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Yoder’s Ayden Desmond Commits to Peru State College for Baseball
Torrington Tigers’ baseball player Ayden Desmond has signed to play collegiately at Peru State College in Nebraska. Desmond has been limited by an injury and has not played much in the 2025 season. He has earned first-team all-conference honors...

Peru Congress approves amnesty for military accused of decades-old rights abuses
Peru’s President Dina Boluarte addresses the opening session of the third United Nations Ocean Conference.[AFP] Peru's Congress has approved a law granting amnesty to military, police and other forces prosecuted for rights violations committed...
Optimizing Risk Management in Customs Valuation: Virtual Forum on Practices and Tools held under SECO-WCO GTFP Phase II in Peru
The second activity under Phase II of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) took place in Peru on June 25, 2025. Held as a virtual forum, the event focused on Practices and Tools to Optimize Risk Management in Customs Valuation...

El Gobierno de Perú dijo que no ha autorizado invertir en tren interoceánico que planean Brasil y China
Por Jimena De La Quintana, CNN en Español El presidente del Consejo de Ministros de Perú, Eduardo Arana, dijo este miércoles que “por el momento” no han autorizado invertir en un corredor ferroviario que China y Brasil planean que conecte a los...

Peru: Illegal mining accounts for around 2.7% of GDP
He reported that 70,801 interventions have been carried out so far this year, targeting the transport of minerals and chemical inputs, leading to the seizure of 1,274,000 tons of chemical inputs and 10,555 tons of raw material containing minerals....
Mr Chaib signs the register of condolences at the Embassy of the Republic of Peru
Strohmyer Fills the Bill: Peru State Finance VP

Peru: PM urges informal miners to end forceful measure
At a press conference following the Council of Ministers session, he also stated that the Government "will not back down" from the decisions it has made regarding that sector. As is known, the closure of the mining formalization process was...

Mining delegation headed to Peru this fall
MICA-led event aims to strengthen mine-tech collaboration between Canada and Peru Sudbury's Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA) is leading a delegation to Peru this fall, making way for Canadian tech companies to strike new...

City of Peru Committee of a Whole met July 7
City of Peru Committee of a Whole met July 7 Here is the agenda provided by the committee: ROLL CALL 3:30 P.M. PUBLIC COMMENT MINUTES Committee of A Whole Minutes of June 23, 2025 PRESENTATION COMMITTEE DISCUSSION PUBLIC WORKS -Chairman, Alderman...

Peru: Government invests US$1 million in Beca Tec program for technical studies
The Head of State highlighted that this new scholarship program, launched at the Government Palace today, focuses on high-demand careers in the labor market, including networks and systems; mechanical, mining, and civil engineering; business...

L. Mesones (Expotextil Perú) on expanding outreach to buyers restricted by government policies
Peru seeks to position itself in international fashion beyond Pima cotton and alpaca. The next edition of ExpoTextil Peru, to be held from October 23 to 26, will go in search of international customers in a turbulent context due to the tariff war....

This Adorably Accurate Penguin Pot Was Made 1,600 Years Ago by the Nazca in Peru
The vessel in question. Credit: Art Institute of Chicago In a land where rain rarely falls and the desert stretches to the sea, a penguin once waddled into the imagination of an ancient people. More than 1,600 years ago, on the parched...

‘Leon de Peru’ reveals the hard times that forged a future pope
Y ahora el mundo lo baila así … /Porque el Papa es Peruano/Es chiclayano/El es el Papa León! If you were watching for white smoke on television back in May, you probably knew the identity of Peter’s next successor sooner than I did — and I was...

Peru's Congress weakens fight against organized crime, watch group says
Public trust in institutions in Peru continues to erode. According to polls conducted in June, only 4% of Peruvians approve of President Dina Boluarte’s performance. File Photo by Santiago Fernandez/EPA-EFE July 9 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch has...

Paysafe Launches PagoEfectivo Wallet In Peru
Paysafe, a leading payments platform, is expanding its presence in Peru by evolving PagoEfectivo, its locally successful eCash brand, into a digital wallet. The PagoEfectivo wallet, the brand’s first in Latin America, enables users to instantly...

‘World’s smallest volcano’ bubbling gases & sludge discovered by locals after bursting from the ground in Peru
A VOLCANO touted as the smallest in the world has been discovered - and it's shorter than a set of cricket stumps. Mysterious substances were found oozing out of the tiny geological formation in the city of Cusco, southern Peru. 6 A mound, touted...

Paysafe launches first Latin American digital wallet, expanding PagoEfectivo in Peru
New product offers code-based payments, P2P transfers and instant payouts as part of broader growth strategy. By Shaan Khan Key points: - PagoEfectivo wallet launched in Peru, offering users instant payments, transfers and code-based transactions...

Peru to maintain maximum daily capacity of 5,600 visitors at Machu Picchu
"We are working on conducting the capacity study, because since last year new routes have been implemented —something that did not exist in previous years— and this study will provide us with a new visitor limit, which will be made public in...

Peru and Angola highlight willingness to continue deepening friendship, cooperation ties
At the audience, both high-ranking officials discussed initiatives to strengthen political and diplomatic cooperation between the two countries. This event was held at the Foreign Affairs Ministry headquarters in the Peruvian capital, Lima....