News: Peru

We have started to collect the most important news related to Peru in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Peru – overview

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• June 8th 2013 – December 29th 2012
• December 13th 2012 – September 5th 2012
• September 2nd 2012 – June 4th 2012
• June 2nd 2012 – April 12th 2012
• April 11th 2012 – February 1st 2012
• January 31st 2012 – December 5th 2011
• December 5th 2011 – July 28th 2011
• July 20th 2011 – April 27th 2011
• April 13th 2011 – November 21st 2010
• November 5th 2010 – September 2nd 2010
• August 30th 2010 – April 17th 2010
• April 6th 2010 – October 20th 2009
• October 19th 2009 – June 9th 2009
• June 8th 2009 – April 4th 2009
• April 1st 2009 – November 22nd 2008
• November 21st 2008 – August 16th 2008
• July 10th 2008 – February 8th 2008
• January 29th 2008 – September 17th 2007
• September 17th 2007 – June 20th 2007
• June 14th 2007 – December 21st 2006
• December 19th 2006 – July 29th 2006
• July 20th 2006 – March 10th 2006
• March 3rd 2006 – November 11th 2005

Peru: news

Peru's Shining Path leader sentenced

Saturday, June 8th 2013, 0:56

A court in Peru sentences the last of the original leaders of the Shining Path rebels, Comrade Artemio, to life in prison.
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Peru's Fujimori denied pardon

Friday, June 7th 2013, 20:49
related places: Alberto Fujimori

President Humala of Peru rejects a request to pardon the jailed ex-leader Alberto Fujimori on health grounds, saying that he is not terminally ill.
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In pictures: Clown Day in Lima

Saturday, May 25th 2013, 23:05
related places: Lima

Hundreds of professional clowns celebrate Clown Day in the Peruvian capital, Lima
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Latam "gang of four" scrap tariffs

Thursday, May 23rd 2013, 23:00
related countries: Chile, Colombia

Four countries in Latin America - Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru - have agreed to scrap most of the tariffs on trade between their four countries.
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Peru's Fujimori health 'worsens'

Monday, May 20th 2013, 3:04
related places: Alberto Fujimori

A senior doctor treating Alberto Fujimori says the jailed former president of Peru has severe and worsening health problems.
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Ecuador recalls 'brawl' ambassador

Tuesday, May 7th 2013, 10:44
related countries: Ecuador

Ecuador and Peru agree to replace their respective ambassadors after the Ecuadorean envoy's involvement in a supermarket brawl.
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Chilean 'cult leader' found dead

Wednesday, May 1st 2013, 23:03
related countries: Chile
related places: Colliguay

Peruvian police say they have identified the body of the alleged leader of a cult that burnt a newborn baby alive last year in the town of Colliguay.
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Peru balloon crash pilot found dead

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 18:17
related countries: Pacific Ocean

Peru says a body found in the Pacific Ocean is that of pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed on Sunday, while another man is still missing.
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Peru crash balloon was 'illegal'

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 1:12

Peruvian authorities say they will press charges against the owners of the hot air balloon that crashed on Sunday, because it was not properly licensed.
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Brazilian state in immigration alert

Thursday, April 11th 2013, 16:26
related countries: Bolivia, Botswana

Officials in the Brazilian state of Acre seek federal help to deal with a wave of illegal immigrants arriving from Peru and Bolivia.
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Helicopter crashes in Peru jungle

Monday, April 8th 2013, 10:13

Nine passengers and four crew are feared dead after the helicopter they were flying in crashed in a jungle in the north-east of Peru.
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VIDEO: Bikers light up runway for night flight

Friday, April 5th 2013, 10:01

Locals from a small town in Peru come out in force on Wednesday to illuminate a remote airstrip for an emergency night flight with the headlights of their motorbikes and rickshaws.
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Lima mayor 'survives recall vote'

Sunday, March 17th 2013, 23:58
related places: Lima

Susana Villaran, the first woman mayor of Peru's capital Lima, narrowly survives a vote to depose her from office, exit polls suggest.
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Maize 'was key in Andean society'

Tuesday, February 26th 2013, 3:57

New evidence strengthens the argument that maize played an important role in ancient Peruvian civilisation 5,000 years ago, a study suggests.
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Peru temple 'up to 5,000 years old'

Tuesday, February 12th 2013, 22:31
related places: Lima

The remains of a small temple believed to be between 4,000 and 5,000 years old are discovered at an archaeological site near Peru's capital, Lima.
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Heavy rain causes floods in Andes

Sunday, February 10th 2013, 1:57

Torrential rain creates havoc along the Pacific coast side of South America, with flooding causing the deaths of at least six people in Peru.
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VIDEO: Endangered penguins breed in Peru

Wednesday, January 16th 2013, 19:01

Conservationists in Peru hope a breeding program will help increase the numbers of Humboldt penguins.
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Two killed in Dakar rally crash

Thursday, January 10th 2013, 15:30
related countries: Senegal, United Kingdom
related places: Dakar

Two people have been in killed in Peru in a head-on collision involving a support vehicle for a British team contesting the Dakar rally.
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VIDEO: Seven die in Peru helicopter crash

Tuesday, January 8th 2013, 11:32
related countries: United States

A helicopter carrying seven people crashes in a village in Peru, killing five US citizens and two Peruvians.
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Juveniles escape from Peru prison

Wednesday, January 2nd 2013, 8:21

Peruvian police are hunting for 19 young inmates still on the run after two mass breakouts in 24 hours from a juvenile detention centre.
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VIDEO: Severe flooding in Peruvian Amazon

Saturday, December 29th 2012, 10:58

Further torrential rain has wreaked havoc in the central Amazon region of Peru, displacing hundreds of families, devastating local crops and demolishing public infrastructure.
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