Peru Rewrites Electricity Grid Rules to Unstick Stalled Investment
Peru has changed its power-transmission rules to clear stalled projects and reassure investors, part of a push to modernise a...
July 13, 2026Section
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Peru Finally Issues Key Rules for Its Reformed Electricity Market
Peru electricity market reform advances as the government issues a long-delayed regulation under Law 32249, opening the grid to storage...
July 13, 2026
Peru Exports Jumped 40% in May, Led by Mining and Asian Demand
Peru exports jumped 40.1% in May 2026 to US$9.3 billion, led by mining and Asian demand, as copper and gold...
July 13, 2026
Peru’s Congress Votes on a Record ‘Supplementary Credit’ Budget Top-Up
Peru's Congress moves to a final vote on a record 9.6-billion-sol supplementary credit, over warnings from its own independent fiscal...
July 13, 2026
Peru Defends Its Toll Roads as a Court Weighs Scrapping the Charges
Peru toll roads defended by finance ministry, transport ministry, Ositrán and ProInversión as Constitutional Court weighs canceling a southern highway...
July 13, 2026
US Food Giant Rich’s Buys Viafoods, a Peruvian Ingredients Maker
US food multinational Rich's has bought Peruvian ingredients maker Viafoods, deepening its bet on a Peru economy drawing record private...
July 13, 2026
Peru’s Food Giant Grupo Gloria Confirms Paying Spain’s Ex-PM Zapatero €200,000
Grupo Gloria confirmed paying ex-Spanish PM Zapatero 200,000 euros to recover Bolivia's $296M unpaid expropriation debt. Spanish police allege influence-peddling.
July 13, 2026
Milei Joins Keiko Fujimori’s Inauguration on His Tour of the New Latin Right
Argentina's Milei will attend Keiko Fujimori's July 28 inauguration in Peru, part of a regional tour showcasing Latin America's rightward...
July 13, 2026
Peru Enlists Its Diplomats to Sell More Pisco Abroad
Peru's pisco exports hit $9.5M in 2025—20x the 2005 level—shipping to 40 markets as Chilean rivals drop 35%. The US...
July 12, 2026