Peru
Peru’s foreign minister resigns in setback for new leader Castillo
LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's foreign minister resigned on Tuesday amid outrage over remarks he made before taking office about a rebel...
Read moreResidents block road near Peru’s Las Bambas copper mine after two-week truce
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Residents near MMG Ltd's Las Bambas copper mine in the Peruvian Andes have blocked...
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Peru central bank chief Velarde to stay for another term -source
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian central bank President Julio Velarde has agreed to stay on for an extra...
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Exclusive-Peru’s finance chief says mining taxes can rise without affecting competitiveness
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's finance minister, Pedro Francke, told Reuters on Monday that the new...
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Exclusive-Peru’s new govt eyes natural gas, hydroelectric sectors for public companies
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's new Prime Minister Guido Bellido told Reuters on Saturday that...
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Peru’s new leftist president prioritizes China ties during early days in office
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - In his first week in office, Peru's new left-wing administration under President Pedro Castillo...
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Fledgling Peru govt seeks “new deal” with miners – minister
By Marco Aquino BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Peru will seek "a new deal" with its all-important mining sector by providing...
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Peru’s Castillo names moderate leftist as finance minister in olive branch to markets
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's Pedro Castillo appointed moderate economist Pedro Francke as finance minister late on Friday, an...
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Peru’s Castillo names far-left PM; no finance minister in cabinet
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian President Pedro Castillo named Guido Bellido, a member of his Marxist...
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Peru’s Castillo, in first speech as president, pledges to heal colonial wounds
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) -Pedro Castillo on Wednesday said Peru's colonial wounds still ran deep and...
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Peru’s Castillo shuns palatial ‘House of Pizarro’ in break from colonial past
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's new President Pedro Castillo, a champion of the rural poor,...
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Peasant roots to president: the unlikely rise of Peru’s Pedro Castillo
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA/CHUGUR, Peru (Reuters) - As a boy in Peru's rural north, Pedro Castillo would...
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Blast in German industrial park kills two, several missing
BERLIN (Reuters) -An explosion in a German industrial park on Tuesday killed at least two people and injured 31, setting...
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Peru opposition to lead Congress in setback for socialist Castillo
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -An opposition-led alliance won a vote on Monday to lead Peru's Congress, a setback for...
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Peru arrests state hospital workers for charging COVID-19 patients $21,000 per bed
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Wednesday they had dismantled an alleged criminal ring that had charged as much...
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Americas are facing pandemic of the unvaccinated, PAHO says
By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - The Americas are facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated, the Pan American Health...
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‘Change is coming’: Peru’s Castillo faces a divided nation after election battle
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's Pedro Castillo has won a long and tense presidential election battle. Now he needs...
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Peru electoral authority on cusp of confirming new president, scraps last Fujimori appeals
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's electoral authority said on Monday it will announce a winner of the country's...
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Peru’s Castillo strengthens ties with China, asks for faster vaccine supply
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Socialist Pedro Castillo, who hopes to be confirmed as the next president of Peru,...
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Peru’s Castillo set to be confirmed election winner as right-wing challenge founders
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - A bid by conservative Keiko Fujimori to flip the result of Peru's June 6...
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