The National Plan for Productive Diversification (PNDP) will allow Peru to recover its annual economic growth rate of 7 percent by boosting the nation's productive capacity over the coming years, Peruvian Production Minister, Piero Ghezzi, has announced. 

Shipments of Peruvian asparagus to the U.S. market are expected to follow the normal pattern of increasing in September with the peak shipping weeks occurring in the October-November time frame.

It was the middle of winter when most importers were asked to discuss the crop by The Produce News, so many used the same caveat as Tracy Wood of Keystone Fruit Marketing's Southeast Division in Vero Beach, FL, when he said, "It's just too early to tell."

President Ollanta Humala got a bit of a boost after an opinion poll showed that his approval rating has increased to above 30% for the first time since February.

The poll by Datum said that Humala had a 32% approval rating in August, up eight percentage points from 24% in the July, according to dailyPeru.21.

Peru's capital Lima will play host of the 18th American Regional Meeting convened by the International Labour Organization (ILO), taking place from Monday 13 to Thursday 16 October 2014.

The United Kingdom has appointed top diplomat Anwar Choudhury as its new ambassador to Peru, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has announced.

For many Ecuadorian and Chilean tourists, the cities of Tumbes and Tacna (respectively) are the gateways to a number of diverse destinations in the interior of the country.

Because of that, Magali Silva, Minister of Exterior Commerce and Tourism, has announced the implementation of a new campaign that seeks to promote tourism in the border regions near Chile and Ecuador in order to increase the flow of visitors from those areas.

A rural tourist program promoted by the European Union is helping 256 low-income families from eight indigenous communities known as the Yachaqs, in south-eastern Peru's Cusco region, by promoting tourist attractions and their cultural heritage.