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British Girls Considered Flight Risk, Held in Chorrillos Prison on Drug Trafficking Charges 24 Aug 2013 | 01:55 am
The fortunes of Melissa Reid and Michaella McCollum took a turn for the worse this week, when the two young women —detained two weeks ago at Jorge Chavez airport with 11.5 kilos of cocaine— were charg...
Construction Industry Seen Posting Double-Digit Growth 23 Aug 2013 | 10:54 pm
Peru’s construction industry is expected to post double-digit growth this year, despite a general slowdown in the economy, acording to the Peruvian Construction Chamber, Capeco. Capeco vice president ...
Coffee Farmers Lift Protests After Deal With Government 23 Aug 2013 | 10:37 pm
Coffee growers in Peru have lifted their protests after reaching an agreement with the government to help them respond to the coffee leaf rust fungus that is damaging their crops. The farmers had been...
International Analysis: A DISMAL RECORD 23 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm
By Ayesha Siddiqa ≈The Mark News≈ As the world watches the deadly clashes between rioters and soldiers in the burning streets of Cairo, it doesn’t know that there’s another danger shaping up behind th...
Peru Business Group Calls for More Public-Sector Investments 22 Aug 2013 | 09:58 pm
Peruvian business organization Confiep called on the government to increase public sector investments in order to curb the impact of a slowdown in the economy, state news agency Andina reported. Confi...
Coffee Growers Protest for More Gov’t Support to Fight Coffee Leaf Rust 22 Aug 2013 | 09:46 pm
Peruvian coffee growers held a protest Wednesday, clashing with police in the central region of Chanchamayo, daily La Republica reported. Small-holder coffee farmers are demanding more help from the g...
Lima Looks to Cut Down on Unnecessary Honking with Traffic Fines 21 Aug 2013 | 04:47 pm
Drivers who honk continuously will face fines of 148 soles ($50) in central Lima, Mayor Susana Villaran said Tuesday in announcing a measure that may be difficult to implement. Villaran said that poli...
Unregulated Miners Begin Indefinite Strike in Southern Peru 21 Aug 2013 | 04:37 pm
Some 8,000 unregulated miners in southern Peru launched an indefinite strike on Tuesday to protest government measures to formalize their activities, daily Peru.21 reported. Members of the National Fe...
Humala: Credit Upgrade to Help Attract Investments 21 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Standard & Poor’s new rating for Peru will help the Andean country attract more investments at a time of increasing uncertainty in its economic outlook, President Ollanta Humala said. Humala’s comment...
Village Fears Reprisal from Shining Path After Rebels Killed 20 Aug 2013 | 11:17 pm
The residents of the community of Pampas, the site of last week’s firefight that left three high-ranking Shining Path rebels dead, say they fear reprisal from the group, according to a report by daily...
