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Peruvian authorities Tuesday destroyed nearly nine tons of drugs confiscated in anti-narcotics operations, local media said.
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 The desert peninsula of Paracas on the south coast of Peru will be the backdrop for the 2013 CADE Executives' Conference, one of the major business events in the Andean country. The 51st edition of CADE Ejecutivos will take place from November 27-29 in the waterfront area between La Hacienda Bah�a Paracas and Double Tree by Hilton Paracas hotels.
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 Peruvian fish exports generated US$ 412.7 million in revenue in August this year, up 13.5 percent from the same month in 2012, when its value was US$ 363.4 million.
The exported volume also increased by 10.2 percent from 215,600 tons to 237,700 tons year-on-year, FIS.com reported, citing data from the Ministry of Production (Produce).
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Teck Resources Ltd , Newmont Mining Corp, private equity firm Blackstone Group LP and a firm led by the former head of Barrick Gold are working together on a bid for Glencore Xstrata's Las Bambas copper mine in Peru, according to several people familiar with the matter.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon will leave New York on Sunday for Lima, Peru to attend a conference on industrial development, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters here Tuesday
The UN chief will attend the opening session of the 15th General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on Dec. 2, Nesirky said at a daily news briefing, adding that this marks the first time in 20 years that the UNIDO General Conference will take place outside of its headquarters, Vienna, and in a developing country.
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Peru's Defense Minister, Pedro Cateriano is visiting South Korea for an official visit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties in security and defense.
The Peruvian minister is set to hold talks with his counterpart Kim Kwan-jin over progress made in the bilateral relationship and review developments in the export deal for KT-1 basic trainer.
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 The Rural Development Administration of Korea opened an agricultural research center of the Korea Project on International Agriculture in Lima, Peru, Tuesday.
The state-run agricultural research institute said the center would provide technical cooperation for a range of activities, from agricultural development projects to the training of Peruvian researchers.
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 Movistar is ready to start officially operating its LTE 4G network in Peru from 2 January 2014. The Telef�nica company is, along with Nextel, the only operator with real capacity for the new mobile networks, but the Government wants to bring more players into the market.
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 With so many things to be thankful for, the tradition ofThanksgiving is a beautiful one and the most important in [the United States]. It�s an opportunity to be together like a family and to share food and love with all the important people in your life. We don�t have this celebration in Latin America, but now that I live in the U.S., I like to be a part of it, with a different approach and bringing my own personality into it. After all, we all have things to be thankful about, whether you�re from here or not.
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 Whether you're wanting to spice up your traditional Thanksgiving dinner back in the States, or bring the holiday to your friends in South America, the epicurean bloggers of Peru Delights have you covered.
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 This offbeat take on judicial corruption from Peru's Vega brothers follows their Cannes award winner "October" and stars Fernando Bacilio in a role which won him best actor at Locarno.
Corruption in Peru, and by extension corruption everywhere, comes under the microscope in the quirky The Mute, a quiet moral fable with mildly thrillerish overtones about a vengeful magistrate forced into realigning his worldview after losing his voice. Built around a consummately restrained central performance by Fernando Bacilio, it's a study of moral and judicial failure that's both intriguing in its worldview and strained in its willful oddities, but there's enough that's appealingly distinctive in Daniel and Diego Vega's directorial style to ensure that much of this lingers in the mind.
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 A new law against cybercrime that restricts the use of data and freedom of information in Peru clashes with earlier legislation, on transparency, which represented a major stride forward in citizen rights.
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 Criminals pose as relatives in trouble abroad and beg for money to help them get out of jail. At this point, most people have become familiar with the trope of the "Nigerian Prince" who asks for money by e-mail and know to avoid it. However, enterprising scammers have switched their scripts in order to keep preying on unsuspecting targets.
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