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Peruvian Congress rejects president's bill to change constitution

Peru's Congress on Friday rejected a bill presented by President Pedro Castillo to call a referendum to change the constitution, a campaign promise he had made with the aim of boosting the state's role in the economy.

Reuters

WHO unveil 'sobering' statistics that show nearly 15 million people died due to Covid and its knock-on effects

Among the countries with the highest excess death rates are India, Russia, Indonesia, the USA, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru

Irish Mirror

Peru prosecutors to probe plagiarism claim against president

Peru’s prosecutor’s office has said it is investigating President Pedro Castillo and his wife for alleged plagiarism after a television station said an investigation showed the couple may have copied more than half the master’s thesis they co-authored

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Peru keeps emergency decree in place for now in conflict over mine

Peru pledged to review conditions around a major cooper mine but said it will not lift by Friday an emergency declaration temporarily suspending civil liberties in the area, a step demanded by indigenous protesters camped out at the mine, forcing its closure.

Reuters

Chile Claims Ecuador Had Ineligible Player in World Cup Qualifying

The Chilean soccer federation has called upon FIFA to investigate Ecuador, which could give Chile a chance at being granted a place in Qatar.

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Workers take to streets of Peruvian capital to call for end to mine standoff

Hundreds of workers from a massive copper mine took to the streets of Peru's capital on Tuesday, waving flags and chanting slogans that demand the government find a solution to a grinding conflict that has temporarily shuttered the project.

Reuters

'Dead' woman knocks on coffin at her own funeral stunning mourners

Rosa Isabel Cespedes Callaca, from Lambayque, Peru had been pronounced dead after a car crash but during her funeral she was heard to knock on the coffin and found to have signs of life

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Peruvian mine protesters reject talks until emergency order lifted

Peruvian indigenous communities occupying a key copper mine will agree to talks with officials and company representatives only if the government lifts its emergency order for the region, leaders of the groups told Reuters on Monday.

Reuters

Para shuttlers to train in Peru

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The Hindu

Jason Cummings hype continues as Australia boss urged to send Socceroos SOS to striker

Australia face crucial World Cup play-offs against the United Arab Emirates and then Peru if they win the semi-final.

Daily Record

China-owned Las Bambas fails to evict indigenous Peruvian community from mine

At least one protesting indigenous community continued on Friday to occupy MMG's Las Bambas copper mine in Peru as operations remained halted, the company and two community sources said, despite police operations to evict them.

Reuters

Peru's ruling party turns on Castillo; calls for president to step down in 2023

Peruvian lawmakers from the ruling Peru Libre party on Thursday presented a bill to cut President Pedro Castillo's presidential term from five to two years, with general elections set for 2023, an unprecedented setback from within his own ranks.

Reuters

Peru police carry out second day of evictions at halted Las Bambas mine

Peruvian police on Thursday are carrying out a second day of evictions at MMG's Las Bambas copper mine, seeking to remove a remaining indigenous community that had camped inside company property in a protest, a community adviser told Reuters.

Reuters

Peru govt declares state of emergency near MMG’s Las Bambas mine as stand-off continues

The Peruvian government on Wednesday declared a state of emergency near MMG Ltd's Las Bambas copper mine, where production has been halted for a week due to indigenous communities camped inside.

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Exclusive-China-owned Las Bambas mine weighs plan to evict protesting communities

Chinese-owned MMG Ltd's huge Las Bambas copper mine in Peru is considering a plan to evict indigenous communities that have camped on the property and forced a production halt, according to an executive and a document seen by Reuters.

Reuters

Peru government proposes referendum to redraft Constitution

Peru's Prime Minister Anibal Torres said on Monday the government will call for a referendum to propose redrafting the constitution.

The Independent UK

Seeking the right to euthanasia in Peru

Ana Estrada, a 45-year-old writer, poet and psychologist with a progressive muscular disease, is fighting for the right to die by euthanasia, writes Samantha Schmidt

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Police ID Maryland man shot in incident at Peru envoy's home

Authorities have identified the man who was shot and killed by U.S. Secret Service officers this past week at the Washington residence of Peru’s ambassador to the United States

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Prolonged Peru mine protest ends after dispatch of soldiers

Peru said on Friday a group of indigenous communities had lifted a protest against Southern Copper Corp's Cuajone copper mine that had forced a suspension of production for more than 50 days.

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Peru's Castillo renews unlikely push to redraft the constitution

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo said on Friday that he will seek to ask citizens in October whether they want to rewrite the country's market-friendly constitution, renewing a campaign promise that he had all but abandoned in office.

The Independent UK

Paintings, stone axes repatriated to Peru in LA ceremony

U.S. officials have repatriated 16 cultural items to the Peruvian government, including paintings, historical documents and stone axes

Reuters

Analysis-Peru's Castillo hardens stance on mining protests as economy stumbles

Peru's leftist President Pedro Castillo has signaled a tougher stance on protests against mining companies that are roiling the Andean nation, the world's second largest copper producer, mobilizing the army in a sharp tactical shift from a previous conciliatory approach.

Irish Mirror

Where is Michaella McCollum of the Peru Two now - from prison horror for drug smuggling to mother of twin boys

Michaella, now 28, is a single mother to adorable twin boys who are nearly four-years-old

Zenger

Crime And Punishment: Peru President Proposes Chemically Castrating Rapists After Girl, 3, Assaulted

Pedro Castillo made the announcement after a three-year-old girl was abducted and raped in the city of Chiclayo last week.

Reuters

Peru seeks to punish pedophile rapists with chemical castration

Peru's government will present a bill to allow for chemical castration as a penalty for raping a minor, Cabinet members told reporters on Wednesday, following national outrage over the rape of a 3-year-old girl.

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