Category: Peru
October 15, 2015 > Staff
Peru Will Probe Military Collusion With Traffickers After Damning Report
Top Story — Peruvian authorities on Wednesday announced they will investigate corruption in the armed forces following an investigation by The Associated Press detailing the near impunity with which illegal flights […] Read More >
September 30, 2015 > Staff
Peru Declares State of Emergency Over Anti-Mining Protest Deaths
Top Story — The Peruvian government on Tuesday called a 30-day state of emergency following a clash between anti-mining protesters and police that left four people dead and 22 injured. […] Read More >
July 22, 2015 > Staff
Peru To Hold Talks With Isolated Tribe For First Time
Top Story — Government anthropologists from Peru are attempting to talk with a largely isolated clan of the Mashco Piro Indians for the first time, in order to understand why […] Read More >
May 6, 2015 > Staff
One Killed, Two Injured in Peru Mining Clashes
Top Story — One person was killed and two were injured in Peru on Tuesday, as protesters clashed with police during demonstrations against a $1.4 billion copper mining project. The […] Read More >
March 2, 2015 > Staff
Former Peruvian Minister Charged With the Killing of a Journalist in 1988
Top Story — A former minister on track to run for president in Peru has been charged with the murder of a journalist 26 years ago during the country’s internal […] Read More >
February 23, 2015 > Staff
Espionage Allegations Threaten Relations Between Peru and Chile
Top Story — The diplomatic crisis between Peru and Chile over a suspected spying plot intensified over the weekend as Peruvian President Ollanta Humala sent a strongly worded letter to […] Read More >
February 13, 2015 > Staff
Argentine Oil Firm Halts Work in Area of Peru
Top Story — An Argentine oil company announced on Wednesday that it will cease operations in an area of the Peruvian Amazon after reportedly being asked to leave the area […] Read More >
December 1, 2014 > Dusty Christensen
On the Eve of U.N. Climate Summit in Lima, Concerns Over Climate Change in Latin America
U.N. negotiators will meet this week in Lima, Peru, to begin the latest round of talks aimed at stopping climate change, and diplomats are expressing increasing optimism that a legally […] Read More >
November 18, 2014 > Staff
Report Highlights Activist Murders in Peru Ahead of Lima Climate Talks
Top Story — Just two weeks before the U.N. Climate Change Conference begins in Lima, Peru, nonprofit Global Witness has released a widely publicized report naming the country the fourth […] Read More >
September 22, 2014 > Camila Osorio and Alex Hall
Latin Americans March In NYC Against Climate Change
NEW YORK — The People’s Climate March drew more than 300,000 people to Manhattan on Sunday to demand world leaders to take action on climate change. Demonstrators came from all over […] Read More >