The Ollanta Humala administration is working a package of incentives to reactivate the Peruvian economy, the country's Economy and Finance Minister Luis Miguel Castilla has said. 

Peruvian exports are expected to expand six percent this year, driven by the mining sector and non-traditional exports, especially in the second half of the year, BBVA Research forecasted on Friday. 

Investments of Colombian-based firms in Peru reached a record high of more than US$ 10 billion over the last ten-year period, Colombia's embassy in the Andean nation said Friday. 

Peru's net international reserves continue to increase. On Saturday, the country's Central Reserve Bank said reserves reached US$64.63 at May 30,2014.

The BCR said that the current level of international reserves accounts for over 32 percent of the country's gross domestic product.  

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala said at the inauguration ceremony of a natural gas distributor pipeline in the southern region of Ica that his government is starting to deliver on its promise to make the fuel available to all at affordable prices. 

The value of agricultural exports from Peru totaled US$ 1.4 billion in the first four months of 2014, representing a 24.3 percent increase over the same period last year, the country's Agriculture and Irrigation Ministry (Minagri) said on Sunday. 

The 20th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 20) scheduled for December in Lima, Peru, is a golden opportunity to forge a new global climate pact, Peruvian Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal said Friday. 

Countries must adopt a "realistic" approach to UN climate talks, says Peru's environment minister, who warns that time has now run out to finalise every aspect of the new deal. 

"Eighteen months it is not enough time to finish with all this discussion," said Manuel Pulgar-Vidal.

In a country where the restaurant scene is in full gastronomic swing, La Mar, in the prosperous district of Miraflores, is the most exciting new spot, embodying a cuisine that is bringing together disparate ethnic influences both on the dinner plate and in a new national pride. The owner is Gastón Acurio, a celebrity chef who also runs the more formal Astrid y Gastón with his wife, Astrid.  

A travel website has selected the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in southeastern Peru as the destination that travellers most want to see. 

The Vatican's Financial Information Authority (AIF) has signed a working agreement with its counterparts in the United Kingdom, France, Malta, Romania, Poland and Peru, establishing formal procedures for cooperation in efforts to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorist organizations.