Peru, a leading global exporter of minerals, expects income taxes paid by mining companies to fall sharply this year because of lower prices, the min read more »
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An immense open-pit mine located 4380 metres above sea level is swallowing up the centre of the city of Cerro de Pasco in Peru’s central highlands, w read more »
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Peru has declared a state of emergency in a southern border province, giving its army power to rein in protests that left three dead.

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Peru's main stock index plunged 60 percent in 2008, falling more than any other principal Latin American bourse, while the Andean country's
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Peruvian immigrant Belen Bailey whips up desserts filled with lucuma, chirimoya and other South American fruits.

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With parties, dinners and family get-togethers, millions of Peruvians throughout the country welcomed the New Year with renewed confidence and hope o read more »
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In the 1980s, the Maoist Shining Path guerrilla organization conducted a bloody uprising against the Peruvian state in which nearly 70,000 people wer read more »
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While profits have been down that doesn’t mean hotel expansion is coming to a standstill. Lima, Peru newspaper El Comercio is reporting that several read more »
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