The U.S. Secretary of State and a former United States senator, John Kerry, today highlighted the achievements made by the Peruvian government in combating illicit narcotics trafficking.

Peru's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Claudio De la Puente held discussions with his Belarussian counterpart, Aleksandr Guryanov, to focus on ways to enhance bilateral ties between the two countries. 

Peru announced that at least 21 defense ministers of the Americas, including U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, would attend the Eleventh Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (XI CDMA) to take place in Arequipa, Peru between October 12th and 14th, 2014. 

The Peruvian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that its two Alenia C-27J Spartan transport aircraft have moved into the fourth phase of its production programme.

The fourth phase includes installation of cockpit equipment, engines, and flight control systems and will be followed by installation of the electrical system and systems checks. Peruvian flight and maintenance personnel will begin training in October and graduate in January 2015.

Peru's Ministry of Culture informed that archaeologists have recently discovered important remains in Inca administrative center of Hatun Xauxa, located south of Jauja in Junin region.

Many visitors to Machu Picchu will breeze right past El Albergue's restaurant on their way to South America's most visited sight without even realising it is there. Located right on the platform at Ollantaytambo's railway station, the world-class restaurant at El Albergue is reason alone to choose Ollantaytambo over Aguas Calientes (or Machu Picchu village, as it is now officially known) as your base when visiting the Inca citadel, or at least scheduling a stop at the delightful, ancient Sacred Valley village before or after your visit. From here the train journey to Machu Picchu is just an hour and a half. 

Peru's Ministry of Culture is currently holding the Marinera Expo 2014, event that showcases this traditional coastal dance of Peru as symbol of cultural identity, immaterial heritage and cultural diversity. 

Peru will likely boast the attacking talents of Paolo Guerrero, but the striker will depart the squad soon after the match as his club side, Corinthians, are set to face Atletico Mineiro the day after the team's clash with Guatemala on Tuesday.

However, Guerrero believes Peru have plenty to be optimistic about as they continue their own preparations for the Copa America, particularly after back-to-back 2-0 wins over Iraq and Qatar.

Clothing and objects belonging to 54 unidentified people were exhibited recently by the Peruvian Institute of Forensic Medicine (IML) in the human rights ombudsman's office in Lima. Their remains were found between 2005 and 2009 at burial sites in an area known as "La Hoyada" (The Hollow) in Huamanga province, Ayacucho region, in south-central Peru. 

About 110,000 children and teens are employed in Peru as domestic workers, according to figures from the International Labor Organization released Wednesday by the Dutch foundation Terre des Hommes.

Among Latin American countries, Peru trails only Brazil in the incidence of minors working as domestics.

Police Tuesday captured a fugitive mayor of one of Peru's largest cities in northern Peru who was wanted for corruption, daily Peru.21 reported.

Roberto Torres, the mayor of Chiclayo, was arrested by police after going into hiding eight days ago. Late Tuesday, the Interior Minister, Daniel Urresti, said in Chiclayo that Torres had attempted to bribe the policewho found him outside the city, in the town of Mocupe.

More than two days have passed since all contact was lost with two Israeli tourists who went missing in a rafting accident in Peru; on Wednesday, fears deepened that the two 20-year-olds from Israel's central coastal region may have drowned.