Tag: <span>Peru</span>
December 12, 2014 > Camila Osorio
Latin American Environmentalists Call For End To Fracking
Latin American environmental activists called for an end to fracking this week, as international leaders gathered in Lima, Peru, for the United Nations summit on climate change. Researchers and protestors […] 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 >
September 22, 2014 > Staff
Peru Announces New Anti-Logging Efforts After Activists Killed
Top Story – Peru’s government has formed a commission to stop illegal logging on the Peru-Brazil border following the killings of four indigenous leaders of the Ashaninka community in early September, […] Read More >
April 30, 2012 > Staff
Thousands Of Dead Pelicans Wash Ashore In Peru
Today in Latin America Top Story — Peru’s oceanographic agency says that it will investigate a mass die-off of pelicans in a zone where 900 dead dolphins were recently discovered washed up on […] Read More >
April 19, 2012 > Staff
Peru: Shining Path Leader Says Kidnapping Achieved Objectives
Today in Latin America Top Story — Shining Path rebel leader Martin Quispe Palomino said in a television broadcast Wednesday that the guerrilla group kidnapped 36 gas construction workers as part of […] Read More >
April 12, 2012 > Staff
Peru Declares State of Emergency, Search For Kidnapped Workers Continues
Today in Latin America Top Story — The Peruvian government declared a 60-day state of emergency in the Echarate region following the kidnapping of dozens of gas pipeline workers who […] Read More >
April 10, 2012 > Staff
Peru: Shining Path Rebels Capture, Then Release Gas Workers
Today in Latin America Top Story — Peru’s Shining Path rebels kidnapped at least 29 natural gas workers reportedly employed by the Swedish firm Skanska on Monday, releasing most of them […] Read More >
March 15, 2012 > Staff
Three Killed in Peru Gold Mining Protests
Today in Latin America Top Story — At least three protesters were killed by gunfire Wednesday in Peru’s Amazon basin as informer gold miners demonstrated against government regulations on the illegal mining […] Read More >
February 24, 2012 > Staff
Peru Tries to Block Spain’s Claim On Shipwrecked Treasure
Today in Latin America Top Story — The Peruvian government on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block Spain from receiving a shipment of valuable coins discovered in a Spanish […] Read More >