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Peru congress votes to start Castillo impeachment process

Peru’s congress approved the start of impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Castillo, the second such attempt to oust him in four months.

Tribune News Service

Peru Congress approves impeachment trial against Castillo

Peru’s Congress on Monday approved the start of impeachment proceedings against embattled President Pedro Castillo, amid low popularity and allegations of corruption.

Reuters

Southern Copper's Cuajone mine in Peru suspended production due to protest - SNMPE

Southern Copper Corp's Cuajone mine in Peru has suspended operations since Feb. 28 due to a protest by local communities who cut the company's water access and blocked a key railroad, Peru's mining chamber SNMPE said on Monday.

Reuters

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‘Wisdom and respect’: what Peru’s forgotten generation can teach us about life and ageing

Connection to nature and strong family ties met photographer Alex Kornhuber on his journey to document elderly people in his country – as well as dementia, hardship and a brutal wave of Covid

The Guardian - UK

Paris celebrates spring with pharaohs, fashion and surrealism: This season’s must-see exhibitions

The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the tables are full at Paris’s trademark café terraces. Spring has clearly sprung in the French capital and, after being kept away for almost two full years as a result of the pandemic, tourists have returned in droves. Paris is ready…

France 24

Peru's 'worst ecological disaster' slams small-scale fishing

A recent spill of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru has had a devastating effect on more than 2,500 small-scale fishermen

The Independent UK

Peru lawmakers launch new impeachment attempt as Castillo seeks Cabinet confirmation

Peruvian lawmakers on Tuesday introduced an impeachment motion to try to oust President Pedro Castillo, the second formal attempt to remove the leftist leader, on the same day his latest Cabinet sought a confirmation vote from the legislature.

Reuters

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Support for democracy is waning across the Americas

People are losing faith in democracy throughout the Western Hemisphere.

The Conversation

Oil spill at sea: who will pay for Peru’s worst environmental disaster?

As the state, the oil company and tanker owners play the blame game, damage from the ecological disaster continues to spread

The Guardian - UK

Who is Jhilmar Lora? The right-back Arsenal and Edu want to sign in summer transfer window

Arsenal are looking to sign Jhilmar Lora this summer - here is all you need to know about the Peru international

Football London

Peruvian community blocks road used by MMG copper mine, source says

A community in the Peruvian Andes has blocked a key transport road used by MMG's Las Bambas copper mine, a source close to the Chinese company said on Wednesday, in what is at least the third blockade to affect the firm this year.

Reuters

1,200-year-old remains of sacrificed adults, kids unearthed in Peru

Peruvian archeologists have unearthed eight children and 12 adults apparently sacrificed around 800-1,200 years ago, they said on Tuesday, in a major dig at the pre-Incan Cajamarquilla complex east of Lima.

Reuters

First Peruvian ex-president on trial for Odebrecht scandal

A Peruvian judge has started a trial for corruption against former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, both accused of money laundering in a scandal involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht that has stained the highest political leaders in different governments in this South American country

The Independent UK

Highlander Confirms Expanded High Grade Silver-Gold Footprint at Politunche in Central Peru

February 21, 2022 - TheNewswire Vancouver, British Columbia – Highlander Silver Corp. (CSE:HSLV) (the "Company" or "Highlander") is pleased to announce the results from ninety-five (95) due diligence grab and chip samples (including six previously reported) from outcropping exposures on its recently acquired Politunche Property ("the Property" or "Politunche"). Highlander…

Benzinga

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Japanese from Latin America, forced into US wartime incarceration camps, fight for full reparations

LOS ANGELES — At age 7, Libby Yamamoto came home from a sleepover to find that her father had been taken away by the village police in their Peruvian town.

Zenger

Peru Cops Bust Car-Theft Gang And Find Them Worshipping Chucky Doll For Protection

The alleged gang members had set up an altar for the doll alongside toy cars and candles.

Benzinga

Khiron Adds Another Clinic Location In Peru In Partnership With Pain Clinic CDL

Medical marijuana company Khiron Life Sciences Corp. (TSXV:KHRN) (OTCQX: KHRNF) (Frankfurt: A2JMZC) is opening another Zerenia location in Peru in partnership with the renowned pain clinic, CDL. Khiron In Peru Highlights

The Independent UK

1 month after oil spill, Lima's beaches empty, cleanup slow

Dozens of beaches near Lima are deserted and thousands of fishermen remain without work, one month after an oil spill at a refinery created what the United Nations called the worst ecological disaster in Peru’s recent history

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Peruvians get prison for fleecing immigrants with scam involving ‘required’ English classes

MIAMI — A pair of Peruvian brothers are going to spend several years in prison after admitting they shook down immigrants in the United States for more than $1 million by threatening that they would go to jail if they did not pay them for purportedly required English language classes.

Reuters

Peru community says it will not block Las Bambas mining road for now

A Peruvian community on Monday said it would not block the key mining road used by MMG's Las Bambas copper mine, according to meeting minutes seen by Reuters, which should allow the firm to resume normal operations.

The Conversation

Ultra-processed foods: global analysis shows they aren't well sign-posted

Straightforward guidance about ultra-processed foods is rare in national dietary guidelines. Only seven countries refer to “ultra-processed foods” explicitly. They are Belgium, Brazil, Ecuador, Israel, Maldives, Peru and Uruguay.

Reuters

Peru community to restart blockade of Las Bambas mine road, neighbors pause protest

A Peruvian community said on social media on Sunday that it will restart a road blockade against MMG's Las Bambas mine, even as a second community agreed to a 45-day truce in its blockade.

Inverse

Look: 500 years ago, Ancient Peruvians used human remains to defy colonialism

500-year-old evidence shows Peruvians may have reassembled their deads' vertebrae on poles as a ritual to counter colonizers' tomb raiding and looting.

Reuters

On Peru's protected Fishermen's Island, birds are still dying a month after oil spill

Peppered with fishing boats and thousands of hungry marine birds, from afar Peru's protected Isla Pescadores - Spanish for Fishermen's Island - looks much as it always has.

Reuters

Analysis-Peru's president plays musical chairs with ministers as turmoil persists

Halfway into his first year as Peru's unlikely president, Pedro Castillo has overseen dizzying turnover in his Cabinet and mounting doubts over his ability to survive a sense of chaos that former officials and analysts chalk up to inexperience.

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