America Peru While community protests against president Pedro Castillo took place in many cities around the world, in Trujillo and Lima several ex-congressmen and political figures were part of the manifestations demanding presidential resignation
America Peru After the first week in office, president Pedro Castillo has already received extreme backlash from the media; his economic measures in one week have caused downturns in the stock market and a significant depreciation of the currency
America Peru After the country's longest election count in 40 years, Pedro Castillo, a rural teacher whose supporters included the country's poor and rural areas, was officially declared president-elect
America Peru Azteca Comunicaciones, a subsidiary for the design, financing, operation and maintenance of the national fibre optic network, has seen its concession suspended after a series of unsuccessful initiatives
America Peru Seven more of the appeals by conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori against the result of the 6 June presidential election, which saw opponent Pedro Castillo slightly ahead, have been judged unfounded by the national elections jury
America Peru The Andean New Year was welcomed with the Inca Festival of the Sun, a traditional celebration for which, in the archaeological complex of Sacsayhuamán, 400 artists represented the Inca ruler, priests and the people who made up the empirepe
America Peru Biodiversity resources and ecosystem services contribute between 15% and 20% of the national GDP, as the government officially declared
America Peru Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Claudia Cornejo at FITUR 2021 affirmed the interaction between local communities and visitors is crucial to modern travel and will therefore promote smart tourism to revamp the appeal of the country
America Peru IFAD has invested US$1.6 million to work with community groups as they restore and conserve nearly 150 km2 of native forest, grasslands and high Andean wetland; downstream users remunerate the upstream rural populations who maintain them
America Peru Starting from this week, the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu will welcome 897 visitors per day (40% of its capacity), according to the new regulations for entry to archeological monuments in areas with very high alert
America Peru Having already won five times in this category, the country is seeking to become South America's Leading Cultural Destination 2021 at the World Travel Awards