Peru’s Congress rejects attempt to impeach president amid Rolex scandal
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s Congress on Thursday voted twice against formally debating the launch of a process to impeach under-fire President Dina Boluarte, …
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s Congress on Thursday voted twice against formally debating the launch of a process to impeach under-fire President Dina Boluarte, …
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s GDP saw positive growth in November after six months in the red, the government said on Monday, beating analyst forecasts and …
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s inflation rate could converge to the central bank’s target sooner than expected, the head of the bank said on Wednesday, arguing …
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – To his supporters, former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori saved Peru from terrorism and economic collapse, while his critics see …
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – A dramatic and deadly attack on a gold mine in Peru on Saturday has thrown a spotlight on illegal …
(Reuters) – Peru’s central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 7.5% after holding the rate steady for eight …
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian police arrested an ex-prime minister on Tuesday for allegedly conspiring against the state and joining an attempted “coup” by ousted former …
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 0.31% in April compared with the same month last year, the government’s INEI statistics agency said …
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s inflation rate based on the metropolitan region of the capital Lima fell to 0.32% in May, government data showed on Thursday, …
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – In a country shaken by years of political volatility, Peru’s national currency has emerged as a mainstay of relative …
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President Dina Boluarte on Sunday swore in new ministers of justice, education, work and external trade in a surprise move in …
(Reuters) – Peru’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrunk 0.63% in February compared with the same month last year, the government’s INEI statistics agency said on …
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s congress rejected a motion on Tuesday from leftist lawmakers to launch impeachment hearings against President Dina Boluarte on charges …
(Reuters) – Peru’s gross domestic product contracted 1.12% in January compared with the same month a year before, official data showed on Wednesday, marking the …
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s economy slowed down for the second month in a row, missing forecasts for the last month of 2022, figures from the …
LIMA (Reuters) – Inflation in Peru will likely end January at a rate between 8.8% and 8.9% on an annual basis, the country’s minister of …
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s economy expanded 1.68% in November compared with the same month a year before, the national statistics institute (INEI) said on Sunday, …
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s Defense Minister Jorge Chavez on Thursday accused foreigners of stirring up protests with a view to encouraging separatism in the country’s …
LIMA (Reuters) – The Central Reserve Bank of Peru on Friday slightly reduced its economic growth projection for 2023 to 2.9% from 3.0%, according to …
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s economy expanded 2.01% in October compared with the year before, the government’s INEI statistics agency said on Thursday, accelerating its pace …
(Reuters) – Global ratings agency S&P Global cut Peru’s outlook to negative from stable, citing risks to the sovereign’s credit worthiness from a political standstill …
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s key economic and financial institutions remain resilient to political volatility, Moody’s analyst Jaime Reusche said Thursday after the country impeached and …
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – Ousted Peruvian leader Pedro Castillo has been detained in a police prison in Lima where another former president, Alberto …
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun TAPAIRIHUA, Peru (Reuters) – In the hills of Tapairihua in Peru’s Andes, Samuel Retamozo and other artisanal miners have …
(Reuters) -New Zealand’s dairy exporter Fonterra Co-operative Group said on Friday that it was selling its dairy operations in Chile to Peruvian firm Gloria Foods …
LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s economy expanded by 1.66% in September compared with the same month a year earlier, figures from the national statistics institute (INEI) showed …
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s central bank increased its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 7.25% on Thursday, as expected, the 16th consecutive hike …
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s economy expanded 1.41% in July compared with the year before, the government said on Thursday, feeling the effects of a slowdown …
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Castillo reshuffled his Cabinet for the second time in less than three weeks on Wednesday, as prosecutors continue investigations …
LIMA – Analysts and market participants in Peru raised their expectations for the Andean country’s 2022 inflation on Friday, a monthly central bank survey showed, …
By Marco Aquino LIMA – Peruvian mining executives who oversee some of the world’s largest copper mines are losing whatever slim thread of faith they …
By Marco Aquino LIMA – Even as Peru’s embattled president faces fresh corruption probes from prosecutors as well as an opposition-led Congress, some lawmakers are …
LIMA – Peru’s central bank raised the country’s benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 5.5% on Thursday, the eleventh consecutive hike, as authorities …
By Marco Aquino LIMA – Peru’s annual inflation rate hit 7.96% in April, its highest level in 24 years, as the copper-producing Andean nation grapples …
By Daniel Becerril and Miguel Lo Bianco LIMA -In the hilly slums of Peruvian capital Lima, soup kitchens struggle to feed some of the Andean …
LIMA -Peru’s inflation hit in March its highest level in more than two decades, the government said on Friday, driven by rising global fuel and …
By Marco Aquino LIMA -Peruvian President Pedro Castillo survived on Monday an impeachment vote in Congress that fell short of the votes needed to oust …