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PERU NEWS
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JANUARY 24-2005
JANUARY 16-2005
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JANUARY 15-2005
- New FBI Task Force to Focus on Art Theft - Good article on the problem of stolen art items including Peru-- also here is a link to further information - FBI - Art Theft Program
- Heritage potatoes make comeback
JANUARY 14-2005
- Witness Says Saw Toledo at Peru 'Forgery Factory
- Michigan State student left in Peru
- Machu Picchu Supersale With Air on Lan Peru From $799!
JANUARY 12- 2005
- Children die of rabies after bat bites in Peru
- Peru GDP seen rising 5.8 pct in November
- IPYS RAISES CONCERNS FOR PRESS FREEDOM
- Systematic Mistreatment of Low-Income Pregnant Women
JANUARY 09- 2005
- The white stuff - Celebrated documentary-maker Angus Macqueen spent 18 months on the cocaine trail across Latin America from the dirt-poor valleys of Peru to the shanty towns of Rio. Here he recalls the journey that revolutionised his views and explains why he believes 'the dandruff of the Andes' should be sold in Boots
- Dawn of new cooperation
JANUARY 07-2005
- Cattle dead, humans ill from foot-and-mouth in Peru - Peru on Friday reported an outbreak of the contagious foot-and-mouth cattle disease -- its first in six months -- and said nine cattle had died and 10 people were infected.
- Field expert, wife accused of stealing scientist's work
JANUARY 06-2005
- Peruning
trees for Botanics - RARE specimens of trees from
a remote region of the Amazon rainforest are putting down roots at the
city’s Royal Botanic Garden. They will be the only samples of the flora
held anywhere outside of Peru and experts believe they could potentially
play a vital role in saving several species from extinction.
- Peru Holds Benchmark Interest Rate at 3.75 Percent
JANUARY 05-2004
JANUARY 04-2005
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JANUARY 03-2005
- Peru
rebel leader offers to surrender - The leader of an armed group which
took over a police station in a southern Peruvian town three days ago and
demanded the president's resignation has made a fresh promise to surrender. - Terrorist Threat in the Tri-Border - This is very good information about the threat of terrorism in South America -U.S. army press release.
- Government launches attack on rebels in southern Peru
- Peru Plans Assault on Police Station Held by Rebels
- When Visions Collide - Rainforests are disappearing at a frightening rate, the students were taught, so they raised $523 for an activist group's "protect an acre" program. At the behest of their teacher and the group, they trekked into Manhattan to ask a major bank to "stop lending money to projects that destroy endangered forests and cause global warming."
- Peru rebel group says it will not surrender
- Peru nationalists vow to end siege
JANUARY 02-2005
- In Peru, ancient city is linked to a vast society - A Peruvian site previously reported as the oldest city in the Americas is actually a much larger complex of as many as 20 cities with massive pyramids and sunken circular plazas sprawled over three river valleys, researchers report.
- Jewish Outreach in Peru - The emerging Jewish community of Trujillo in northwest Peru has its first rabbi and full-time Jewish studies educator, thanks to the Jerusalem-based Shavei Israel (www.shavei.org) organization.
- Peru: Gunmen to lay down arms--
JANUARY 01-2005
- Peru's president declares state of emergency - Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo declared a 30-day state of emergency in a remote Andean province where a group of nationalist dissidents seized a police station and took officers hostage, demanding Toledo's resignation.
- Gunmen Demand Peru President's Resignation - President Alejandro Toledo declared a state of emergency in a remote highland province late Saturday after gunmen demanding his resignation seized control of a police station there and took several officers hostage, authorities said.
- Renegade Peru troops seek Toledo ouster, take 10 police hostage - Some 150 army reservists took hostage 10 officers in a provincial police station, demanding Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo resign, police said.
DECEMBER 31-2004
- Presidential Light Show - Peruvians plan to celebrate the New Year by symbolically blowing up their president. Letting off fireworks is a New Year's tradition in Peru.
DECEMBER 30 -2004
- Chicha Papers: How Peru's Poor Get Their 'News' - How the Poor in Peru get their news.
- Pro-Mining Journalist Released After Peru Kidnap
- Russian scientist warns of another major tsunami - earthquakes are also likely to hit equatorial countries of South America. Southern part of Ecuador and the islands in close proximity to it will be most susceptible to the quake. Should the sea quake occur, the wave can easily cover the entire southern part of Colombia, Ecuador and northern part of Peru, noted Dolginov Ph.D.
DECEMBER 28 -29, 2004
- Four deaths and three others disappear in mudslide in the province of Satipo. Spanish
- Peasants Tie Up Journalist - December 29 - AROUND 70 peasants armed with sticks, stones and machetes tied a kidnapped journalist to a post in a remote village in Peru, accusing him of supporting a copper mining project.
- Liquid gas from Camisea spills into Peruvian jungle river - December 28
- Mayor
proposes opening legal brothels throughout Lima -
Pioneer Press - Dec 28
- Brazilian Airline, Fund Make New Airline AP December 28-A Brazilian airline and a Peruvian investment fund have joined forces to create a new regional Peruvian airline
- As crime rises, 'caged capital' develops in Peru - December 25 - Interesting article dealing with safety of neighborhoods in Lima.
- Peru's
Currency to Remain Strong, Burneo Says
Bloomberg.com - Dec 13 1:46 PMDec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Peru's currency, which climbed today to its highest level against the dollar in almost six years, probably will ``remain strong'' in 2005, a central bank director said.