27.5% of Peru’s population lives in poverty
This represents 27.5% of the country's total population and represents a percentage 1.5 points higher than in 2021 and 7.3...
May 12, 2023Section
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Peru keeps its interest rate at 7.75% for the fifth consecutive time
Peru continues to stand out from the regional trend: although it keeps the door open to its monetary upward cycle,...
May 12, 2023
Peruvian copper production increases by 11.2 % in first quarter 2023
Copper production in Peru increased 11.2 percent in the first quarter of 2023 after adding the 14 percent it reached...
May 12, 2023
Peru’s non-traditional exports grow 7.2 % in the first quarter of 2023
Exports of non-traditional goods from Peru increased 7.2 percent between January and March of this year after totaling 4,661 million...
May 11, 2023
Boluarte meets with UN rapporteur to report on protests in Peru
The President of Peru, Dina Boluarte, met this Monday with the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful...
May 9, 2023
Fire in a mine leaves 27 missing in Peru
A fire in a mine located in the province of Condesuyos, in the region of Arequipa, has left 27 people...
May 7, 2023
Most foreigners in Peru have irregular immigration status
More than half of Peru's 1.5 million foreigners, most of them from Venezuela, are in the country with irregular immigration...
May 4, 2023
Peru begins evaluation of human rights report on protests
The Government of Peru has initiated a process of evaluating the report released by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights...
May 4, 2023
Peru accumulates inflation of 2.66 % as of April 2023
Peru's Consumer Price Index registered an increase of 0.55 percent in April, bringing the country's inflation to 2.66 percent in...
May 2, 2023