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The lines of action of the 2025 National Strategic Exports Plan (PENX) will be carried out through 105 programs, which goals are to double non-traditional exports to US$25 billion by 2025, and rising threefold the services exports to US$18 billion, informed the Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister, Magali Silva. |
PwC affirmed Peru holds the seventh place among the 20 best countries and frontier markets of the world to invest in, according to "Bloomberg Markets: The Top 20 Emerging Markets 2014."
The ranking positions Peru after: China, South Korea, Malaysia, Chile, Thailand and Panama.
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Peru's inflationary expectations remain anchored since the implementation in 2002 of a mechanism named "Explicit Inflation Targets", which sets the target of annual average variation of prices between 1% and 3%, reported today the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCR).
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A forum for entrepreneurs seeking opportunities in the Pacific Alliance will be held today in order to present the results of the Technological Mission to the United States, carried out in January and February by businessmen of agribusiness, medical and advanced manufacture sectors.
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 Peru's government needs to take part in negotiations between companies and indigenous communities to help overcome mistrust in investment projects, said the country's main mining association. Roundtables are set up by the government only when conflicts arise and are disbanded when they fail to achieve results, said Carlos G�lvez, president of the national society of mining, petroleum and energy (SNMPE).
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Peru is the 2nd country in Latin America with the largest number of Business graduates, who are members of the prestigious international society "Beta Gamma Sigma".
This represents one of the highest recognitions obtained by students at a worldwide level.
In Latin America, Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) has 3,448 members. Of those, Mexico is the first one with 1,090 members (32%), Peru is the second in the region with 1,072 members (31%).
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 The regions reaching the highest growth in reading comprehension and mathematics performances, in the 2014 Student Census Evaluation (ECE) were: Piura and Ayacucho, specifically among second-grade students, informed the Ministry of Education.
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 The Congress of Peru passed last night by majority a bill establishing sanctions as well as care and prevention measures to counteract sexual harassment in public places.
The head of the Parliament Ana Maria Solorzano stressed the adoption of this rule and said it represents a message of support to women, just a few days before the International Women's Day 2015.
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 Peru Export and Tourism Promotion Board (Promperu), jointly with Peruvian agro-exporting enterprises, will participate in the "Natural Product Expo West 2015" fair.The fair will promote Peruvian nutraceuticals exports to the US market.
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Peru's Republic President, Ollanta Humala, announced today the response issued by the Chilean government to the Peruvian government's diplomatic note, in regard to the espionage conducted against Peru, does not satisfy the Peru.
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 One of the three Peruvian spies recognized Chilean Francisco Calvanese Oyarzun as an actor in theespionage case.
During interrogations of Peruvian navy officer Johnny Philco Borja, a Chilean officer was recognized as a participant in the case of Chilean espionage within the Peruvian navy.
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 The Government of Peru proposed former minister of Justice, Francisco Eguiguren, as a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS), which promotes and protects people's rights across the continent.
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M�ximo Dami�n Huamani, for long the doyen of Peru's remarkable Andean violinists and friend of Jos� Mar�a Arguedas, died on Thursday 12th February at the National Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins. There followed the wake - in M�ximo's home and in the principal salon of the Ministry of Culture - at which mourners from the United States, Europe and from many parts of Peru participated. Following the funeral on Sunday 5th February at the Cementerio El Angel in old Lima, there was, for a week or more, a poignant series of meetings, conferences and concerts in homage to the violinist. |
Almost 200 art pieces from ancient Mochica from valleys in northern Peru have crossed the ocean to the Mediterranean coast, in order to take part in an exhibit introduced today at the CaixaForum Museum in Barcelona, according to AFP news agency. |
A team of anthropology researchers has found significant differences in facial features between all seven pre-Columbian peoples they evaluated from what is now Peru - disproving a longstanding perception that these groups were physically homogenous. The finding may lead scholars to revisit any hypotheses about human migration patterns that rested on the idea that there was little skeletal variation in pre-Columbian South America.
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 Why you should be skeptical of the recent genetic testing done on the Paracas skulls- and it's not for the reason you might think.
If you really want to find out who the people of the Paracas culture were, speak to some archaeologists. Make your research transparent and available to the public. Have your data reviewed for journals with stringent requirements and high standards. Don't use an historical oddity as a cheap hook for your tour company, or to sell books.
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A few populations of Native Americans that live in the Andes of Peru have evolved an immunity to toxic levels of arsenic. This is the first known instance of humans evolving to overcome a toxic chemical. A Swedish research team led by Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University professor Karin Broberg reported thediscovery in the March 3, 2015, edition of the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution.
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BEFORE HEADING even deeper into the mountains, and with dark clouds filling the late morning sky, Virgilio Mart�nez V�liz issues a warning. "I don't want to scare you," says the 37-year-old Peruvian chef, sitting in the second row of a speeding silver passenger van, "but there's a thing that happens here in the Andes when it rains a lot. We call themhuaycos. The rocks start colliding and sparking. Then the water rushes down. It takes everything, even the trees." Thunder rumbles. Raindrops peck at the windshield. Recalling one particularly harrowing torrent, Mart�nez pops a wad of coca leaf into his mouth and confesses, "I remember thinking, 'OK, now we are dead.' " |
Pachamama puts a wonderful spin on the Peruvian-themed bandwagon of hotspots in the city; with vibrant dishes and a long list of refreshing Pisco cocktails, it is set to be a favourite on the culinary scene. |
 A Peruvian cardinal has charged that a popular smart-phone application is encouraging adultery. "Concerning mobile phones, how many people become unfaithful and how many families are broken by WhatsApp?" asked Cardinal Luis Cipriani Thone of Lima. He said that the application, which provides a "more or less anonymous network," was allowing for "dubious encounters."
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