Vice President Hamid Ansari will pay an official visit to Peru, Cuba and the United Kingdom from October 25 to November 2.

Vice President Ansari's visits to Peru and Cuba will be the first ever Indian visit at the vice presidential level.

The Vice President will be in Peru from October 26 to October 29, and is expected to hold a comprehensive dialogue with his counterpart Marisol Espinoza Cruz.

Vice President Ansari is also scheduled to meet with the Peru Foreign Minister and Minister for Foreign Trade and Tourism.

Vice President Ansari will also call on President Ollanta Humaladuring his time in Peru.

Peruvians will be able to travel to Europe without a Schengen visa, if a  EU parliamentary commission's motion is approved.

The commission approved a motion to exempt the visa requirement for Peruvians and Colombians. The exemption of a visa would be for individuals from the two South American nations that visit one of the 26 European nations for a maximum time of 90 days.

A brand new flu virus has been found in Peruvian bats, according to a new study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The virus, called A/bat/Peru/10, belongs to a family of flu viruses known as influenza A, which mainly infect birds, but can also infect other animals, including people.

Telef�nica's Media Networks is to provide Ku band satellite Internet (ISAT-KU) to Peru's Conekta, the satellite department of the telco Proveedor de Comunicaciones del Oriente, in order to improve the company's coverage through the Peruvian Amazon.

The emergence of the caja china criollo in Peru recently became popular and trendy just in the last five to ten years, especially during the warmer, summer months. I have enjoyed food, like pork, chicken, rabbit, fish, potatoes, and various vegetables prepared in caja chinas on several occasions in Peru. 

An anticipated addition to JW Marriott's global brand portfolio, the new-build, six-floor, landmark hotel offers 153 guest rooms, a three-meal-a-day restaurant, signature specialty bar and lounge, full-service spa and meeting space for up to 130 guests, all steps away from historical sites that date back to the 13th century and right on the grounds of a colonial monastery. 

Last Summer 3 girls from London swapped the capital of England for the mountains of Peru and  embarked on a journey that raised a massive �15,000 for NHS Princess Alexandra Hospital Breast Cancer Clinical Trials. Their trek proves that anyone can experience the thrills of adventure. Adventure Travel magazine guest blogger Rachel Harrison, fas a quick word with Laura, one of the girls who completed the trek, about her experience. 

Justin Catanoso, a Pulitzer grantee, spent July 25 to Aug. 11 in Peru with Wake Forest University tropical biologist Miles Silman. He hiked through Manu National Park with the researchers to experience the wonders of these tropical forests for himself.

Peru was taken quite by surprise yesterday when it was revealed that neither Lima nor Cusco had advanced to the to 28 cities in the New 7 Wonders Cities contest. Both cities appeared on the top 77 list (based on international online voting) released late last week. The top 77 list was whittled down by a panel of experts to a final 28, neither city made the cut. 

Three hundred women from Africa, the Arctic, Asia, Latin America, North America, the Pacific, and Russia will have a space in Lima, Peru from October 28th to 30th during the World Conference of Indigenous Women. They will demand the greater prominence of indigenous women at every level of decision-making and will call upon governments to dedicate funding to attend to the specific needs of indigenous women. 

Vice Minister of Interculturality Patricia Balbuena Palacios launched Quechua Week in Cusco on Tuesday night, marking the beginning of a celebration of the language that will last until Sunday, Oct. 27.

Celebration of Quechua hopes to contribute positively to the preservation of indigenous languages. 

An archaeological site in the midst of Peru's bustling capital has yielded yet another pre-Incan prize, an undisturbed Wari tomb containing two corpses wrapped in ceremonial fabric, archaeologists said on Thursday. 

Festejo, quite possibly the oldest and most popular Afro-Peruvian dances, began in the central coast of Peru. Today dance classes from New York to London teach this type of dance, while Afro-Peruvian singer Susana Baca and the group Peru Negro has helped this type of dance to reach global markets.
But it wasn't always this way.

Festejo, which means celebration, is a highly energetic and sensual dance that even allows the dancers to improvise. The dancers follow the rhythm of the Cajon, guitar and other instruments.

A stream of brightly-coloured butterflies have been spotted smothering the heads of turtles as they try and drink their tears.  

The strange sight occurs because the orange Julia butterflies and yellow Sulphur butterflies require the nutritional benefits of salt.  

Being a long way from any source of sodium in the Amazon rainforest, the butterflies take advantage of the turtles' salt-rich tears and surround their heads looking for a drink.