In a surprise raid, about 1,500 police and troops dynamited $20 million worth of heavy machinery as Peru's government throttled up a crackdown on illegal gold mining that has badly scarred the ecologically rich southeastern jungle region of Madre de Dios.  

Chilean telco Entel has unveiled plans to invest a total of USD2.85 billion in its Chilean and Peruvian operations over the 2014-2016 period, BNamericas writes, citing Entel president Juan Huratdo. Of the total, USD700 million will be invested in Entel's market each year whilst its Peruvian unit would see annual spending of USD250million. The lion's share - around 70% - of the company's investment in Chile this year would be spent on the mobile segment, the president said, with a focus on increasing the number of 3G sites and improving coverage within buildings and enclosed areas.  

Peru's President Ollanta Humala held a bilateral meeting Tuesday with his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos in that nation's capital Bogota.  

Peru favors the dialog on Ukraine that was started by Russia, Ukraine, the European Union and United States in Geneva earlier this month, Peru's Foreign Minister Eda Rivas told RIA Novosti.  

The visit by United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to Uruguay, Paraguay and Peru brings to an end 10 days of unusually intense diplomatic activity by the Gulf nation in Latin America.

On Monday Apr. 28, Al Nahyan met with his Uruguayan counterpart Luis Almagro before he was received by President Jos� Mujica. On Tuesday Apr. 29 he continued on his tour to Paraguay and Peru. 

Peruvian police on Tuesday burned about 11 tons of drugs confiscated in raids in recent months.

Colonel Carlos Reyes, head of the force's organized crime-fighting unit, said the drugs included 600 kilos (1,323 pounds) of cocaine base stashed in a home in Lima's La Molina neighborhood.

NICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake traveled to Peru last week where he met with children, community members and government officials to see how education, health and social protection programmes are bridging the equity gap between indigenous and non-indigenous children.  

The delightful ceviche of Peru's legendary Chez Wong restaurant has been crowned the tastiest dish in the world at the Chowzter fast feasts awards held in London.  

"Just like Detroit has techno and Chicago has house, Lima has this new sound that's growing," says Deltatron, a central figure from the Peruvian label Terror Negro. "It's a rhythm that unifies all of Latin America."

In this installment of Sub.culture-directed by Mariano Carranza-we scratch the surface of the digital cumbia movement taking hold in Lima, Peru. Over the course of seven short minutes, we meet a cast of DJs, producers, label managers, and promoters who are emanating excitement and urgency as their sound blossoms in the city's nightclubs and studios.

A couple of White Bengal Tiger has given birth to a little tiger cub which has taken the unique specialty in the whole country, long Que has arrived to watch it.

It is known that white Bengal Tigers only found in the thick forests of Bengal But this news has taken from sources that in the local Huachipa zoo of Lima the city of Peru has White Bengal Tiger couple which gave birth to a little white Bengal tiger cub. It is for the first time in Peru.