The Amazon
Peru: Amazon highway at issue in Toledo scandal
The Inter-Oceanic Highway, long a focus of protest in Peru's Amazon, is at issue in the corruption scandal implicating ex-president Alejandro Toledo.
Tag: Cuzco
The Andes
APEC summit: Peru moves closer to China
At the APEC the summit in Lima, China and Peru signed a series of bilateral agreements to advance "free trade" and cooperation in the mineral and resource sectors.
The Andes
Peru: heir to Tupac Amaru II comes forward
A descendant of Túpac Amaru II attended commemorations in Cuzco, marking 236 years since the claimant to the Inca throne launched his indigenous uprising.
The Andes
Peru: privatization of archaeological sites seen
Public sector workers in Cuzco held a rally in the historic city to protest plans by Peru's government to allow private administration of cultural and archaeological sites.
The Andes
Peru: rural mayor killed in jungle unrest
The mayor of a jungle pueblo was among three killed in clashes during a general strike related to the Camisea gas pipeline in Peru's Convención Valley.
The Andes
Peru: deadly repression of pipeline protests
A 16-year-old protester was shot dead by National Police troops at Santa Teresa village in Cuzco region, during a protest against construction of a gas pipeline through local lands.
The Amazon
Ethnic cleansing on Peru’s jungle border
Highly vulnerable "uncontacted" indigenous bands who recently emerged in the Brazil-Peru border region told neighboring tribes that they were fleeing violent attacks in Peru.
The Amazon
Peru to move ahead with Camisea gas expansion?
Peru plans to move forward with the controversial expansion of the Camisea gas project in the rainforest of Cuzco region, over the protests of local indigenous peoples.
The Andes
Cuzco: unrest over water mega-diversion
National Police clashed with villagers at Espinar province in Cuzco, as residents declared a "war footing" to halt construction of the Majes Siguas II irrigation mega-project.
The Andes
Peru: student protests rock Cuzco
Riot police clashed with student protesters in Cuzco opposing a proposed education law they call a step towards privatizion of Peru’s national university system.
The Andes
Peru: disappearing glacier sounds climate alarm
A new study published in Science finds that the critical Quelccaya Ice Cap in the Peruvian Andes has shrunk to it smallest extent since the end of the last Ice Age.
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Peru: radio station closed in conflicted Espinar
Radio Espinar, the local transmitter in Espinar province of Peru’s Cuzco region, charges that its license was revoked as retaliation for its coverage of anti-mining protests.