Tag: Peru

The League of Conservation Voters plans to spend a "majority" of the $25 million it has raised for the November elections on its Senate ground game, largely by targeting 1.5 million "drop-off voters" who typically don't participate in midterm elections and tend to be younger, Hispanic and female. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

U.S. to make ‘significant’ climate fund pledge

Zack Colman · October 10, 2014 3:43 pm

2 Peru governor candidates win despite drug probes

Frank Bajak · October 6, 2014 6:37 pm

National Security

Cocaine cash is polluting Peruvian politics

Frank Bajak · October 4, 2014 4:19 pm

Rescue workers carry injured Spanish speleologist Cecilio Lopez after his rescue from inside the Inti Machay cave, in Leimebamba, Peru, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. Lopez, a well-known cave explorer, was hurt when he fell inside the Inti Machay cave, where he remained trapped underground for 12 days in Peru's remote Amazon region. (AP Photo/Mauricio Munoz)

Spaniard rescued after 12 days in Peru cave

Mauricio Munoz · October 1, 2014 12:42 pm

Red Alert Politics

Sen. John McCain to rookie CNN political commentator Jay Carney: ‘You don’t have the facts!’

Morgan Chalfant · September 11, 2014 2:51 pm

US returns 9 stolen Cabrera paintings to Peru

Washington Examiner · September 5, 2014 6:37 pm

Top South America hackers rattle Peru’s Cabinet

Frank Bajak · September 2, 2014 9:17 pm

Police carry blocks of seized cocaine as they present it to the press at a police base in Lima, Peru, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Police announced that they seized 7.6 tons of cocaine in the northern town of Trujillo on Aug. 26, and that it's the largest seizure of cocaine in Peru's history. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru police display record 7.7-ton cocaine haul

Washington Examiner · September 1, 2014 10:52 pm

In this photo provided by Peru's Interior Ministry, a police officer arranges blocks of cocaine for display to the press, in Trujillo Peru, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Peruvian police say they have seized at least 3.3 tons of cocaine, the year's biggest haul, hidden in a shipment of coal that was bound for Belgium and Spain. (AP Photo/Peru's Interior Ministry)

Peru police seize 3.3 tons of cocaine

Washington Examiner · August 27, 2014 3:31 am

In this Aug. 2, 2014 photo, Maria Torero, plays with a group of 175 cats with leukemia in her home in Lima, Peru. Torero says caring for cats with feline leukemia is her responsibility. Anybody else can care for healthy animals. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

AP PHOTOS: Peruvian nurse cares for 175 sick cats

Franklin Briceno · August 20, 2014 11:57 am

Patients of Larco Herrera Psychiatric Hospital march in their own Peruvian Independence Day parade through hospital grounds, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. The annual parade is organized ahead of Peru's official Independence Day celebrations on July 28. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Patriotic parade at big Peru psychiatric hospital

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 11:15 pm

FILE - In this May 14, 2013 file photo, the open-pit Antamina mine in San Marcos, Peru, is partially illuminated on a cloudy day. A new law enacted July 11 by President Ollanta Humala, weakens environmental protections in the Andean nation as it prepares to host international climate-control talks. At the same time, it re-establishes tax breaks for big mining multinationals, which already enjoy such benefits as simultaneous, indefinite concessions for both exploration and exploitation as long as they make nominal payments. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Energy and Environment

New Peru law weakens environmental safeguards

Frank Bajak · July 20, 2014 4:02 am