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Peru's per capita gross domestic product is expected to reach US$ 8,000 in 2017, while GDP when adjusted by purchasing power parity (PPP) is to grow to US$ 14,000, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has said. |
 In a move that went somewhat unnoticed, the iShares MSCI All Peru Capped ETF was the top-performing single-country Latin America ETF in April, gaining 7.3%. That tops even the high-flying iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF. One obvious catalyst behind EPU's bullishness has been upbeat growth forecasts. Last month, the IMF forecast 2014 GDP growth of 5.5% for Peru. That compares with 4.5% for Colombia and just 1.8% for Brazil. The IMF expects Peruvian GDP to rise 5.8% next year and noted the country's 2.5% rate of inflation is the second-lowest in Latin America behind Colombia.
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 Peru has a unique opportunity to showcase its high quality seafood products at the upcoming Seafood Expo Global with a delegation of thirty businesses, it was reported Thursday. The largest specialized fair of the seafood and aquaculture sectors in the world and is due to take place at the Brussels Expo exhibition site in Brussels, Belgium, from Tuesday May 6th to Thursday May 8th.
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 Peru requires an investment of US$118 million into research and development to reduce its gap in aquaculture and to achieve the level of neighboring nations such as Chile, the country's Production Ministry has said.
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Cobra Energia has awarded Siemens Energy another order to expand its onshore wind power fleet in Peru by 97 megawatts (MWs). The Tres Hermanas wind power plant includes a combination of 25 direct drive SWT-3.0-108 wind turbines and eight geared SWT-2.3-108 units. The contract also includes six years of service and maintenance. The project is expected to be commissioned in July 2015. The new wind power plant is the second project that Spanish wind developer Cobra Energia is executing with Siemens in Peru.
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A Peruvian university is tackling the problem of air quality in construction areas with the development of an air-purifying bollboard which it claims can purify 100,000m3 of air - equivalent to 1,200 trees.
Universidad de Ingenier�a y Tecnolog�a (UTEC) developed technology to remove dust, metal and stone particles kicked up by the construction process to both improve people's health to a radius of five blocks whilst also advertising its research credentials.
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The Foreign Ministers of Russia and Peru, Sergei Lavrov and Eda Rivas have discussed co-operation in the military-technical sphere, as well as in the sphere of science and technology, the Peruvian foreign minister said after the talks.
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Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister of the UAE, has met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru, Eda Rivas.
The two sides discussed joint cooperation relations between the two countries and ways of enhancing and developing them in various fields.
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Peru seeks to enhance its connectivity to inland Brazilian markets with the upcoming construction of Loreto's major port terminal, thus moving goods efficiently and promoting inland integration, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala said Thursday.
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The National Geographic Society has a long association with Peru: Archaeologist Herman Bingham, who has been called a real-life Indiana Jones, was on assignment for National Geographic when he discovered Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas, in 1911.
But there are more than 10,000 archaeological sites throughout Peru reflecting its many complex civilizations where wealth and power flourished, and the National Geographic Museum currently houses an exhibition of artifacts from a culture that thrived a thousand years before Inca dominance.
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Rainforest Cruises is launching four and five-day tours on a brand new Amazon riverboat, the M/V Cattleya, which will celebrate its maiden voyage in June.
The eight-passenger boutique vessel will offer intimate and luxurious cruises to the remote and little visited Pacaya-Samiria Reserve, in the Loreto region of the Peruvian Amazon.
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Just opened in January, the Sardi's outlet in Takoma Park emits the slick vibe of a Chipotle or some other fastidious fast- casual operation, designed to attract customers who typically wouldn't set foot in a pollo a la brasa shop with grit under its nails.
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 One Direction were forced to change hotels in Peru this week after overexcited fans crowded around the building they were supposed to be staying in. Around 25 police officers struggled to stop the Directioners from spilling onto the street and storming the hotel.
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 Army reservist Sapper Matthew Dalley, 24, of Sandhurst Road, will be one of 12 soldiers, both regulars and reserves from 101 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) to scale Mount Huascar�n, Peru's highest mountain in the Western Andes. The trek will see the soldiers reach altitudes of 6,746m in an expedition that will cross all four of Peru's tallest peaks.
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