Peru's economy likely grew 1.5 percent in the first quarter from the same period a year ago as public and private investment remained weak, the country's finance minister said.

Peru's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) approved the hiring of credit rating agencies Fitch Ratings Limited and Standard & Poor's Rating Services to assess Peru's sovereign risk.
 

The Humala administration will continue boosting large mining, energy and infrastructure projects aimed at invigorating the country's economy, the President of the Council of Ministers Pedro Cateriano said today.
 

Peru continues taking big steps toward 66% renewable energy. A company of the French bank group BPCE, Natixis SA, granted US$ 254 million in loans to a Peruvian renewable energy developer for two wind projects in southern Peru, according to Bloomberg Business.
 

In the last few years, Peru has seen triple digit growth and shipments in quinoa to markets abroad. Similarly, Bolivia has experienced massive growth in output of the ancient Andean grain so loved by the rest of the world.
 

The State will carry out an important investment aimed at granting 21,000 scholarships to youngsters, Peru's Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano said.

It is somewhat shocking to learn that Latin America has some of the worst education systems in the world. According to an article in the Christian Science Monitor Weekly, January 12, 2015, Teach for America has been aware of this problem ever since the PISA test scores made these deplorable rankings public. As a result there are now such programs as Teach for Mexico, Teach for Peru, Teach for Chile, and others.

Teach for America was created in 1990 by Wendy Kopp, a Princeton graduate, on the premise that what the public schools in ghetto neighborhoods needed were bright, young dedicated university graduates willing to teach and uplift the children of the poor.

Peruvian Congress gave a vote of confidence to the new ministerial Cabinet after several hours of debate following Prime Minister's speech on his administration's guidelines and government's general policy.
 

The Peruvian Foreign Relations Minister, Ana Mar�a S�nchez, announced that the Schengen Visa should be eliminated for Peruvians in 2016, according to Per�21.

Things are moving "faster than expected" in the last two months and as the process continues to move quickly, the Minister expects positive results next year for Peruvians to travel to the Schengen region.

Don't be afraid, you won't get lost - even though we are going to explore a labyrinth of caves above Cusco. The site is called Lanlakuyuq, and we are eager to visit these caves because these special places represent a direct connection to Pachamama (Mother Earth).