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Investment climate in Peru is expected to improve over the next years, thus remaining as top economic performer in Latin America, the World Bank (WB) has said. |
 Peru's economy is set to grow at 6.5 percent over the next years, fueled by the implementation of large-scale projects in infrastructure and mining, and an increased domestic demand, Peruvian Economy and Finance Ministry (MEF) has said.
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 The general manager of Peru's Central Reserve Bank (BCR), Renzo Rossini, will leave Peru to participate in World Bank/ International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings. The meetings, which will gather government officials, journalists, civil society organizations, and invited participants from the academia and private sectors, will take place in Washington DC, United States on April 8-13, 2014.
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 The Peruvian Export and Tourism Promotion Agency (PromPer�) along with 14 Peruvian companies are set to participate in EXPOMIN 2014, one of the world's most important mining exhibitions.
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 China's Chinalco Mining Corp partially resumed output at its new Toromocho copper mine in Peru on Friday after suspending all operations for a week to comply with a government order that cited the company for pollution, a company spokesman said.
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 A French writer and adventurer plans to explore one of the most remote parts of the Peruvian Amazon in search of a "lost" or "secret city" that may have been built by the Incas, but there are fears that the expedition could endanger the health of isolated tribes that have never been exposed to common human diseases.
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Mayor of Lima, Susana Villar�n has announced three new earthquake and tsunami drills for the coast of Lima on April 19 and 26, and May 3.
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A debate over same-sex civil union in Peru has grabbed attention this week, with one of the country's best known intellectuals criticizing the position of the country's leader of the Catholic Church.
Last weekend on his Saturday morning radio program, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, who is also archbishop of Lima, called for a national referendum on same-sex civil unions, of which he is highly critical.
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Peru's President Ollanta Humala will pay an official visit to Canada aimed at further consolidating the two countries' bilateral ties and deepening cooperation. Humala is expected to visit the North American nation for four days from April 8th to April 11th upon the invitation of the Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper.
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The First International Forum of Women Leaders from South America and Arab countries is set to run from April 7-8, 2014 under the theme "Women leaders transforming the world".
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Peru's Health Minister, Midori De Habich has said that the delegations of South America and Arab countries, participating at the First Meeting of Ministers of Health are keen on implementing Ollanta Humala's government initiative Plan Esperanza (Plan Hope).
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As one of the most diverse and culturally wealthy countries in the whole of South America, Peru is one of those destinations that offers so much to visitors. But where, what and how do you get the very best of it? |
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Click on the image or at the title to see some pics from the Peruvian Cajon International Festival.
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Lima's bartenders have had plenty of time to perfect the Pisco Sour; the first documented evidence of pisco in Peru is a 17th-century will leaving some lucky heir a quantity of the white brandy. The cocktail itself has a backstory, too, hailing from the early 20th century, when expat Victor Morris, a bartender from Utah, found a way to recreate his beloved whiskey sours without the whiskey. In more recent history, there has been a renaissance of premium piscos largely led by restaurateur and TV personality Johnny Schuler, master distiller of the Port�n brand. Ready to make a little pisco history of your own? Here are five great spots that serve the cocktail.
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LIF Week designers bring their style to the runway. |
 Hopes have been raised that drugs smuggler Michaella McCollum Connolly could be moved to a prison in Northern Ireland after her co-accused took a step towards coming back to the UK. The Peru Two could be separated after Scottish authorities confirmed they are considering a request from cocaine smuggler Melissa Reid to spend the rest of her prison term in her native Scotland. While McCollum Connolly, her friend and smuggling partner, has not yet applied to be transferred from Lima, Reid's success so far has raised hopes the Dungannon woman could follow.
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