Peru Ombudsman’s Office recommends new law to improve quality of police force
Peru’s Ombudswoman, Beatriz Merino, published a report Friday, recommending a public policy for the police force, to eliminate bribery at police stations and stamp out mistreatment of the public. In...
View ArticlePuno Regional President accused of negligence in child deaths from cold
Peru has declared a state of emergency in the highland department of Puno, where 35 children have recently died from exposure to cold weather, and accused Regional President Hernán Fuentes of...
View ArticleNumber of social conflicts reaches year-high in June
Social conflicts in Peru have shot up from 132 in March 2008 to 273 this past month, daily El Comercio reported Wednesday. Of the 273 social conflicts tracked last month, more than half were related...
View ArticlePeru Interior Ministry to monitor social conflicts in collaboration with...
Nearly two months after the deadly Bagua clashes that left 34 dead and hundreds of people injured, Peru Interior Minister Octavio Salazar Miranda announced Wednesday the creation of a special office to...
View ArticlePeruvian Red Cross ships more than 50 tons of warm clothing and blankets to...
As part of its “Together against the Cold” Campaign, the Peruvian Red Cross has shipped more than 50 tons of warm clothing, blankets and medicine to 11,290 families throughout Peru’s southern...
View ArticleGrieving families bury dead massacred by Peruvian military at Putis
The remains of 92 people murdered and buried in a mass grave by the Peruvian military in 1984 were laid to rest Saturday, nearly 25 years after one of the worst military massacres occurred in the...
View ArticleCongress to hold second vote to approve new ombudsman on June 14
Peru’s Congress will hold another vote on Tuesday (June 14) to elect a new ombudsman, state news agency Andina reported the president of Congress, Cesar Zumaeta, as saying. The former dean of the Lima...
View ArticleEx-PM Merino Calls For Backing Humala As Allies Ditch President
Beatriz Merino, a well-respected public figure in Peru, said Tuesday that the population should back President Ollanta Humala and criticized anti-mining protest leaders with political interests, daily...
View ArticleCongress Summons Minister of Labor Following Airport Fit
Peru’s Congress is to summon Labor Minister Jose Villena this coming Tuesday, Dec. 11, to explain an incident over a week ago at the Arequipa airport, where he threw a fit and reportedly shoved an...
View ArticleCongress Aims to Decide on Ombudsman Head on Tuesday
Peru’s legislators hope to decide Tuesday who they will choose to lead the country’s national ombudsman’s office, the Defensoria del Pueblo, according to Congressman Michael Urtecho. The appointment of...
View ArticleHumala Holds Meetings with National Security Council and Business Leaders
President Ollanta Humala met with his National Security Council Monday, and with private business leaders on Tuesday, days before an international court is to rule on a maritime border dispute with...
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Four ex Premiers Seek Congressional Backing of Premier Jara
Threats by opposition parties to refuse to approve the new Premier and Cabinet have led former U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar and three other former Cabinet chiefs to sign a public...
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