Four ex Premiers Seek Congressional Backing of Premier Jara
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Threats by opposition parties to refuse to approve the new
Premier and Cabinet have led former U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez
de Cuellar and three other former Cabinet chiefs to sign a public letter
calling for unity and harmony to defend the nation’s democratic system.
President Humala’s new cabinet chief, […]
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Peru’s Private Sector Still Upbeat on Economy
Leading members of Peru’s private sector say they are upbeat about the economy for next year, despite reports that growth has fallen...
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Peru’s Once Red-Hot Economy Comes to a Standstill
The Peruvian economy came to a standstill in June, with gross domestic product posting just a slight expansion. The National Statistics...
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International Analysis — Opening Borders for Child Refugees
Op-Ed by Lavinia Limon — The Mark News I’ve lived in the United States for the past six decades. I’ve worked with presidents...
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International Analysis: Fighting Terrorism and Securing Liberties in Tunisia
Op-Ed by Maha Yahya — The Mark News This week, the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) in Tunisia will begin discussing an antiterrorism...
Opinion
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International Analysis — Opening Borders for Child Refugees
Op-Ed by Lavinia Limon — The Mark News I’ve lived in the United States for the past six decades....
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International Analysis: Fighting Terrorism and Securing Liberties in Tunisia
Op-Ed by Maha Yahya — The Mark News This week, the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) in Tunisia...
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International Analysis— The State in Uniform
Op-Ed by Ritu Menon — The Mark News On July 11, 2004, in the northeast Indian state of Manipur,...
Archaeology
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Pilot Reports New Nazca Lines Discovery
Strong sand storms have revealed a number of new geoglyphs in the Nazca desert that experts say...
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Archaeologists Find Temple Used by Ancient Shark Hunters
Archaeologists in northern Peru have found a temple that was used by fishermen who set out to sea...
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Archaeologists Find New Grave at Huaca de la Luna
Archaeologists at the Huaca de la Luna, or Temple of the Moon, in northern Peru have found a grave...
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Indigenous Communities Take Action to Stop Amazon Oil Drilling
Indigenous people in Peru’s northeastern Amazon are taking legal
action to block oil exploration in a concession that overlaps with their
territory, daily La Republica reported. The appeal for legal protection
was presented by the Amazonian Center for Anthropology and Practical
Application, CAAAP, after all administration options were exhausted with
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Mines and Energy Minister Sees Improvements in Community Relations
Improvements in community relations are helping ensure
investments worth approximately US$11.8 billion in the mining and energy
sectors, according to Mines and Energy minister Eleodoro Mayorga.
“Today, we can say with great satisfaction that we don’t have any
situations in the sector that are in a crisis due to conflicts, thanks
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Humala Sees Boost in Approval Rating
President Ollanta Humala got a bit of a boost after an opinion
poll showed that his approval rating has increased to above 30% for the
first time since February. The poll by Datum said that Humala had a 32%
approval rating in August, up eight percentage points from 24% in […]
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Security Guard of Fugitive Regional President Killed
A security guard who served the now-fugitive president of Peru’s
northern Tumbes region has been assassinated, leading to questions about
a possible political hit. Oscar Espinoza Lopez, 37, was tortured and
then shot twice in a border town of El Papayal, Zarumilla, according to
daily La Republica. Espinoza was one of a […]
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Machu Picchu To Get New Visitors’ Facilities Area
The design of a new visitors’ center for Machu Picchu was chosen
last week from among four final architectural proposals. Architect
Michelle Llona’s project won the national competition. The project
encompasses a complex that includes a visitors’ center, a research
center, and other facilities to improve the management of the […]
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Henry Pease, Leading Academic and Politician, Dies
Henry Pease, a soft-spoken but tenacious politician and academic,
died in Lima on August 9 of complications related to cancer. He was
69. A key leader in center-left politics, Pease served as president of
Congress during the Toledo administration (2003-2004). Earlier, he was
deputy mayor of Lima in the 1970s, […]
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