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With almost 43 years of establishment, the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve, in Loreto region, has been nominated as one of the Best Places for Wildlife in the 10Best Readers' Choice Awards, competing with other 19 countries including, among others, China, India, Africa and Brazil. |
Private investment in Peru is predicted to recover in the second quarter of 2015 as various projects progress in the first quarter.
The Central Reserve Bank confirms that private investment amounts to a total US$ 31.74 billion for the year, and that its further growth will be seen beginning in April, according to El Comercio.
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Ecuador will eliminate tariffs on imports from Colombia and Peru after these countries called for their removal, but will seek multilateral countervailing measures to face currency depreciations of its trade partners, announced Ecuador's Foreign Trade Minister Francisco Rivadeneira.
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Inflation will continue trending downward in the following months and is expected to range from 2.5% to 2.8% in 2015 due to a decline in oil prices, estimated brokerage Inteligo SAB.
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Peru's Labor Ministry (MTPE) managed to create more than 30,000 jobs during the year 2014.
Of those, 61% were taken by men and 39% by women.
Likewise, 60% of those positions were filled by people aged 18 - 29.
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The National Superintendency of Tax Administration (Sunat) latest goal is to grant facilities and implement administrative simplification strategies in favor of taxpayers and foreign trade users, said Tania Quispe, head of the said collection agency.
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Hernando de Soto wanted to figure out why his country, Peru, was stuck in poverty. His answer transformed poor countries around the world. Listen NPR's interview with de Soto.
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 Peru's mining companies are expected to post poor performances in the fourth quarter due to slumping metals prices, according to local investment bank Credicorp Capital. The only mining company forecast to post a turnaround is precious metals producer Buenaventura, which reported a loss a year earlier on writedowns, Credicorp analyst H�ctor Collantes said. In general, mining companies will report a 12.9% year-in-year fall in revenues for the fourth quarter, Collantes said.
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 Developing countries, also known as the emerging markets, are fast becoming the driver of global growth. Why invest in emerging markets? To cash in where the growth is today, and for the foreseeable future. Emerging economies are expected to grow two to three times faster than developed nations like the US, according to International Monetary Fund estimates.
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Peru's government has created a no-fly zone in the country's top coca-producing region, according to the head of Peru's anti-drug agency Devida, in its latest effort to curb cocaine production. Alberto Otarola said in a press conference Wednesday that the no-fly zone will encompass the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro River Valleys, known strategically as the VRAEM. The VRAEM is the biggest producer of coca leaves, the raw material used to make cocaine, in the world. |
Peru's President, Ollanta Humala, hopes all political forces will participate in the meeting for Dialogue convened by his administration.
According to the President the gathering "can prove the maturity of Peruvian politicians" needed to work together "with humbleness" on the national agenda for development.
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 Telefonica is providing free internet to localities in the regions of San Martin and Loreto in Peru's tropical regions starting this March. According to Gestion, the communications company will be providing free services to 159 localities next month and then adding another 100 in March of 2016.
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A painted, environmental mural in Lima has the power of 250 full grown trees to decontaminate the air.
In the district of El Augustino, a mural of 250 square meters installed by the organization Air Association, serves as an example of innovative and sustainable social responsibility in Latin America's most polluted city.
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The Telegraph published an article about a giant rodent that lived three million years ago, of which the guinea is the closest living relative.
The one-tonne-weighing-rodent's scientific name is Josephoartigasia monesi and it would have employed its enormous teeth similar to how elephants use their tusks.
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Lima's Regional Government (Governorship) will celebrate on Saturday, February 7 the 'Pisco Sour Day' with a series of activities to be simultaneously held in districts: Huacho, San Vicente and Lunahuana. |
A documentary featuring locals and sustainable tourism organizations, demonstrates an innovative "agro eco-touristic" corridor that promotes preservation of the Tambopata Reserve and way of life for locals. Click on the image and watch the video!
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If you're contemplating a trip to South America, Boston-based Overseas Adventure Travel offers free airfare worth $900 per person on selected trips this summer.
The deal is good for June journeys that highlight Machu Picchu in Peru and the Gal�pagos in Ecuador.
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 Soccer fans in Peru sore over their club Alianza Lima's 4-0 loss to Argentina's Huracan attacked their own team on Thursday, wounding two top players and prompting rumors they might quit. The supporters broke into the club's Alejandro Villanueva stadium in the Peruvian capital carrying sticks, witnesses said on local broadcaster RPP.
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 The Universidad San Mart�n de Porres has officially started the enrolment procedure for the third FIFA/CIES Programme in Sport Management to be organized in Peru. Classes will start on 4 May 2015. The FIFA/CIES Programme allows people from various professional and sporting backgrounds to familiarize themselves with modern management tools in key areas such as sport marketing, sponsorship, law, management, communication, finances and event management.
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Bloomberg Business failed to disclose a connection between Mark Hertsgaard, who has written about environmental subjects for the magazine, and Annie Leonard, the executive director of Greenpeace, in a recent exclusive on the backlash against the group's vandalism of the Nazca Lines in Peru last month.
According to multiple accounts, Leonard advised in the creation of a global warming group, named Climate Parents, which Hertsgaard co-founded. It has also been reported that Leonard sat on the board of the group.
The connection between the journalist, a freelancer for Bloomberg Business who is also the Nation's environment correspondent, and the organization on which he was reporting went unmentioned in the piece on Jan. 20. The magazine's failure to identify the connection has outraged critics.
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 The NGO, Greenpeace International denied yesterday's claims of the arrest of the Argentine activist, Mauro Fern�ndez by the country's prosecutors. Multiple sources reported the capture and arrest of Fern�ndez yesterday by the International Organization of Criminal Police (Interpol) of Argentina. Later, Greenpeace corrected the mistake and announced that the activist was merely made available to the Federal Court.
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Cindy Crawford may be amply used to posing for Omega's cameras. But this evening the watch brand's spokesmodel of twenty-plus years toasted a new milestone in their relationship. She and daughter Kaia, 13, were on hand at the New York Historical Society to celebrate their role in "Hospital in the Sky" - a documentary that took them to Trujillo, Peru to volunteer on a medical mission with blindness prevention charity Orbis.
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