The U.S. might make a substantial contribution in November to an international fund that helps poor nations fight climate change, according to Peruvian Foreign Minister Gonzalo Gutierrez.

Gutierrez said Secretary of State John Kerry told him earlier this week that the U.S. was seriously considering a major monetary donation to the United Nations Green Climate Fund, Reuters reports.

Peru's Foreign Minister Gonzalo Gutierrez claimed his country takes the organization of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP20) as a very important matter. 

Virgilio Martinez's original Lima, in Soho, was one of the leaders in the Peruvian and South American restaurant trend that swept London in 2012. Now the group has taken over a sweet little corner building in Covent Garden, where Garrick Street meets tiny Floral Street, and it's a great choice of venue. 

For the second time Peru is participating in the famous Frankfurt Book Fair. 

Over 172 publication from Peru will be present at the "Peru Stand," ranging in subject matters from academia to comics. Being present at the event allows for networking opportunities that can generate future trade and cooperative relations. 

Six weeks ago, a powerful voice for conservation and governance on Peru's ragged, violent Amazon rain forest frontier was silenced, adding the name Edwin Chota to the lamentable list of campaigners and others killed around the world in places where a rush for valuable resources takes place in the absence of enforced rules.
 

Peruvian university student, Mauricio Rada Orellana, was honored for his work when he was named as finalist of the student essay contest "How to Build a Better Future for Latin America," launched by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Rada, 19, made it through the competition's final stage along with other finalists from Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica and Domincan Republic.

Two individuals had gone missing after a rafting accident on the Apurimac River.
 Just days ago a report was made that a rafting accident on Peru�s Apurimac River had led to the disappearance of two young tourists from Israel. The government of Israel had sent search and rescue members to help Peru in the search for the missing duo. 

The businesswoman has invited a group of sex-trafficking victims to join in the adventure.
 Silvia Vasquez Lavado is a successful businesswoman. At 40 years old she has become an executive at eBay, responsible for the technical division. But for Lavado, a U.S. citizen currently residing in San Francisco, life wasn�t always so positive. 

With a childhood scarred by sexual abuse, Lavado had to learn to overcome the trauma and regain self-confidence. Now Lavado hopes to share her life experience with other victimized women in order to motivate them to move forward with their lives, just as she has done.