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Peru's Environment Manuel Pulgar-Vidal said the moratorium on transgenic seeds will remain in effect and assured his portfolio is working to control the entry of genetically modified organisms and promote biological diversity. |
Peru will have direct benefits and a stronger voice in the world when joining the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), said Carlos Anderson, President of the National Center for Strategic Planning (Ceplan).
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The International magazine The Banker, from the Financial Times publishing group, has chosen Peru's Central Reserve Bank President, Julio Velarde, as the Banker of the Year 2015.
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Over the next three years, the Peruvian economy will be stimulated by a surge in mining output mainly drven by the extraction of copper; all this thanks to the implementation of projects such as Toromocho, Constancia and Las Bambas, Finance Minister Alonso Segura reported.
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Peru's government is in talks with Argentina's Pluspetrol on methane supplies for a petrochemical plant to be built in the Andean nation's southern region, the energy and mines minister said.
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The oil price reduction in the international markets will boost Peru's GDP by half a percentage point in this year, due to a higher liquidity which will benefit many Peruvian families and enterprises, said the Finance Minister, Alonso Segura.
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Most gold mining in Peru causes serious environmental damage, write John Crabtree & Judith Condor-Vidal, but there is one exception - a Fair Trade certified mine close to the world-famous Nazca Lines. Now it's up to us to demand Fair Trade gold from the jewellery trade, rewarding responsible producers and expanding the market for new Fair Trade gold miners.
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General Manager of the Citrus Growers Association of Peru (ProCitrus) estimates that Peru could export approximately 120,000 tonnes of citrus this 2015 season.
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Camposol is targeting new export opportunities as its avocado production continues to grow. While the US and Europe will continue to be its most important markets in 2015, the company said it is looking at other destinations in Latin America and Asia, where Peruvian avocados are poised to gain access to the Japanese and Chinese markets.
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The construction of the Paltiture dam, aimed at benefiting agro producers from Arequipa and Moquegua, will start in the second half of this year, announced Peru's Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Juan Manuel Benites.
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Claro announced its plans to invest S/. 3 billion over the next three years in Peru.
According to Gestion, the company reached and exceeded 600,000 lines connected with 4G LTE after just eight months of entering the market in Peru.
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It wouldn't be fair to say Hollywood's 2-month-old La Huaca Peruvian Cuisine is hidden; it's just a bit off the beaten path. Sitting at Harrison Street and South 20th Avenue, one block south of Hollywood Boulevard, the new Peruvian eatery is really just steps from the clustered chaos of the city's restaurant row. |
Private investors have shown interest in carrying out tourism-related projects, mainly in the hotel sector, in Arequipa, Cusco, and in Peruvian Amazonia, affirmed Javier Hundskopf, head of the Peruvian Association of hotels, restaurants and others related (AHORA). |
 With an aim to create awareness about the destination in the India market, The Embassy of Peru in collaboration with Peru-based DMC Condor Travels organized a presentation for travel agents in Mumbai.
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Sean Hawkey was fed up with sitting at a computer to process his photos. He wondered, in an age when there are hundreds of millions of digital cameras out there, how could he be different? That got him thinking about the history of photography, which in turn led him to learning the wet plate process.
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Peru will display the proper sports infrastructure to host athletes and attendees of the 2019 Pan American Games to be held in Lima, confirmed today Education minister, Jaime Saavedra.
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 Argentina legend Diego Maradona has named Peruvian winger Jefferson Farfan as one of the top players to watch at the coming 2015 Copa America, hosted by Chile.
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Juan Manuel Iman Zena spotted the puppy on a busy road in Lima, Peru. Worried it could cause an accident the police officer crosses the highway. Video of him risking his life to save the young dog has since gone viral. Open the article to watch the video!
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Jos� Iv�n D�valos, the IOM's head of mission in Peru, said that despite increasing political will to tackle human trafficking, progress was being thwarted by the assumption that the upper-middle-income country - which had a GDP growth rate of 5.8% last year - no longer needs help from NGOs and international agencies.
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