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The credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's has forecasted a 4.5 percent rise for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Peru this year, while a growth rate ranging from 5.5 percent to 6 percent is expected in 2015. |
Fitch rating agency praised Peru for having room to implement countercyclical policies and increase spending due to the nation's robust fiscal reserves and low government debt burdens, in contrast with most of Latin America.
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Peru's national budget for 2015 is expected to increase by 11 billion soles (US$ 3.95 billion), allocating further resources on key sectors, including education, health and security, the country's Economy and Finance Ministry (MEF) said Wednesday.
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Speaking to RPP Noticias, Peruvian Minister of Finance Luis Miguel Castilla was upbeat about the economy.
Castilla told RPP that Per� is one of the "most solvent countries in the world." La Republica also quotes him as saying that "[Peru's] levels of debt are very low, with zero net debt. We have to make sure that in the national budget, [funds] are allocated where they should be allocated."
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 When most people think of Peru, they envision Macchu Picchu in its unlikely aerie on a slope of the Andes. When investors think of Peru, mountains enter the picture, too. Their vision holds no mystery, though -- they're seeing mountains of metals. Peru's mining industry is huge. While the country ranks 47th in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), falling between Algeria and Kazakhstan, it ranks fifth in the production of gold, and third in silver and copper.
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 Peru will issue the official approval for the environmental impact study of Southern Copper Corp's stalled Tia Maria project by Monday at the latest, deputy mines minister Guillermo Shinno said on Thursday.
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Peru has extended its first anchovy season of the year to Aug 10, as a consequence of this year's impact of El Nino.
The season was due to end on July 31 but talk of an extension had emerged as a result of the poor catches.
By Tuesday, July 29, only 65% or 1.64 million metric tons of the season's total allowable catch of 2.53m tons had been caught.
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The Peruvian government plans to increase its health budget by 2.5 billion soles (about US$899 million) a year starting in 2015 to improve public health services across the nation, President Ollanta Humala announced on Monday.
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An exhibition featuring pieces of silver artifacts which showcases Peru's ancestral filigree techniques are on display at Latin American Development Bank's (CAF) Tower in Caracas, Venezuela.
The exhibit, made up of 37 pieces of silver filigree which have received awards in the contests organized annually by the Patronato Plata del Peru, is presented in the spaces of the CAF Tower with the support of the Peruvian Embassy in Venezuela.
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Celebrity chef Gaston Acurio has apparently re-opened the door to a possible run for Peru's highest elected office, according to local media reports.
In an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais, Gaston was reported saying that if he ran for office one day it would be in part due to the influence of his father, a prominent senator and cabinet minister during the administration of President Fernando Belaunde Terry (1963-1968).
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Peruvian cuisine has been making headlines around the world. One of the reasons for that is the people behind it - the ones creating the unique combinations of flavors and running the world-class restaurants. Here some of the biggest names that are helping put Peruvian cuisine on the map.
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About 10,000 domestic and foreign tourists flocked to Colca Valley, one of the best-known tourist hubs in southern Peru, as part of the long weekend given on the occasion of Peru's Independence Day celebrations.
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Peru's export and tourism promotion board (Promperu) will attend the upcoming 2014 Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas, Nevada with the aim to promote the Andean country as a luxury tourist destination. Virtuoso Travel Week,will be held from August 9-14.
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Ruth Buend�a, leader of Peru's Ash�ninka indigenous people, was granted on Tuesday the Bartolome de las Casas Prize, given by the Spanish Foreign Ministry's Secretary of State for International Cooperation and for Ibero-America together with Casa de America. |
Peru's women's volleyball team prepares to face Puerto Rico, Cuba and Poland in the preliminary round of the 2014 FIVB World Grand Prix at home this weekend.
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Deep in the Peruvian rainforest there grows a hallucinogenic vine ("ayahuasca") that has been used for thousands of years by the indigenous natives to make a medicinal potion for rituals to rid the user of "mal de ojo" or melancholia, or to bring spiritual wisdom and insights. Latin guitarist Ciro Hurtado took this magical journey 30 years ago resulting in a professional music career and, eventually, his new album, Ayahuasca Dreams.
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 In 2012, the International Labour Organization estimated that 20.9 million men, women, and children were victims of human trafficking and slavery in the form of forced labor and sexual exploitation. While significant efforts have been made by the Peruvian government to eliminate trafficking, Peru remains a source for individuals and organizations (like the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path) to exploit vulnerable individuals.
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 Police in Peru have captured Alberto Santillan, one of the country's most wanted drug traffickers who allegedly works with Mexico's Tijuana cartel, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. "Drug trafficker Alberto Santillan Zamora, alias 'Chang' and 'Viejo,' is considered one of 2013's leading high-ranking drug traffickers, and has been captured in San Martin," the special anti-drugs police said.
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