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Peru's capital Lima outstands as the leading Latin American city to make business, due to the expansion of the country's economy and the ongoing implementation of various massive infrastructure projects, according to an annual list made by the Bogot� Rosario University. The study reveals the Andean nation's capital is followed by Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Sao Paulo, Brazil, although these last two actually dropped from the previous ranking. |
 Investments of Nordic countries-based firms in Peru are likely to hit US$ 1.7 billion this year, the Peruvian Nordic Chamber of Commerce reported on Tuesday.
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 Peru is playing host Tuesday of the annual edition of The Economist Summit which aims to analyze with keynote speakers core matters affecting the Andean nation's future in terms of social and economic development.
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 Citrus exports from Peru totaled US$ 2.9 million during the first quarter of this year, posting 85.3 percent increase over the same period a year earlier, Peruvian Association of Exporters (ADEX) has said.
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 Egypt and Peru have imposed a ban on imports of beef from Brazil following the confirmation of a case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease in Mato Grosso state, a major beef producer and importer in the country.
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Peru is an awesome and inspiring place to study plants and plant spirit medicine. Within the geological and ecologically varied terrain of the country are some of the most biodiverse and wild places on the entire planet. The Madre de Dios region of the amazon includes high jungle cloud forests stretching down to the jungle basin and is the home to some 80 thousand higher plant species, calculated to be one of the most species-dense places known.
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An international effort to end the slaughter of dolphins in Peru was announced today by a coalition of marine conservation organizations. The campaign is aimed at fishing practices that rely on killing dolphins to use as shark bait.
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 A United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) global programme to support competition and consumer protection policies was launched in the Peruvian capital Lima on May 5, 2014.
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 DLA Piper has acted for the Nuevo Metro de Lima consortium on its winning bid for the US $5 billion Lima Metro Line 2 project in Peru. The consortium will be responsible for the design, finance and construction of the Metro, as well as the operation and maintenance of the project.
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 The Ku�lap cable car system is part of Peru's growing cable car project portfolio, which also includes the Choquequirao archeological park project as well as plans to utilize cable cars in Lima to better connect the centre of the city with areas on its outskirts.
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 President Ollanta Humala's ruling Nationalist Party plans to forge an alliance with Lima Mayor Susana Villaran's Fuerza Social party for the upcoming municipal and regional elections this year, according to daily La Republica. Villaran is expected to run for office again in October, when the elections will be held.
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Do you have a fancy for some real Peruvian traditional food? Are you tired of so much fusion and mixes of all sorts and kinds? Well, there is a restaurant in Miraflores that for the past 35 years has been keeping the tradition of the 'good old' traditional Peruvian food: Las Tejas Restaurant.
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 Trip Tips: Lima's food and culture glitter through the grime The Peruvian capital is full of vibrant, friendly people and has loads of charm tucked into its gritty layers, which are slowly receding to reveal world-class restaurants, lush green spaces and unique cultural sites.
Lima's fusing of ingredients from the Peruvian Andes, Amazon and Pacific has made it the de facto culinary capital of Latin America. Anyone with half a taste bud should stick around for more than a few meals.
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Peru is gaining popularity as a top global tourism destination for Asian travelers from Japan, South Korea and Singapore, according to the country's Foreign Trade and Tourism Ministry (Mincetur).
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 Located in the province of Callao on Peru's coast, La Punta is the perfect place to spend a weekend afternoon. Founded by Italian immigrants in the 1900s, modern-day La Punta boasts nice views of the ocean, a few notable landmarks, and several high-end cevicherias. It is also a pleasant place to take a stroll.
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'Meet my World,' by children involved in the Amantani charity, invites you into the lives of the children of Ccorca. Watch the trailer! |
 We met with Adriana Lorenzo, Miguel Angel Obregon, and Diana Villar de la Puente, three young publicists recently graduated in Advertising Studies, who took on the challenge of starting research on a topic on which there is still little information in Peru: Green Advertising and its effectiveness.
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 The World Health Organization has just released new data concerning global alcohol use that shows the fascinating variations between countries and regions. New report reveals that Peru is sixth-biggest consumer of alcohol in Latin America.
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