Peru

LIMA, April 28 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Peru’s Health Ministry (Minsa) issued an epidemiological alert in light of the growing number of Influenza A (H3N2) cases in Ayacucho, Piura, and Lima.

With the Ministry’s declaration, additional sanitary measures regarding detection and control of the disease can be implemented by the affected jurisdictions.

The authorities decided on the declaration after 22 cases of this virus and one death were reported in a Peruvian Army unit in South Lima, coupled with an increasing number of acute respiratory infections (ARI).

LIMA, April 18 (Reuters) - MMG Ltd's (1208.HK) Las Bambas copper mine in Peru has suspended operations after residents of a nearby community entered company property as part of a protest, Raul Jacob, the president of local mining chamber SNMPE, told reporters on Monday.

Las Bambas accounts for 2% of global copper supply and is the subject of recurring disruptions from impoverished nearby communities that are demanding higher financial contributions from the mine. The mine was forced to slow down operations earlier this year due to a road blockade.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s President Pedro Castillo imposed a tight curfew on the capital and the country’s main port in response to sometimes violent protects over rising prices of fuel and food.

Shortly before midnight, the president announced that people must largely stay in their homes all Tuesday, starting at 2 a.m., because of acts of violence, which had included four deaths over the past week, the burning of toll stations and small-scale looting.

LIMA, March 28 (Reuters) - Peruvian President Pedro Castillo is facing an impeachment vote in Congress that could see the center-left leader ousted just eight months after taking office, a result which would tip the world's no. 2 copper-producing nation into a fresh political crisis.

Castillo, a former teacher from a peasant farming family who shot to prominence when he narrowly won election last year, is set to face lawmakers in the unicameral legislature on Monday, ahead of a vote likely to take place after midnight.

LIMA, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Part of a hill collapsed in northern Peru on Tuesday, burying at least 60 homes, the government said, with harrowing images on social media showing whole apartment buildings being covered by the landslide.

While casualties are yet unknown, dozens of people are feared dead after a landslide buried multiple homes. The disaster occurred at around 8.30am local time and was believed to be a result of the heavy rain in the La Libertad region of Peru.

LIMA, March 13 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister Cesar Landa expressed to United States Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian Nichols, Peru’s interest in reaching an agreement for the non-lethal interdiction of illicit flights to combat drug trafficking.

The dignitaries met in Chile during the activities linked to the recent swearing-in of the hosting country’s President Gabriel Boric.

LIMA, Feb 21 (NNN-ANDINA) — The number of citizens infected with COVID-19 rose to 3,496,009 and the death toll reached 209,468 in Peru as of Feb 19 at 10 pm, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) has reported.

Within this framework, 4,067 cases were detected and 53 people passed away due to the virus on the analyzed day.

A total 23,473,698 samples tested negative for COVID-19 —out of a total of 26,969,707.

It must be noted that 3,514,048 people have been discharged and declared healthy. Other 2,683 were hospitalized.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Turmoil in Peru’s government boiled even more Friday as President Pedro Castillo announced plans for a fourth Cabinet shakeup in six months, moving just three days after the third overhaul of his ministers that was quickly followed by revelations that his newest prime minister once faced domestic violence allegations.

The president’s struggles this week have only added to earlier doubts raised about the political neophyte’s ability to lead a nation.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck northern Peru early Sunday, damaging some buildings and blocking several roads with rubble.

While the quake was extremely strong, it was relatively deep — measured at 112 kilometers (70 miles) — which usually reduces the possibility of damage and casualties.

The quake occurred at 5:52 a.m. (1052 GMT) and its epicenter was in the Amazon region, 42 kilometers (26 miles) north northwest of the city of Barranca. It had a magnitude of 7.5, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

LIMA, Nov 5 (NNN-TELESUR) — The plenary of the Peruvian Congress approved on Thursday the endorsement of the Ministerial Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Mirtha Vásquez, thus ratifying the appointment of the 19 ministers in their respective portfolios.

“With 68 votes in favor, 56 against and one abstention, the Congress grants the vote of confidence to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Mirtha Vásquez,” said the president of the parliament, María del Carmen Alva, after the plenary session concluded.