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.

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Peru: news

Major rebel killed in Peru clash

Wednesday, September 5th 2012, 20:43

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala says a senior Shining Path rebel and sharpshooter has been killed in a clash with the security forces.
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Peru state of emergency to end

Sunday, September 2nd 2012, 0:34

Peru's government decides not to renew a state of emergency in three provinces, to allow talks about a controversial gold mining project to resume.
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Blighted lives: Peru tackles violence

Tuesday, August 28th 2012, 10:33

Peru meeting seeks to tackle violence affecting young people
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Peru police seize dried seahorses

Friday, August 24th 2012, 0:12

Police in Peru seize more than 16,000 dried seahorses, destined to be illegally exported to Asia where they are used in traditional medicine.
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Peru plans Machu Picchu airport

Thursday, August 23rd 2012, 10:37
related places: Cusco, Inca

Peru's President Ollanta Humala unveils plans for a new airport near Cusco to help boost tourism in the region which includes the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu.
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Peruvian troops killed by rebels

Friday, August 17th 2012, 0:36

Peruvian officials say Shining Path rebels have killed five soldiers in a jungle area where they now operate in association with drug traffickers.
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Why fake dollars are big business in Peru

Thursday, August 16th 2012, 0:37

Why counterfeiting is big business in Peru
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Flying cameras to map Peru ruins

Monday, August 6th 2012, 13:50

Archaeologists in Peru are getting ready to fly an unmanned craft that could radically speed up data gathering at historical sites
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Peru burns record marijuana haul

Friday, August 3rd 2012, 19:38

Peruvian police say they have destroyed a record haul of marijuana plants, estimated to be worth about $15m (£10m).
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Peru seizes $2.3m in fake bills

Wednesday, August 1st 2012, 23:54
related countries: United States

Police in Peru say they have seized $2.3m in counterfeit bills, which were going to be smuggled into the USA in hidden souvenirs.
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US climbers found dead in Peru

Sunday, July 29th 2012, 3:49
related countries: United States

The bodies of missing US climbers Gil Weiss and Ben Horne have been found on Mount Palcaraju in the Peruvian Andes.
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Peru's Humala renews poverty vow

Saturday, July 28th 2012, 21:27
related places: Humala

As he marks one year in office, Peru's President Ollanta Humala vows to cut poverty and says he has not achieved all he had hoped.
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Peru president marks tricky first year

Saturday, July 28th 2012, 2:34

Tricky first year for Peru's President Humala
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Peru's leader reshuffles cabinet

Tuesday, July 24th 2012, 4:22

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, facing a series of simmering social conflicts as he prepares to mark his first year in office, reshuffles his cabinet.
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Vatican spat with Peru university

Saturday, July 21st 2012, 16:27
related countries: United States
related places: Vatican

The Vatican strips a top liberal Latin American university in Peru of its right to call itself Catholic.
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VIDEO: Peru squatter eviction turns violent

Friday, July 20th 2012, 9:32

Violent clashes erupted in Peru when police evicted more than 2,500 squatters from private land.
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Peru project fights child labour

Wednesday, July 11th 2012, 23:18
related countries: United States

Peru launches a US-funded scheme aimed at reducing child labour in the country, where almost a third of children have to work for a living.
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Peru gold mine clashes kill three

Wednesday, July 4th 2012, 8:34

Peru's government declares a local state of emergency after protests against a gold mining project leave at least three people dead.
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VIDEO: Peru crash helicopter located

Sunday, June 10th 2012, 14:41

Police in Peru say they have located a helicopter which went missing in the south of the country and that all 14 people who were on board are believed dead.
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Peru helicopter: 'All 14 killed'

Sunday, June 10th 2012, 2:24

The wreckage of a helicopter missing in southern Peru has been found with all 14 on board, who include foreign nationals, confirmed dead.
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Helicopter missing in south Peru

Thursday, June 7th 2012, 22:48
related countries: Austria, North Korea

A helicopter with South Korean and Austrian nationals reportedly on board is missing in an Amazon region of southern Peru, police officials say.
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Peru clears Dutchman extradition

Monday, June 4th 2012, 23:39
related countries: United States
related places: Dutchman

Peru's top court approves the extradition of Joran van der Sloot to the US over the disappearance of an American teenager but only after he serves a separate 28-year term in Peru.
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Protest mayor remanded in Peru

Saturday, June 2nd 2012, 20:43

A mayor at the centre of recent anti-mining protests in Peru is placed in detention for up to five months over claims he incited violence.
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VIDEO: Controversial arrest of mayor in Peru

Thursday, May 31st 2012, 21:23
related places: Cusco, Espinar

Days of intense demonstrations against a mining project near Cusco in Peru are followed by the arrest of the mayor of Espinar province, said to be one of the leaders of the protests.
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Peru anti-mine activist arrested

Wednesday, May 30th 2012, 1:40
related places: Cusco

An anti-mining protest leader in Peru is arrested after the declaration of a state of emergency in a province near the city of Cusco.
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VIDEO: Peru anti-mine protest crackdown

Tuesday, May 29th 2012, 3:37

The government in Peru has declared a state of emergency in a southern province, following a week of anti-mining protests.
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