Tag: Peru

Peru Congress to debate impeachment of president

by Carlos Mandujano / Moises Avila © Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru’s Congress voted overwhelmingly on Friday to consider impeaching President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski next week over allegations he received bribes from Brazilian contractor Odebrecht. Ninety-three of the 118 legislators present supported the proposal to debate impeachment on December 21. “This decision will be communicated to the president to exercise his right to defense (during the next session) and assist with a lawyer if required,” […]

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Peru president rejects demands he resign over corruption allegations

LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski late Thursday rejected demands he resign, brushing aside an opposition ultimatum to step down or face impeachment over allegations he received bribes from Brazilian contractor Odebrecht. “I am not going to abdicate my honor, my values or my responsibilities as president,” Kuczynski said in a televised speech to the nation, backed by his ministers. “I won’t run, I won’t hide nor do I have any reason […]

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UN: international body should weigh in before any Fujimori pardon

 LIMA, Peru (AFP) — The UN’s top human rights official on Tuesday suggested Peru should seek international medical opinion before any pardon is given to disgraced ex-president Alberto Fujimori. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein spoke to a Peruvian human rights legislative committee amid concerns that Fujimori, 79, who is jailed for human rights abuses, might win a pardon due to serious health problems. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has spoken publicly about the […]

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Peru expels Venezuela ambassador over ‘break with democratic rule’

LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru on Friday ordered the expulsion of Venezuela’s ambassador over his country’s “break with democratic rule” under President Nicolas Maduro, the foreign ministry said. Ambassador Diego Molero has five days to leave Peru, the ministry said. The decision came days after Peru’s congress voted for the Venezuelan envoy to be kicked out. “The Peruvian government ratifies its firm position of continuing to contribute to the restoration of democracy in Venezuela,” a […]

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6.4-magnitude earthquake hits Peru: USGS

LIMA, Peru (AFP) — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck just off Peru’s southern coast Monday, the US Geological Survey said, with no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake hit at approximately 9:05 pm local time (0205 GMT) with a depth of 44 kilometers (27 miles). It occurred some 220 kilometers west of Arequipa, Peru’s second most populous city. Though there was no initial evidence of damage, the tremor provoked alarm among Peruvians, with the […]

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Peru’s Fujimori hospitalized with heart issue: doctor

LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru’s jailed ex-leader Alberto Fujimori was taken to a hospital Friday after showing signs of hypertension and irregular heartbeat, his doctor said. The hospital trip comes on the same day that Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said a potential pardon for Fujimori would not be immediate, as had been speculated, but depended on a medical report that will likely be issued by the end of the year. Fujimori — who turns […]

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Chained to health ministry, Peruvians protest mining pollution

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) – Parents of sick children who live near one of Peru’s oldest mining sites camped out in front of the health ministry in Lima for the eight day on Thursday (June 22) to demand help treating the impacts of mining pollution. Dozens of residents of Simon Bolivar, a district in the city of Cerro de Pasco in Peru’s central Andes, travelled to the capital Lima last week to demand the government declare […]

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6.2-magnitude quake shakes Peru; 2 injured

A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook northern Peru on Monday, injuring at least two people and damaging at least one home, authorities said. The quake struck east of the city of Mancora at a depth of 18 kilometers (11 miles), the Peruvian Geophysical Institute said. “Two people have been reported injured and a home has been damaged” in the northern Tumbes region, the National Civil Defense Institute said on Twitter. Peru sits on the so-called Ring […]

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6.2-magnitude earthquake shakes Peru

LIMA, Peru (AFP) — A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook a rural area in northern Peru on Tuesday but no damage was immediately reported, the country’s Geophysical Institute said. The quake struck at 1749 GMT in the sparsely populated Loreto region at a depth of 142 kilometers, the institute’s director Hernando Tavera said on the radio. Officials said residents in towns in Peru and neighboring Ecuador evacuated buildings and took precautionary measures but emergency services reported […]

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Peruvians struggle with worsening flood crisis; fishermen fear ruin

HUARMEY, Peru (Reuters) — Residents of the flood-ravaged city of Huarmey in central Peru are struggling to tame encroaching waters after lagoons in the city burst their banks, exacerbating a natural disaster that has claimed at least 75 lives nationally. An avalanche of mud has hit homes in the city, forcing residents to lay down sandbags to protect their belongings. Drinking water has also been cut off for many residents, with authorities forced to truck […]

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Peru in fight to save its endangered languages

by Roberto CORTIJO Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Amadeo Garcia has no one left to talk to in his mother tongue, Taushiro. Neither does Pablo Andrade, the last living speaker of Resigaro. The two indigenous languages are among 17 that are critically endangered in Peru, where modern life’s advance into the isolated Amazon basin region has wiped out many native peoples’ way of life, and their languages along with it. Garcia, 67, is […]

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Pre-incan pyramid discovered in Peru

ANCASH REGION, Peru (Reuters) — A newly uncovered pyramid structure in central Peru could upend the way researchers have thought of the area regarding its importance in Incan hierarchy. After a year of investigation, researchers say they believe the structure is what is known as an “ushnu.” Ushnus are terraced pyramid structures researchers believe were used by ancient local rulers during some of their most significant ceremonies in which they drank and gave liquid offerings […]

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