Snows block highways in southern Peru
Heavy snows prompted the closing of highways in Peru’s southern states of Arequipa and Puno yesterday. Snowstorms…
11 years ago
La Oroya: protesters suspend strike in central Peru
Mineworkers have lifted an indefinite strike in La Oroya, unblocking the Carretera Cental highway in…
11 years ago
La Oroya: Peru rejects relaxing environmental standards
Peru’s government has rejected calls for an easing of environmental standards at the La Oroya…
11 years ago
One dead in central Peru mineworkers strike
A man was killed today in clashes between police and mineworkers demanding relaxed environmental standards…
11 years ago
Two Shining Path leaders captured in southern Peru
Peru’s military arrested on Sunday two Shining Path militants who led a column in a…
11 years ago
Police seize $1 million of counterfeit clothing in Lima market
Yesterday morning police seized $1.25 million worth of clothing from the Polvos Azules shopping mall…
11 years ago
Copper prices send nuevo sol to six-year low at 3.20 per dollar
Peru’s currency closed last week at over 3.20 per dollar, a six-year low, on falling…
11 years ago
Dengue declines in northern Peru ahead of El Niño rains
Dengue fever has been significantly reduced in northern Peru ahead of El Niño weather conditions…
11 years ago
Military helicopter rotor kills woman in northern Peru
A college student who tried to approach Peru’s Cabinet chief Pedro Cateriano in Tumbes yesterday…
11 years ago
Historic Lima soccer team at risk of liquidation
Universitario de Deportes, Peru’s second oldest soccer club, faces the risk of being dissolved and…
11 years ago