Peru News Archives

Catholic priest Marco Arana, who is also a social and environmental activist, has not yet officially decided to run in Peru's next presidential elections, but he is already facing opposition from the highest-level Catholic Church officials in the country.

The Peruvian government on Tuesday denied that a military helicopter, which crashed the same day in the Andean region, was connected to drug trafficking or a terrorist attack.

Lima, Oct 27 Two leaders from Peruvian ports warned there would be a social convulsion if the government refuses to annule the delivery of the northern port of Paita to a foreign company.

If history tells us anything, it is that we either learn from our mistakes or we are condemned to repeat them.

The Archbishop of Piura and President of Caritas Piura and Tumbes, Archbishop Jose Antonio Eguren Anselmi, recently presented the 'Integral Plan for developing food security in 19 farming areas in Tumbes.' As the Archdiocesan press office notes, the objective of the project is to contribute to 'an improvement in the quality of life and sustained ...

Peruvian President Alan Garcia and his Ecuadorian counterpart Rafael Correa on Thursday held talks which were described by them as "historical" following armed confrontation over a century.

Sen. Jerome Delvin, R-Richland, said today he will play host to governors of two agricultural regions in Peru during their Oct.

Just got back from a ramble around Lima. Went to Plaza Mayor where the palace is to watch the changing of the guard, then to Plaza San Martin and finally to a 1500s gaol to see how they tortured non'Catholics. Hmmm.

Peru's drug traffickers enjoy profits of roughly $700 million a year and that money is finding its way into every corner of the national economy, a prominent expert said here Monday.

It's a classic rock n' roll stumble: band is on a long tour, places bleed together day to day, and then singer forgets where he is and thanks the wrong city.

A soldier was killed and another wounded in clashes between army troops and Shining Path guerrillas over the weekend in the strife-torn Valley of the Apurimac and Ene rivers, known as the VRAE region, where drug traffickers and the so-called 'remnants' of the rebel group operate, the Armed Forces Joint Command said.

Lima, Oct, 10 Peruvian autochthonous people will celebrate the Day of Indigenous Resistance on Monday, 517 years after the arrival of Spanish conquerors.

So first stop in Peru. Arrived late, unfortunately after dark, which we'd been trying to avoid.

The manager of a traveling exhibition of human cadavers says a lung stolen from the show has been returned.

Oct 7 - A reward is being offered by the "Bodies" exhibition in Lima, Peru following the theft of a human lung that was on display.

By Milagros Salazar PUCYURA, Peru - In a rural village in the Peruvian Andes, very near yet so far from the popular tourist destination of Cuzco, the guinea pig, a rodent native to the region, has become "woman's best friend" - an important means for women to earn money to support their families, as well as to learn how to defend their rights.

Abstract OBJECTIVES. This study was conducted to determine whether poor hygiene practices are owing to difficulty in getting enough water and/or to ignorance of sanitary principles.

A unit of trucking company YRC Worldwide Inc. has reached a new three-year service agreement with Minera Chinalco Peru S.A., the company said Thursday.