Alan Garcia News

Two people were killed and eight were injured in a shootout on Wednesday as Peruvian police tried to arrest a suspect for attacking a mining project owned by Chinese company Zijin, police said on Thursday.

Pope Benedict XVI met on November 30 with President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru. A brief Vatican statement released after the session indicated that the conversation centered on the public affairs of Latin America and especially Peru, with a particular focus on anti-poverty and anti-corruption efforts, environmental programs, and Church-state ...

The Vatican says that Pope Benedict XVI has discussed how to fight poverty and save the environment in a meeting with Peru's president.

Charges of blackmail and espionage have led to arrests and several rows between a number of Latin American countries.

China's top political adviser Jia Qinglin met here Monday with Peruvian President Alan Garcia, with both sides expressing their wish to elevate bilateral ties to a higher stage.

Tajikistan News.Net Tuesday 24th November, 2009 Peruvian President Alan Garcia has invited China to invest in this country's automobile industry, banking system and port sector when he met Jia Qinglin, a member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo.

China's top political adviser Jia Qinglin met in Lima Monday with Peruvian President Alan Garcia, with both sides expressing their wish to elevate bilateral ties to a higher stage.

The Peruvian government was planning to execute two major transport infrastructure projects in the country, estimated to cost US$6.5bn in total, according to reports in early September.

Peruvian Ambassador to Seoul Marcela Lopez Bravo, right, and her husband, Diego Del Risco.

President Barack Obama says there will be consequences if Tehran does not demonstrate Iran's nuclear program is "peaceful and transparent." Speaking with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Obama said Tuesday that the United States and China will work together to confront the threat of an Iran that is armed with nuclear weapons.

Spain's prime minister announces Somali pirates have freed trawler with crew of 36.

President Alan Garcia is set to leave Singapore for Lima on Sunday morning. Peru 's president will leave an Asia -Pacific summit early to deal with the arrest of an air force officer accused of spying for Chile , canceling a meeting between the two countries' leaders.

Peruvian President Alan Garcia will leave the ongoing Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting in Singapore a day earlier, an official from the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday.

PERU will quit an APEC summit in Singapore after recalling its envoy to Chile over charges a Peruvian military officer had spied for the Chilean government, Peru's foreign minister said today.

Leaders attending the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Singapore had expressed concerns that the U.S., the world's biggest economy, might turn inward as it grapples with high unemployment and other urgent domestic priorities.

Vice President Luis Giampietri, accused of taking a hand in irregular arms deals in the 1990s, has the dubious distinction of being the highest-ranking member of the Peruvian government to face criminal charges for corruption.

Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Peruvian counterpart Alan Garcia met in Singapore on Friday to discuss the further development of pragmatic cooperation between China and Peru.

Peruvian President Alan Garcia was all charm during a visit to Korea this week. During a meeting with President Lee on Thursday, Garcia joked he would like to stay on.

Peruvian President Alan Garcia said Thursday he expects "good results" from ongoing talks for a free trade agreement with Korea that would allow tariff-reduced imports of cars, handsets and other Korean-made goods, according to Yonhap News.

Lima, Nov 9 Peruvian President Alan Garcia is beginning on Monday a tour of Asia that includes official visits to Japan and South Korea and attend the 17th APEC Forum in Singapore.