500 schools for poor rural areas in Peru
JUNÍN – The head of Peru’s Education Infrastructure Office (OINFE), Iván La Rosa, announced the construction of 500 education institutes in areas considered to be amongst the poorest in the country. The announcement came after La Rosa met with Junín’s Parliamentary Group, reports El Peruano. The initiative is part of the government’s social inclusion agenda, [...]
Huancavelica to be repopulated with native prawns
LIMA – Fisheries vice minister, Rocío Barrios Alvarado, said on Tuesday that the Ministry of Production will launch a program in April to repopulate the San Juan river in Huancavelica with native prawns. The program will be executed in the Larán area in Chincha, up to the high areas of Huancavelica. Over the next few [...]
2012 budget approved by Peru’s Congress
LIMA – Peru’s 2012 budget for the national, regional and local governments was approved by Congress on Friday. The budget has approved S./95.53 billion soles (about US$35.38 billion) for 2012. This is a higher budget that that approved in November 2010 for 2011 according to a report by Andina, which was approved at S./88.46 billion. [...]
Telefónica will respect Peruvian government’s decision
LIMA – Spanish telecommunications company, Telefónica, says they will respect the Peruvian government’s decision on the renovation of its contract. This statement came after Telefónica president, César Alierta, met with Peruvian President, Ollanta Humala, on Wednesday at the Palacio del Gobierno. The president held a private meeting with Alierta for two hours, which was also [...]
Peru’s President Ollanta Humala in Hawaii for APEC summit
LIMA – Peru’s head of state, Ollanta Humala, traveled early on Thursday to Honolulú, Hawaii to participate in the XIX Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. Themes under discussion at the summit include regional integration, green growth and regulatory convergence and cooperation among the member nations. President Humala will also hold a series of bilateral meetings [...]
Peru’s Daily News: November 7
Peru gearing up for massive tourist numbers in 2012 The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (MINCETUR) has announced that they are expecting 2.7 million foreign visitors to Peru in 2012. It is expected that tourism revenue will reach US$3 billion in 2012. The ministry is launching tourism promotion campaigns world wide, the most recent [...]
International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation conference in Peru
LIMA – The International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation (IFFO) held its Annual Conference 2012 in Lima, Peru, this week. by Carolina Leseigneur The organization said in the conference report that if aquaculture is to fulfill its great potential to ease world food shortages, good governance and responsible development are essential. For the small pelagic [...]
Peru may become the largest producer of wind energy in Latin America
LIMA – Renewable energy expert, Alberto Rios, from the European University of Madrid has said that Peru will be one of the largest wind energy producers in Latin America. by Carolina Leseigneur Rios was speaking at a wind farm integration seminar in Lima this week, organized by CONCYTEC. Three new wind farms are planned for [...]
World Bank gives Peru US$ 3 thousand million to attain social inclusion
Peru’s president, Ollanta Humala, held a meeting Tuesday with the World Bank’s vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean, Pamela Cox, and with Hasan Tuluy who will take the role of vice president of the World Bank in 2012. by Carolina Leseigneur Cox said at the end of the meeting that the World Bank [...]