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The tourist sector in Peru is set to record an annual average growth of 6.1 percent over the next 10-year period, thus surpassing the average growth rate of 4 percent for the region, according to latest estimates from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).
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The Indian government has decided to start negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with Peru to boost bilateral relations and to expand India's trade and investment ties, especially in the defence sector with the Latin American region. |
Peru has in the pipeline a portfolio of six large-scale energy projects totaling roughly US$ 3.24 billion aimed at driving strong long-term growth for the economic sector, Peru's private investment promotion agency (Proinversion) said Wednesday.
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Peru's Energy and Mines Minister, Eleodoro Mayorga, is set to deliver the welcome address at Wednesday's inauguration of the Fifth annual edition of Expomina Peru, the nation's leading mining trade event.
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Southern Copper Corp said on Wednesday that it still hopes to buy a share in Anglo American's $3.3 billion Quellaveco project in Peru, and that talks must now take place at the highest level.
Negotiations on a potential sale of part of Anglo American's 81.9 percent ownership in Quellaveco fell apart in the past year because each company wanted a controlling stake.
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The U.S. Ministry of Agriculture of the United States, in collaboration with its respective agencies has taken steps to launch a project that will allow Peruvian citrus fruits to find a new trade route to enter the Unites States.
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New Zealand-based international fresh produce group Turners & Growers (T&G) is branching into table grape production in Peru via a 50:50 joint venture with Unifrutti Chile.
T&G, which had already acquired 340ha of agricultural land in Piura for development under the joint venture, is set to start planting grapes with Unifrutti towards the end of this year, with the first commercial harvest expected in 2015.
While Peru's table grape plantings have been dominated by the seeded Red Globe variety to date, Fitzpatrick told Asiafruit the new operation would have a focus on seedless varieties for a range of markets.
"Our goal is to fit out the farm with a mix of red, black and green seedless varieties, as well as Red Globe," said Fitzpatrick. "We don't necessarily see the majority of the production going to Asia - we can see a decent amount going to the UK, Europe and the US too.
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For 4,000 years, the pyramids at an archaeological site on the edge of Lima survived earthquakes, Spanish conquistadors and a bloody revolution. But they were no match for developers cashing in on Peru's economic boom.
Prosecutors in August filed charges against a developer that Peruvian officials said used a front-loading tractor last year to level a 20-foot pyramid at El Para�so, and planned to flatten three others to make way for housing construction.
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Forums, events, keynote speeches, parades, competitions, concerts and awards. Because Mistura is much more than the tasting of dishes, the Peruvian Society of Gastronomy has prepared a rich program of activities for all attendees. Here is the schedule for this year in the different areas of the fair; the Grand auditorium, around the fair, and the beer world.
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The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is set to kick off its 2nd edition of the Americas Summit in the Peruvian capital Lima with nearly 500 executives from the tourism industry expected to attend the two-day gathering.
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Tasso is scheduled to deliver the welcome address of the event, which will also bring together top government officials from across South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and North America, according to the WTTC's web site.
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Nearly 60% of foreign tourists visiting Peru's tourist attractions choose to stay in three-star hotels and save money to try the country's varied cuisine, the Foreign Trade and Tourism Ministry (Mincetur) revealed on Wednesday.
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A collection of artifacts from Peru's ancient Moche culture has become more than an object of admiration for its undisputed artistic importance and will be on display at the Ethnography Museum of Geneva (MEG), in Switzerland.
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 Beginning October 4, 2014, guests at the Irving Arts Center will be able to step back in time to an era of opulence and ceremony when Peruvian Gold: Ancient Treasures Unearthed comes to North Texas. This remarkable collection of ancient gold and silver artifacts, excavated from Peru's legendary royal tombs, will showcase extraordinary objects from Peru's pre-Inca heritage, including gold ceremonial and funerary masks, textiles, ceremonial ornaments, ceramics and jewelry. Peruvian Gold will be at the Arts Center through December 31, 2014.
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Peru's Pendulo Films and Tondero Films - the latter one of the key forces behind recent Peruvian blockbusters "Asu Mare" and "At 40" - has teamed up with Cepa Audiovisual, a producer on Argentine-Spanish hit "Seventh Floor," and Colombia's Cinerama and Proyectil to co-produce $600,000 drama "Magallanes."
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Peru have qualified for the 2015 FIVB Under-23 World Championship in Brazil after beating Argentina 3-2 in the Pan-American Cup Championship match held Tuesday in the Peruvian city of Ica.
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 The authorities here are investigating the killing of an environmental advocate and indigenous leader who died along with three other men in a remote region of the Amazon jungle that he had sought to protect from illegal logging.
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