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January 2011
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December 2010
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November 2010
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- Peru’s minimum salary increased to S/. 600
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October 2010
- Food festival takes place Nov. 4-7 in Arequipa, Peru
- Aranwa opens five star hotel in Cusco, Peru
- New fish species discovered in deep Peru-Chile trench
- Black Eyed Peas greet Peru in video before Nov. concert
- Archaeologists find Inca funerary sites in Cusco, Peru
- Italian scientist claims find of geoglyphs near Lake Titicaca, Peru
- Anglo American resumes Michiquillay copper project in Peru
- Peru farming project named finalist in BBC-Newsweek competition
- Taca to offer daily Lima-Miami flights starting December
- Morgan Stanley opens its first office in Peru
- Orient Express to invest US $16 million in its sixth hotel in Peru
September 2010
- Peru: Apurimac and Cusco to work together in boosting tourism
- Peru has received US $9.15 billion from foreign tourists in four years
- Peru: Peruvian Airlines to serve Lima - Piura route beginning Oct. 29
- Peru: Flights between Lima and Cusco are back to normal
- Peru: Puno to host Golden Trout Derby at the Titicaca
- Peru: Air France to invest US $100 million in serving Paris-Lima routes
- Peru's Amazon river leads its category in New 7 Wonders contest
- Peru: Cusco - Machu Pucchu train services to be suspended due to strike in Espinar
- Hilton Hotels to enter Peru with a new hotel in Lima
- Peru to implement system to buy online admission tickets to Cusco attractions
- Archaeologists discover new Chachapoyas complex in northern Peru
- Larco Museum in Lima, Peru to relaunch on Sept. 22
- Peru: Cajamarca to launch Tourist Protection Network
- Peru: Cusco-Ollantaytambo trains suspended between Sept. 14-30
- Restaurants in Peru bill some US 1.5 billion in sales per year
- Peru congress votes for construction of road to Machu Picchu citadel
- Celebrating Peru’s cuisine, thousands attend Mistura food fest in Lima
- New wood-eating fish species discovered in Peru
August 2010
- Peru: Nasca aerodrome to be equipped with surveillance cameras
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July 2010
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June 2010
- Tourists celebrate San Juan party in Peru’s jungle
- Peru: Railway Cusco - Machu Picchu fully restored on July 1
- Peru: Cusco still waiting more people to attend the Inti Raymi
- Peru: Andean Railways to start operations in July.
May 2010
- INC-Cuzco to begin selling Machu Picchu entrance tickets online
- Peru to require $400 million annually for programs to mitigate climate change
- Latin America should follow Peru’s example for economic growth
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Strikers continue protests against Tía María mining project in Southern Peru
By LivinginPeru.com
(11/23/2010)Around 150 members of the Peruvian National Police used tear gas to break a blockade on the Panamerican Higway that started Monday by 300 protesters on strike, reported El Comercio.
Most of the protesters are from Chucarapi and Cocachacra, small towns in Arequipa, against the Tía María copper-mining project.
The strikers responded throwing rocks to the police forces.
Yesterday, at least 18 people were arrested and nice were injured in the violent claseh between police members, strikers, and even journalists who were hit by rocks on the head.
A group of protester blocked a segment of the Panamerican Highway near Chucarapi and set a bus on fire.
El Comercio’s correspondent, Carlos Zanabria, reported that another group of strikers sacked the offices of the Pro Cobre Civil Association, owned by Southern Peru mining company.
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