Peru News
Breaking news today Friday 10th of May 2024.
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Peru: Prosecutor's Office continues with proceedings in prefects designation case
The Prosecutor’s Office continued with the proceedings resulting from the detention of eight people involved in the case of illegal irregular appointments of prefects and sub-prefects.
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Peru: Attorney General to request that Eficcop-supporting police team be reinstated
Peruvian Attorney General Juan Carlos Villena on Friday announced that he will request the reinstatement of the police special team that works in support of the Special Team of Prosecutors against Corruption of Power (Eficcop).
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Joint Statement on U.S.-Peru High-Level Dialogue
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Peru on the occasion of the first United States-Peru High-Level Dialogue held recently in Washington, D.C.
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Peru's President: We double efforts to reverse adverse poverty figures
The President of the Republic Dina Boluarte on Friday indicated that her administration will not weaken efforts to reverse the figures recently released by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) on poverty and extreme poverty in the country.
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Peru: Homes raided in prefects and sub-prefects designation case
The Special Team of Prosecutors against Corruption of Power (EFICCOP), along with the Peruvian National Police's (PNP) High Complexity Investigations Division (DIVIAC), carry out a search and unlocking operation on the homes of those involved in the case of appointment of prefects and sub-prefects aimed to be used for the creation of a political party.
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FBI delivers two viceregal paintings for return to Peru
Two oil paintings from the viceregal era that had left Peru irregularly were recovered in New Mexico and handed over to the country of origin by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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Peru-U.S. aerial interception agreement comes into force
Within the framework of the Political Dialogue Mechanism between Peru and the United States, held in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, the aerial interception agreement between both countries came into force.
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Peru and U.S. inaugurate High-Level Mechanism in D.C.
Within the framework of the inauguration of the High-Level Political Dialogue Mechanism between Peru and the United States, which covers collaborative axes in various areas, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell met with Peru's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Camino to address matters of common interest.
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Peru: Central Reserve Bank reduces reference rate to 5.75%
The Board of Directors of the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) has agreed to reduce the reference rate by 25 basis points to 5.75%.
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Peru hosts APEC 2024: How many times did it host summits?
Peru currently holds the Presidency of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. Therefore, it hosts the summit of 21 member economies this year.
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Peru's Min: Connectivity, an aspect essential for fostering tourism
Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Elizabeth Galdo mentioned that connectivity is an aspect essential for boosting tourism in Peru; therefore, her portfolio will work in coordination with other sectors, such as the Ministries of Transportation-Communications and Interior.
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Peru's PM: Government takes poverty figures responsibly, works to reverse them
The Peruvian Government takes with absolute responsibility the 2023 monetary poverty figures released by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) and works firmly to reverse that result, Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen affirmed on Thursday.
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Peru: Monetary poverty rose to 29% in 2023
The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) on Thursday reported that monetary poverty affected 29% of Peru's population in 2023, thus registering an increase of 1.5 percentage points compared to 2022 (27.5%).
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FA Min: Peru promotes Alberto Borea's candidacy to IACHR Court
Foreign Affairs Minister Javier Gonzalez-Olaechea announced that he has been making calls to his counterparts from various countries in the region to promote the candidacy of Alberto Borea for judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR Court).
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Peru aims to become Latin America's top tourist destination by 2030
Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Elizabeth Galdo indicated that her portfolio presented Plan 60 to reactivate tourism in this country and seek to position Peru as the main tourist destination in Latin America by 2030.
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Peru: President Boluarte participated in ambassadors' credentials presentation
The President of the Republic Dina Boluarte participated in the ceremony marking the presentation of credential letters by the resident Ambassadors of Argentina and Spain to Peru.