Tag: Peru

Sweden returns pre-Incan funeral shroud to Peru

Franklin Briceno · June 16, 2014 11:30 pm

Injured sea lion set free off Peruvian coast

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 1:02 am

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2013, file photo, photo, Ancash Gov. Cesar Alvarez talks on his cell phone in Lima, Peru. A Peruvian judge ordered the arrest of Alvarez, Thursday May 15, 2014, on murder charges in the March gangland-style slaying of a political rival who had accused him of running a corrupt, violent mini-dictatorship in a rich mining state. (AP Photo/Edwin Julca, File)

Peru governor faces arrest on murder charges

Frank Bajak · May 16, 2014 12:45 am

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2010, file photo, Peru's Amazon leader Alberto Pizango looks on during an act after announcing his candidacy for Peru's 2011 presidential elections in Lima, Peru. Pizango and 52 others went on trial Wednesday in the killing of a dozen police officers after security forces fired on protesters opposed to plans to open the Amazon to widespread logging and oil drilling. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Peru Indian leader on trial for highway massacre

Franklin Briceno · May 15, 2014 1:41 am

Peru lawyer: jailed Van der Sloot to be a father

Franklin Briceno · May 14, 2014 5:01 pm

Energy and Environment

Protesters occupy remote oilfield in Peru

Washington Examiner · April 25, 2014 4:01 am

FILE - This Sept. 13, 2013 aerial file photo shows tailings produced by informal mining in Peru's Madre de Dios region. A study of mercury contamination from rampant informal gold mining in Peru's Amazon says indigenous people who get their protein mostly from fish are the most affected, particularly their children. The clock has run out for an estimated 40,000 illegal gold miners who had until Saturday to legalize their status in a region of southeastern Peru where fortune-seekers have ravaged rainforests and contaminated rivers. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

Deadline lapses in Peru for illegal gold miners

Franklin Briceno · April 19, 2014 6:13 pm

FILE - In this April 20, 2006, file photo, a group of Alpacas run while the Ubinas Volcano, background, 760 kilometers (470 miles) southeast of the capital of Lima, Peru, spews acid-laden ash and vapors. Peruvian authorities have orderedtheis Thursday April 17, 2014, the preventative evacuation of 4,000 people living near the Ubinas volcano, which has been spouting ash clouds up two miles high. (AP Photo, File)

Peru volcano prompts evacuation of 4,000

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2014 7:02 pm

Inmates rock Peru prison with ‘Superstar

Associated Press · April 16, 2014 7:43 pm

GlencoreXstrata selling Peruvian mine for $5.85B

Washington Examiner · April 14, 2014 6:35 am

18 wounded in clash over wildcat mining in Peru

Washington Examiner · April 3, 2014 11:25 pm

Peru’s ex-President Fujimori has stroke, is stable

Franklin Briceno · March 14, 2014 8:10 pm