Trade between Peru and China has surged 20% over the last four years, since the two countries' bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) took effect in 2009, the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Magali Silva said. 

Peru's country risk indicator decreased from 148 to 140 basis points between May 6-13, as measured by the EMBIG Peru spread, the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) said Sunday. 

Peru's net international reserves amounted to US$ 65.25 billion at May 13, 2014, the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) of Peru reported Saturday. 

Under the name Papa Raymi, producers will come together from May 30 to August 31 to celebrate the many varieties of Peruvian potato.

Qengos, Cacho de toro, chaulina, puka sonqo, and ritipa sisan will be the stars of the third edition of the native potato festival, which this year will be renewed under the name Papa Raymi. 

The ongoing renovations at Lima's Jorge Chavez International Airport are expected to be completed by July, say airport officials.

Andina news agency reports that Lima Airport Partners has been executing significant renovations in three areas of passenger contact in the airport: airport use fee verification, security for departing passengers, and migration control. 

The Peruvian government has announced that the US$182 million construction of a road to link Tacna (Peru) with La Paz (Bolivia), via Collpa, will begin in 2015. This new road will benefit more than 268,000 people living in the south of Peru.  

Peru's Minister of the Environment told foreign press that Lima's dismal environmental fate was sealed years ago. Manuel Pulgar Vidal says that Lima's pollution problem has deep roots. However, Pulgar Vidal was adamant that Peru is working hard to improve the conditions in its capital city.

Officials from the governments of Peru and the United States met at the Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense to discuss issued related to security and defense cooperation, the Peruvian Embassy in Washington reported Saturday. 

Don Quixote, generally considered to be the defining masterwork of Spanish literature, has been translated into innumerable languages for a global population. However, Demetrio Tupac Yupanqui's 2005 translation of the book into Quechua has garnered him an award no other translator can claim: "Noble Gentleman of the Order of the Incas." 

Peru's Colca Canyon is startling in its natural beauty and sense of peace. In some parts of it, you can walk for hours without seeing anyone.

Just a few hours drive from the White City of Arequipa, the two deepest canyons in the world and two of Peru's greatest natural wonders, Coltahuasi and Colca, sit side by side while condors swoop overhead and rivers wind between the steep canyon walls of each. If you're looking to get away from it all, to get back to nature, and breathe in some fresh, cold, clean air, this is the place for you.

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Tasso received on Friday an formal invitation from his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff to attend the opening ceremony of the 2014 FIFA world Cup as a guest of honor.

The primary sponsor of a bill that would allow same-sex couples to enter into civil unions in Per� has come out as gay. "Yes, I am gay and I am proud to belong to this group of people who are so valuable to Per�," said Congressman Carlos Bruce during an interview the Peruvian newspaper El Comercio published on Sunday.