Peruvian Central Bank maintains benchmark interest rate at 0.25%
The Board of Directors of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCR) decided to continue its expansionary monetary policy, maintaining...
February 12, 2021Topic
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Peru Reports Sharp Drop in 2020 Copper Production due to Pandemic
Peru’s copper production plunged 12.5% to 2.15 million tonnes in 2020, the country’s Energy and Mines Ministry said on Monday,...
February 8, 2021
Covid-19 Immunization in Peru to Begin Tuesday as Country Faces Second Wave
A first batch of 300,000 doses of vaccines from the Chinese laboratory Sinopharm will arrive in Peru this Sunday to...
February 7, 2021
Gold Rush in Peruvian Amazon Visible from Space
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this photograph of numerous gold prospecting pits in eastern Peru.
February 7, 2021
Peru Moves to Create Low-cost State-owned Air Carrier
The Transport Commission of the Peruvian Congress approved a law project that would allow the creation of a State airline,...
February 6, 2021
Peru Eliminates Parliamentary Immunity: Supreme Court Allowed to Prosecute Legislators
The Peruvian Congress approved on Thursday, February 4th, the elimination of parliamentary immunity, a privilege that has been considered by...
February 6, 2021
Peru Court Scraps Law Allowing Withdrawals from State-run Pension System
Peru’s Constitutional Court on Thursday, February 4th, tossed out a law that would have allowed the partial withdraw of savings...
February 4, 2021
Analysis: Payment Delays Due to Pandemic Put Peru’s Telcoms under Rising Pressure
NWhile Peru has been proactive against the pandemic, the economic cost has been high.
February 2, 2021
Peru’s Supreme Prosecutor Removed from Office for Misconduct
The National Justice Board (JNJ) dismissed Pedro Gonzalo Chavarry from the position of Supreme Prosecutor.
February 2, 2021