Peru is expected to remain as one of the largest and most dynamic economies in the region over the next five years by recording an annual growth of 5 percent, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has said. 

Shipments from Peru's Sierra Exportadora are likely to total US$80 million this year, up 25 percent compared with last year's shipments, said the state-run program CEO, Alfonso Vel�squez.

"This year we predict a modest growth, with shipments of blueberries expected to reach $35 million while the remaining money is expected for exports of avocados, trout, quinoa, cheese, alpaca wool and crafts, Velasquez told Andina News Agency. 

Peru's environment ministry (Minam) took part of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) High-level Roundtable on Green Development, held in the city of Tianjin, China on May 8, 2014. 

Top representatives from across the Brazilian industry will visit Peru this week to explore opportunities for building business partnerships and ,thus, deepen the two countries' commercial relations, it was reported Monday. 

Peru's Southern Copper expects to produce around 800,000 tons of copper in 2014, up from 670,000 tons last year, the company's executive president said on Tuesday.

Construction on the firm's key Tia Maria project in southern Peru is due to begin in the second half of 2014, added Oscar Gonzalez, speaking at a local business forum. 

 Peru will "gradually" award 10 mining concessions, including copper and coal deposits, a government official said.

The projects cover the regions of Apur�mac, Arequipa, Moquegua and Cerro de Pasco, said Roger Incio, head of mining projects at state investment promotion agency Proinversion.

On May 21-22, the Institute of the Americas will host the XXIII La Jolla 2014 Energy Conference in La Jolla, California. The two-day event will be a chance for experts to discuss the status, and the future, of energy production and consumption across the hemisphere. 

Investigators at Peru's National Agricultural Innovation Institute (INIA) in the northern region of Lambayeque are looking for ways to help farmers weather periods of drought.

According to Andina news agency, the INIA's researchers are working on ways to both strengthen corn varieties against droughts as well as to cut production costs.

Peru's minister of transport and communications, Carlos Paredes Rodriguez has confirmed that the auction for 700MHz spectrum will take place later this year. The 700MHz band will be used to provide 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) services. Paredes also noted that the first phase of the nation's fibre-optic backbone project would be completed in September this year. 

Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations wants to help her countrywomen eliminate domestic violence.

Carmen Omonte, Peru's Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations, is calling on Peruvian women to stand up against domestic violence.

Omonte, while meeting with the Seventh Women Leaders Congress in Puno, urged women not to let their intimate partners hit them and to work together toward eradicating abuse. 

Archaeologists working in the northern Peruvian region of Piura recently discovered an administrative complex that they believe was constructed by the Tallan culture.

El Comercio reports that investigations at the site began their excavation in two ditches near the town of Chaquira. Locals said that beads and small artifacts were sometimes found in and around the ditches.

Scientists are hoping to learn more about the origins of Peru's famous "Mummy Juanita" through DNA testing using the stem cells stored in the subject's umbilical cord.

The mummy was found in 1995 by anthropologist Johan Reinhard in southern Peru. According to La Republica, Juanita was approximately 13 years old at the time of her death. She was apparently killed by a blow to the back of the head as part of an Inca human sacrifice ritual.

A study by a pair of researchers with the University of Maine suggests that the northern coast of Peru may have been altered due to population shifts as a result of the Spanish conquest in the 1500's. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Daniel Belknap and Daniel Sandweiss describe a field study they conducted in the area that suggested that Inca living on the coast prior to the Spanish conquest, may have inadvertently been supporting the existence of sand ridges by discarding mollusk shells. After they left, it appears, some of the sand ridges were blown away by the wind.

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Since he came out of the closet on Sunday, Bruce has faced criticism from opponents of his same-sex union bill.

Though Carlos Bruce's headline-making disclosure of his sexual orientation was met positively by some of his high-profile supporters and colleagues on Twitter, others are not taking so kindly to the announcement.