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AREQUIPA, Peru (Reuters) — Peru’s Sabancaya volcano rumbled back to life on Monday (December 26), spewing ash and smoke some 3,500 meters (11,500 feet) into the sky, in the latest of a series of explosions. Local authorities warned surrounding communities could be affected by ash from the volcano which came to life at 8:24 a.m. (1324 GMT) Monday morning. The volcano had similar explosions on December 16 as well, as a handful leading up to […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck southeast Peru on Thursday, damaging some homes and roads but causing no casualties, the National Civil Defense Institute (INDECI) said. The quake in the Puno region hit at 5:40 pm local time (2240 GMT), its epicenter 58 kilometers (36 miles) from the town of Lampa and at a depth of 30 kilometers, according to the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP). “Eight collapsed homes are reported in […]
ESSEN, Germany (AFP) – by Richard HEISTER A German court began hearing Thursday a complaint by a Peruvian farmer who accuses energy giant RWE of contributing to climate change that has caused glacial melting in the Andes, threatening his home and livelihood. Saul Luciano Lliuya argues that RWE, as a major historic emitter of greenhouse gases, should share in the cost of protecting his hometown Huaraz from a nearby glacial lake that is at risk of […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — China’s President Xi Jinping signed new trade deals on Monday with Peru, one of its partners in its drive to boost world trade in the face of protectionist stirrings. A day after taking part in the APEC Asia-Pacific trade summit, Xi made a formal visit to the host nation, a major mineral and food exporter. He and Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in a public ceremony signed 18 agreements, including one […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — After the APEC summit in Lima, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads to Argentina on Monday to bolster bilateral trade and investment ties with Latin America’s third largest economy. It will be the first visit to Buenos Aires by a Japanese prime minister in 57 years — the last one to make the trip was Abe’s grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, in 1959. Japanese companies have a big presence in the South American […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — US President Barack Obama said he told Vladimir Putin on Sunday that he wants to reach a settlement that solves the Ukraine crisis before he leaves office in January. “I talked to him about Ukraine and the need for us to get things done,” Obama told a press conference in Peru, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. “I urged him to instruct his negotiators to work with […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit on Saturday (Sunday Philippine time) in Lima, Peru where both leaders talked about areas of cooperation and forging stronger ties between the two countries. President Putin also formally invited the Philippine leader to visit Russia next year in the hopes of forging stronger trade relations with each other. Duterte and Putin exchanged views of […]
CHINESE President Xi Jinping and his Philippine counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, met in Peruvian capital Lima Saturday and pledged to further promote bilateral ties and strive for more fruitful cooperation. Talking on the sidelines of the 2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting, Xi praised Duterte’s visit to China last month, saying it achieved full improvement of China-Philippines relations, opened a new chapter for bilateral ties and injected positive energy into regional peace and […]
