LATEST NEWS
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16 February 2019
Partido Morado clinches official recognition
The so-called Purple Party (Partido Morado), led by Julio Guzmán, appears to have successfully raised enough signatures to register as a political party.
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16 February 2019
Agreement signed under which Odebrecht reveals more
After several months of negotiations, an agreement was finally signed on 15 February between the Prosecutor’s Office (Ministerio Público) and the Brazilian company Odebrecht to provide crucial information with respect to corruption in Peru.
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16 February 2019
Petroperu to face large bill for remediation in the Amazon
Environmental and health remediation costs are set to soar as Petroperú prepares to take over Block 192 in northern Amazonia in September on a 40-year concession. This will follow a prior consultation process in progress with the largely indigenous population.
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10 February 2019
Forestry initiatives will stimulate debate as to means and ends
In an effort to stimulate sustainable timber production, restore degraded land, and improve information on the country’s diminishing timber reserves, the Forestry Service (SERFOR), a dependency of the Ministry of Agriculture, has announced pilot initiatives.
ANALYSIS
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. 16 February 2019
Rains bring massive damage to southern Peru
This year’s extreme weather conditions in the Andes – avalanches and flooding – are not so much in the north of Peru (as in 2017) but more in the south. The worst hit areas appear to be in Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna. The numbers affected rose through the course of last week as homes were washed away and basic infrastructure (like roads and bridges) destroyed.
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. 16 February 2019
Castillo's appointment a welcome change
Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne offered his resignation as Archbishop of Lima. Bishops are obliged to offer their resignation at 75 under Canon Law. On 25 January, Pope Francis appointed Fr. Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio, a Lima diocesan priest and theology professor at the Catholic University (PUCP).
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. 10 February 2019
Indefinite strike under way at La Corona, Cajamarca
South African gold miner Gold Fields, producing at the La Corona mine in Hualgayoc, faces an indefinite strike as of 6 February. Strike action has been threatened since December by the five principal social organisations in the province. The decision was taken after dialogue with ministers failed to reach a solution.
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. 10 February 2019
The Construction Club
Both officials at the transport and communications ministry and executives within the construction industry will wait with bated breath to see what will be revealed as two members of the so-called ‘Construction Club’ (Club de la Construcción) prepare to spill the beans on how construction contracts have been awarded over the last two decades
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23 September 2018
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The state of human rights in Peru
15 December 2018
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