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Peru govt declares state of emergency near MMG’s Las Bambas mine as stand-off continues

The Peruvian government on Wednesday declared a state of emergency near MMG Ltd's Las Bambas copper mine, where production has been halted for a week due to indigenous communities camped inside.

Reuters

Exclusive-China-owned Las Bambas mine weighs plan to evict protesting communities

Chinese-owned MMG Ltd's huge Las Bambas copper mine in Peru is considering a plan to evict indigenous communities that have camped on the property and forced a production halt, according to an executive and a document seen by Reuters.

Reuters

Peru government proposes referendum to redraft Constitution

Peru's Prime Minister Anibal Torres said on Monday the government will call for a referendum to propose redrafting the constitution.

Reuters

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Seeking the right to euthanasia in Peru

Ana Estrada, a 45-year-old writer, poet and psychologist with a progressive muscular disease, is fighting for the right to die by euthanasia, writes Samantha Schmidt

The Independent UK

Police ID Maryland man shot in incident at Peru envoy's home

Authorities have identified the man who was shot and killed by U.S. Secret Service officers this past week at the Washington residence of Peru’s ambassador to the United States

The Independent UK

Prolonged Peru mine protest ends after dispatch of soldiers

Peru said on Friday a group of indigenous communities had lifted a protest against Southern Copper Corp's Cuajone copper mine that had forced a suspension of production for more than 50 days.

Reuters

Peru's Castillo renews unlikely push to redraft the constitution

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo said on Friday that he will seek to ask citizens in October whether they want to rewrite the country's market-friendly constitution, renewing a campaign promise that he had all but abandoned in office.

Reuters

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Paintings, stone axes repatriated to Peru in LA ceremony

U.S. officials have repatriated 16 cultural items to the Peruvian government, including paintings, historical documents and stone axes

The Independent UK

Analysis-Peru's Castillo hardens stance on mining protests as economy stumbles

Peru's leftist President Pedro Castillo has signaled a tougher stance on protests against mining companies that are roiling the Andean nation, the world's second largest copper producer, mobilizing the army in a sharp tactical shift from a previous conciliatory approach.

Reuters

Where is Michaella McCollum of the Peru Two now - from prison horror for drug smuggling to mother of twin boys

Michaella, now 28, is a single mother to adorable twin boys who are nearly four-years-old

Irish Mirror

Crime And Punishment: Peru President Proposes Chemically Castrating Rapists After Girl, 3, Assaulted

Pedro Castillo made the announcement after a three-year-old girl was abducted and raped in the city of Chiclayo last week.

Zenger

Peru seeks to punish pedophile rapists with chemical castration

Peru's government will present a bill to allow for chemical castration as a penalty for raping a minor, Cabinet members told reporters on Wednesday, following national outrage over the rape of a 3-year-old girl.

Reuters

Peru inflation protests grip tourist capital Cuzco, gateway to Machu Picchu

Peruvians were protesting rapidly rising prices in the Andean city of Cuzco on Tuesday, in spite of a truce agreement that will see embattled President Pedro Castillo travel to the city later in the week to try to find ways to reduce costs.

Reuters

MMG's Las Bambas copper mine in Peru suspends operations following protest -SNMPE

MMG Ltd's Las Bambas copper mine in Peru has suspended operations after residents of a nearby community entered company property as part of a protest, Raul Jacob, the president of local mining chamber SNMPE, told reporters on Monday.

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Commentary: The border the US shares with Mexico? We really share it with the world

About 15 years ago I was shadowing a local journalist on Peru’s northern coast who was reporting on a group of 20 Chinese nationals local police found lost in the nearby desert. They’d arrived on a container ship that sailed from China to Lima and had paid traffickers to get…

The Independent UK

Facing hunger, Peru's poor band together with 'common pots'

Every day for more than two years, Cindy Cueto has woken up in the house she shares with her three children atop a desert hill in Peru’s capital, and wondered: “What are we going to eat?”

Reuters

In Peru's slums, chicken off the menu as soup kitchens struggle with inflation

In the hilly slums of Peruvian capital Lima, soup kitchens struggle to feed some of the Andean nation's poorest and most vulnerable residents, cutting proteins and loading up on carbohydrates, as food prices soar.

The Independent UK

Rights court orders Peru not to release jailed ex-president

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ordered Peru to “refrain” from releasing imprisoned former president Alberto Fujimori despite a ruling by the South American country’s Constitutional Court that he be freed

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Reuters

Inter-American Court orders Peru not to release Fujimori from prison

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) on Friday confirmed a ruling ordering Peru not to release jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori, who was on the verge of leaving prison last month after a presidential pardon was reinstated.

Reuters

Ukraine war ignites protests in Peru as inflation anger goes global

Marcelo Gonzales is tired and angry about rapidly increasing living costs in his dusty village on Peru's desert coast, where food and fuel inflation inflamed by the war in Ukraine has ignited protests that threaten to destabilize the government.

ABC News

Peruvian Prime Minister Aníbal Torres criticised for praising Hitler's economic management

Peruvian Prime Minister Aníbal Torres is criticised for claiming Hitler turned Germany into "the world's leading economic power" as Peru enters a second week of violent protests over rising inflation.

Reuters

Peru hikes interest rate to 13-year high as inflation sparks protests

Peru's central bank raised the country's benchmark interest rate 50 basis points to 4.5% on Thursday, the highest since 2009, as authorities battle stubborn inflation that has sparked angry protests and rattled center-left President Pedro Castillo.

The Guardian - US

Peruvian prime minister’s praise of Hitler sparks wave of protest

Aníbal Torres said his words were misunderstood but offered to apologize in person to Israeli ambassador Asaf Ichilevich

Reuters

Peru deploys army on highways as blockades continue

Peru's government on Thursday ordered its armed forces to supervise the country's highways for the next month, amid crippling protests nationwide over rising food and fuel prices.

The Guardian - US

Peru president at bay as fuel and fertiliser prices detonate political crisis

Pedro Castillo lifted a curfew in Lima but is still facing calls to resign after a rash of bad decisions and allegations of corruption

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