years to get passed and the government says could end strife over natural resources may not resolve conflicts as hoped when it goes into effect in January.
Workers at Freeport McMoran's Cerro Verde mine in Peru, which churns out around 2 percent of the world's copper, went on strike for the second time this month today and pressured global prices upwards.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who currently undergoes a treatment for cancer, said he has had a “beautiful” conversation with his Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, to whom he promised he will beat the disease.
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner took part of the Union of South American Unions summit in Lima, after Peruvian President Ollanta Humala took office.
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 said.
Thousands of protesters opposed to mining and energy projects in southern Peru took over a commercial airport, officials said, as the government struggled to restore calm a day after five died in a clash with police.
One of the most-highly worshipped religious figures in Peru, The Cross of Motupe, was stolen today, after thieves entered the chapel of the religious house where it was kept, Interior Minister Miguel Hidalgo confirmed.
Leftist Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala picked more moderates for his Cabinet today as he tries to reassure investors he will govern as a centrist in one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimoro conceded defeat in yesterday's Peru election, as results from over 90 perfent of ballot boxes gave Ollanta Humala a lead of more than 2.7 percentage points.
Top mining firm in Peru was reviewing $2 billion in planned projects today as investors wait to see if leftist president-elect Ollanta Humala will name moderates to his cabinet – a move that would soothe markets. According to news agencies, upon leaving his residence, Humala asked the country to “remain calm” over worries of change in economic policies.
Peru's leftist president-elect Ollanta Humala said on Tuesday he will chart his own course and won't follow the path of his former political mentor, Venezuela's fiery socialist President Hugo Chavez.
Right-wing lawmaker Keiko Fujimori holds a lead over left-wing Ollanta Humala just two weeks before Peru's June 5 presidential election, but pollsters say the race could still be won be either candidate. Keiko is the daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori
A leftist former army commander faced the right-wing daughter of a jailed ex-president in Peru's tight presidential election, in a combative race to lead a young democracy and booming economy.
Left-wing former army commander Ollanta Humala narrowly led the right-wing daughter of a jailed ex-president in Peru's presidential election, quick counts showed after a bitter campaign divided the country.
Peru's next president, to be elected on June 5, will inherit hundreds of festering social conflicts that threaten to paralyze mining and energy investments in one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
Right-wing lawmaker Keiko Fujimori is in a virtual tie with left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala a month before Peru's presidential election, a poll showed, driving stocks higher.
Peru's left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala and right-wing lawmaker Keiko Fujimori are running almost neck-and-neck ahead of a June 5 presidential run-off election, a poll by Lima's Catholic University showed.
Leftist front-runner Ollanta Humala, seeking to shore up the crucial ethnic vote, yesterday urged poor Peruvians with indigenous roots to back him in Sunday's presidential election.
Left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala won the first round of Peru's presidential election but there was a tight race to see who would face him in a June run-off, early official results and unofficial counts showed.
Left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala promised to promote a stable investment climate and defuse social conflicts if he wins a presidential run-off in June that will hinge on swaying centrist voters.
A metal seating area collapsed in the national Monumental Stadium in Lima yesterday evening, causing 117 people to be injured, with 14 severe cases. The accident happened at the opening event for the youth football Crema Championship.
Left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala has gained in Perú's presidential race to 24.3 percent and is more than 5 points ahead of his nearest rival, a poll by Lima's Catholic University showed.
Farmers opposed to Southern Copper's USD$1 billion Tia Maria mine said today they would boycott Peru's presidential election unless the mining company abandons its project and police stop attacking protesters.
Argentine quad rider Marcos Patronelli ratified his position after winning the fourth stage of the Rally Dakar 2013, which covers 288 kilometres from the Peruvian towns of Nazca and Arequipa.
Two people have died and seven were injured in a three-vehicle accident during the Dakar Rally according to race organizers.
On the verge of tonight qualifier between hosts Peru and Argentina, the torrid environment can already be perceived. A good –or bad, very bad- example is that of Peruvians fans stoning the bus that was waiting for taking the Argentine players back to their hotel after their practice at the National Stadium.
Gonzalo Higuaín's equaliser salvaged a point for Argentina in a disappointing 1-1 draw against Peru in their 2014 World Cup qualifier at the Estadio Nacional.
The 34 edition of the Rally Dakar kicked off with the first bikes and quads from the beaches in Lima, Peru, in a competition that will also reach Argentina and end at Chile.
Dakar Rally’s organization confirmed that next year’s 35th edition of the world’s most famous race will also be the 5th to take place on the South American continent, which has hosted the event since 2009.
The coach of Argentina's national football team, Alejandro Sabella, summoned Boca Juniors' goalkeeper Oscar Ustari to join the team that will face Paraguay and Peru for the World Cup Brazil 2014 South American qualifiers.
Peru's mission to stall Lionel Messi and the Argentine juggernaut at home in their World Cup qualifier on Tuesday may see the team seek inspiration from a famous victory over their South American rivals in Lima 27 years ago.
Argentina's Godoy Cruz managed to draw Peru's Universitario de Lima 1-1 in the last minutes of the match for the first leg of the Sudamericana Cup's pre-quarter finals. The game was held at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium.
Peru’s Universitario defeated Argentina's Godoy Cruz after a penalty definition that led the team coached by Del Solar to the quarter-finals of the Sudamericana Cup. The match was held at Miguel Grau del Callao stadium.
The vehicles that will be part of the Rally Dakar began arriving at the North breakwater of Mar del Plata City to get ready for the competition. The convoy left Lima, in Zárate, this morning and headed towards the coastal city.
After struggling for months to defuse protests against mining companies in far-flung provinces, President Ollanta Humala is now facing strikes in the capital by teachers and doctors who want a piece of Peru's record fiscal surplus.
Peru's performances at the Copa América have left striker Paolo Guerrero confident the team can end a 32-year wait for a World Cup finals appearance.
Striker Paolo Guerrero scored a hat-trick as Peru crushed 10-man Venezuela 4-1 to take third place at the Copa América.
World Cup semi-finalists Uruguay came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw with Peru on Monday, meaning all three seeded sides at the Copa America have failed to win their opening matches.
Peru edged Mexico 1-0 at the Copa América to move level on points at the top of Group C with Chile, who had earlier come from behind to draw 1-1 with Uruguay.
Centre-back Waldo Ponce scored in injury time to give Chile a dramatic 1-0 win over Peru to leave the Chileans top of Group C at the Copa América.
The three groups of the Copa América 2011 are formed by: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador, Uruguay, Peru, Chile and Mexico. Watch the complete fixture here.
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