The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics confirmed Peruvian economy has expanded by 1.68% in January the current year, reaching a 66-month continued-growth record, thanks to the mining sector (5.80%). 

Israel has the strong desire to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Peru, in order to eliminate tariff barriers with the entire Pacific Alliance bloc-belonging countries, Israeli Ambassador to Peru Ehum M. Eitam affirmed.

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Israeli invesments in Peru to reach US$ 2.0 bn. in 2015 

On Monday, Peru's Finance Minister, Alonso Segura, will begin his participation in a series of meetings to be held between the top official of the Ministry of Finance and the world's most relevant institutional investors.

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Peru Finance Minister to participate in IADB meeting in Asia
 

Foreign investors keep lively interest for developing projects in Peru, particularly in attractive sectors such as mining and hydrocarbons, said Energy and Mines Minister Rosa Maria Ortiz. 

Peru's grape production registered a 6% expansion last January, if compared to the same period in 2014, confirmed Peru's Ministry of Agriculture.  

The organic banana cultivated in Chira Valley, Sullana province (Peru's Northern Piura region) continues gaining relevance in the global markets.

Latin America has traditionally been a tricky market to crack for international law firms, but the emergence of a pro-business economic bloc called the Pacific Alliance is changing this perception. Comprising Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, the alliance aims to attract investment into the region by easing the flow of goods, services, capital and people across borders, and to help its members strengthen investment ties with Asia. 

The 131 Peruvian diplomatic missions around the world (Embassies, Consulates and Permanent Representations) will promote Peru's gastronomy to spread its cultural diversity, announced the spokespersons for Peru's Foreign Affairs Ministry. 

A family-owned coffee business in Cusco has big plans to expand and help growers become experts.

For all those coffee lovers out there, Inti Coffee in Cusco is a "must-see-and-do"! From the moment it enters your mouth with its velvety feel, swirling over your palate, eventually leading to the smooth finish on your taste buds, the top quality of Inti Coffee's farm-grown, organic coffees can be sensed.  

Australia is the second largest source market of tourists to Peru from Asia and Oceania, and has shown steady growth in international arrivals since 2009.

From January 2014 to October 2014, 34,787 Australians travelled to Peru, a 14% increase on the previous year. 

A Peruvian dancer performs during the "Parade of the World Cultures" in the framework of the 8th International Meeting of Folklore "My Peru 2015", in Lima city, capital of Peru, on March 14, 2015. 

Various research projects will be completed in Lambayeque, northern Peru with the aim of documenting and recovering possible funerary contexts of the Mochicas settled on Mata Indio, El Triunfo, and La Inmaculada. 

It has been a busy few months for Reyna, who has followed up his success at Under-20 level with three senior caps, and it appears that his progress will continue to gather pace for some time yet. While there is no definite talk of a move to Europe this summer, his exit is already being widely anticipated, as Peru looks to Reyna to help lead a very talented generation of emerging players. 

A Peruvian farmer is demanding that a German energy company pay him compensation for its role in causing historical climate change which, he claims, leaves his home "acutely threatened" by a glacial lake which could burst its banks. 

The native peoples of Loreto, in Peru's Amazon basin, have just ended a month long occupation of 14 oil wells belonging to the Argentine company Pluspetrol. Negotiations are still underway between the oil company and various other communities, represented by the indigenous association Feconaco. 

The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colo., is planning to add 33 lions, rescued from circuses in Peru, to the 60 big cats already living at the facility.

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