Peru's net international reserves amounted to US$ 65.92 billion at January 14, 2014, the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) of Peru has reported.

This amount of reserves is US$ 261 million higher than the one recorded at end-2013. 

Peru's non-traditional exports to China are expected to grow 15 percent year-on-year in 2014, according to the Peruvian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (Capechi). 

Peru-based consortium Camisea, which is producing natural gas from the Andean nation's largest fields, said Monday it paid US$ 1.30 billion to the government in 2013, a 12.11 percent year-on-year increase. 

A llama farmer on his homestead in the Cusco region, Peru. Photograph: Dan Chung/The Guardian

Mix of meteorological data and ancient water management methods are key to saving pasture from erratic rainfall.

When he is not watching his flock Silverio Chiquenayra-Quispe takes care of the Pumatalya weather station, located between the brightly coloured local council building, the chapel and the bovine artificial insemination centre. At 3,800 metres above sea level, on the high plateaus of the Andes, the little town is four hours by road from the provincial capital of Cusco in Peru.

Citrus exports from Peru are set to increase by 10 per cent to 105,000 tonnes in 2014 according to figures released by producer association ProCitrus. The association said a rise in mandarin and orange production resulting from higher fruit set was the main reason for the growth.

Deals from businesses to be engage in the 21st edition of Peru Travel Mart, the most important yearly event for tourism promotion in the Andean nation, are expected to hit more than US$ 54 million, the National Tourism Chamber (Canatur) has said. 

As part of an effort to modernize and improve migrations processes in Lima's Jorge Chavez International Airport, the Peruvian government is planning to implement the use of fingerprint scanners to identify international travelers. 

A recent survey performed by El Comercio revealed that 89% of Peruvians do not feel safe outside their homes.

The survey revealed that not only do an overwhelming majority of city-dwelling Peruvians feel unsafe outside their homes, but that 51% of Peruvians feel unsafe even when they are at home. Only 47% of respondents reported that they feel safe in their homes.

A Peruvian artist has found a new way of creating seascapes - by donning scuba diving gear to paint underwater. Pascual Mimbela dives into the Pacific waters of Talara province with his brushes, spatulas, oils and canvases. He paints the colourful fish he sees glide by, as well as the reefs and other aquatic sea life, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Peru has been selected as the Guest of Honour Country at the 38th edition of India's Kolkata International Book Fair, the biggest and longest-running of its kind in India, it was reported Monday.

The Peruvian Foreign Ministry noted the annual event is the largest book fair in Asia and the best attended in the world. 

This year's edition of the United States Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) was granted to the project for the registration and preventive conservation for post Moche funerary bundles in custody of Cao Museum, in Peru's northern La Libertad region. 

The founder of Peru's Shining Path rebels went on trial Monday for a 1992 car bombing considered one of the worst attacks of the conflict he unleashed.

Abimael Guzman, whose appearance in court was his first time in the public eye in seven years, is already serving life without parole for a 2006 terrorism conviction for multiple crimes.

Prosecutors put the 79-year-old Guzman and 10 other imprisoned Shining Path leaders on trial for allegedly ordering the Tarata Street bombing that killed 25 people and wounded 155. Guzman was captured nearly two months later.