Peru’s small political parties scramble to survive
Peru’s smaller political parties continue to drop out of 2016 elections to avoid losing their…
10 years ago
Peru: 1 million Lima residents go two days without water
Lima’s water utility is considering a lawsuit against a city contractor for construction delays which…
10 years ago
Church disowns bishops’ comments on Peru’s candidates
Peru’s conference of bishops has issued a statement to override recent condemnations of specific presidential…
10 years ago
Peru hikes minimum wage 13% one week from elections
President Ollanta Humala signed a decree to raise Peru’s monthly minimum wage from $223 to…
10 years ago
Emails from 2007 tarnish Peru’s Veronika Mendoza
New emails linking Veronika Mendoza to ruling party finance activities she had recently denied threaten…
10 years ago
Eighty years of Peru’s literary icon Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa celebrated his 80th birthday at a Madrid hotel on Monday, five years…
10 years ago
Peru: fugitive ex-governor arrested in Lima
Former Ayacucho governor Wilfredo Oscorima was arrested in the Miraflores district of Lima after more…
10 years ago
Peru’s ruling party in death throes as high-profile leaders resign
The party of President Ollanta Humala and first lady Nadine Heredia is suffering an existential…
10 years ago
Camisea natural gas: Peru’s political football
Peru’s presidential candidates in 2016 spar over energy policy and the biggest political liability for…
10 years ago
Paolo Guerrero becomes Peru’s top goal-scorer of all time
Striker Paolo Guerrero scored his 27th career goal for Peru’s national team against Venezuela to…
10 years ago