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Environment Minister says tackling social conflicts is “urgent”
Peru’s Environment Minister Ricardo Giesecke said Monday that tackling social conflicts in the country will be an “urgent” task in his portfolio, state news agency Andina reported. Social conflicts...
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Report: Environment Minister Held Talks For Job With Gold Miner
Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal held talks with gold miner Minera Yanacocha about a job offer in mid-2011, only months before his appointment to the Cabinet, according to a report by...
View ArticleInformal Miners Temporarily Suspend Protests in Madre de Dios
Informal miners in Peru’s south-eastern Madre de Dios department agreed on Thursday to temporarily lift protests that turned deadly on Wednesday, daily El Comercio reported. The head of the Madre de...
View ArticleMinas Conga Opponents Hold Protest Awaiting Environmental Review
Opponents of the huge Minas Conga copper and gold project in Cajamarca region held a 24-hour protest on Wednesday, only days ahead of when the government is expected to make public a review by three...
View ArticleTen Year Ban on Genetically Modified Seeds and Foods Takes Force Thursday
A 10-year ban on genetically modified foods in Peru came into effect this week, state news agency Andina reported. Peru’s executive has approved the regulations for the law that prohibits the...
View ArticleUnprecedented Changes
By Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell — The Mark News — The greatest migration since World War II continues. Refugees are flowing in record numbers from around the world. It is a humanitarian crisis...
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State-owned TV Peru is to launch a news program in Quechua as part of a government policy to end ethnic and cultural discrimination. Culture minister Jorge Nieto said the program will be broadcast as...
View ArticleGovernment Gets Rid of “Useless Red Tape”
Cabinet chief Fernando Zavala today announced a package of measures to eliminate “useless red tape” in administrative procedures, via a data bank interconnection between government institutions. The...
View ArticleCongress Takes Unconstitutional Step, Amends Budget Act
On Thursday evening, the Fujimorista majority in Congress voted to repeal an article in the 2016 Budget Act, to allow regional and local governments to amend or reassign their budgets. However, the...
View ArticleThe Fruits of Oligarchy
By Rachel Kleinfeld — The Mark News — Donald Trump’s election to the U.S. presidency was more than an endorsement of his politics — it was a rejection of the perceived oligarchy that much of the...
View ArticleFour Confirmed Dead in Larcomar Fire
A district attorney has confirmed that three women and one man died Wednesday morning in a fire at the Larcomar entertainment mall in Miraflores. The fire began at around 9:45am in one of the UVK...
View ArticlePresident Kuczynski: Let’s Show Them the Best
On the eve of the main APEC summit events being held in Lima this week, President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski called for Peruvians to welcome the APEC leaders “with open arms.” “Let’s show them the best of...
View ArticleForest Fires Raze Crops and Wildlife in Andean Highlands
Park rangers and firefighters have succeeded in putting out fires in four wildlife reserves in northern Peru, but several other forest fires continue to smolder or burn in other parts of the country....
View ArticleOver The Line
By Mark Hiznay — The Mark News — In 1999, more than 100 countries converged on Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, for the first formal meeting of the Ottawa Treaty, or the 1997 Convention on the...
View ArticleCADE 2016 Business Meeting Opens in Paracas
Cabinet chief Fernando Zavala is heading south of Lima today, to the beach resort of Paracas, to inaugurate the annual business executives meeting, CADE 2016. The meeting brings together several...
View ArticleThe Nuclear Renaissance?
By Mark Hibbs — The Mark News — In 1945 generating electricity was one of a number of potential applications of atom-splitting technology developed in a hurry by the United States to help win a world...
View ArticlePeru’s Tourism on a Roll
Peru ranks top of the world’s best culinary destinations in 2016, chosen by the World Travel Awards and announced at their annual winners event, held this year in the Maldives. This is Peru’s fifth...
View ArticleKuczynski Appoints New Defense and Culture Ministers
President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski swore in two new ministers on Monday, the first shift in his cabinet since his inauguration in July. Jorge Nieto, who headed the Ministry of Culture since July and was...
View ArticleFujimoristas Move to Censure Education Minister Saavedra
Close to 12 hours of questions and debate in Congress ended at 10:30pm last night when Education minister Jaime Saavedra gave his final answers and closing statement. The minister had been called to...
View ArticlePutin’s Breakout Year
By William Pommeranz — The Mark News — 2016 saw a major step toward Vladimir Putin’s vision of the world – it remains to be seen if the United States and Europe will remain committed to challenging...
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