The country's aggregate gold production during January to March period this year was recorded at 1.13 million tons, 5.34% higher than the production of 1.07 million tons in the corresponding period last year. 

The Peruvian government has deployed troops near the Tia Maria copper project, to deal with the deaths of a protester and a policeman over the past week.

The troops were sent to "help maintain law and order" following weeks of violent protests, the BBC reportedon Saturday. The news outlet added that the Peruvian government has not ruled out declaring a state of emergency.

Another day, another endangered species, or so it seems.

The Andean condor could be next. The iconic giant scavenger is a national symbol of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, but it is disappearing in parts of the region. 

According to the Red List of Threatened Species, the conservationists' bible, there are an estimated 10,000 of the birds left in the wild. 

Yet things are not as simple as that.

"The problem is no one really knows," says Robert Wallace, who heads the Wildlife Conservation Society's operations in Bolivia.

The European Union cooperation provides 35 million Euros to Peruvian institutions aimed at joining the fight against drug-trafficking. 
The sum is to be added to bilateral contributions conducted by the bloc's member countries, EU Ambassador to Peru, Irene Horejs affirmed. 

Marc Straus presents Emil Alzamora's inaugural one-person exhibit at the gallery. Emil Alzamora (b. 1975, Peru) sculptures represent the human form reduced to its purist elements, as though distilled and honed. Elongated and devoid of identifiable human characteristics such as eyes, facial features and hair, these emotionally charged works are at once anonymous and at the same time universally representative.

They are both modernist and surreal and at the same time of the moment. These spare figures follow in the footsteps of Giacometti, who more than any 20th century artist found a personal and eccentric language to bring emotional power to a spare sinewy figure. Yet Alzamora's stark refined surfaces inevitably bring to mind Arp, Archipenko, and of course, Brancusi. Tall shoulders, but Alzamora has undeniably found a unique voice that is immediately recognizable. The work has a quiet breathlessness. 
 

The National Autonomous University of Mexico's (UNAM) football club, Pumas, announced on Saturday they would soon be opening a training center in Peru.

The announcement, besides re-inforcing the junior leagues, will open up a range of opportunities for younger generations who want to get into football, said Pumas training center administrative, Abel Larrauri during an interview with Xinhua.

This June, the final details regarding the first center in Peru are expected to be announced. With this training center, the Pumas will add to their 50 centers in Mexico and eight in the U.S.