Peru

Peru's president reshuffling cabinet over scandal

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Alan Garcia fired his entire cabinet on Friday in an effort to deal with a widening corruption scandal that has caused the biggest crisis of his administration.

• Oil row brings down Peru cabinet - oil and energy news
• Peru president accepts resignation of Cabinet - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Oil row brings down Peru cabinet

BBC News (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

Peru's President Alan Garcia accepts the government's resignation over alleged bribes for oil contracts.

Peru rebels launch deadly ambush

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

At least 12 soldiers and four civilians are killed in an ambush by Shining Path rebels in Peru, the defence ministry says.

Departure of the President of Peru's Cabinet

Cuaderno Latinoamericano (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

Alan Garcia, the president of Peru, acquiesced to the resignation of his entire cabinet Friday. This in response to an oil kickbacks scandal. He did not nominate replacements. Audio conversations about kickbacks for directing government contracts to Norwegian oil company Discover Petroleum have been publicly aired, obviously affecting Garcia's government. Read more here .

Peru president accepts resignation of Cabinet

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

President Alan Garcia accepted the resignation of his entire Cabinet on Friday without naming replacements in response to an oil kickbacks scandal.

Violence in Peru

Cuaderno Latinoamericano (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

A Maoist-inspired narco-terrorist group in Peru, called, “Shining Path,” has attacked convoys of civilians and soldiers traveling through Peru’s southeast province. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, the terrorist organization tried to take control of the government, killing some 70,000 people in the process. When reports of an ensuing government suppression of these narco-terrorist groups was recently released,...

Oil row brings down Peru cabinet

Raw Story (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

The Peruvian government has stepped down over a continuing scandal about the allocation of oil concessions...

Peru says 14 killed in Shining Path attack

San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Shining Path rebels ambushed a column of military trucks in Peru's southeastern mountains with a bomb and gunfire, the military high command said Friday, killing 12 soldiers and two civilians in the deadliest rebel attack in years.

• Peru says 14 killed in Shining Path attack - kansascity.com
• Peru rebels launch deadly attack - Daily Express

Peru´s president accepts full cabinet resignation

Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Lima.– Peruvian President Alan Garcia accepted Friday the

Peru: 19 reported killed by Shining Path guerrillas

i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Shining Path guerrillas have reportedly killed 19 people in an ambush late Thursday. The Peruvian military says 12 soldiers and seven civilians, including a child, were killed in the attack in the southern Huancavelica province. Four military vehicles were also attacked as they returned to base in the mountainous region. Published by Mike Hitchen, Mike Hitchen Consulting

FM: Peru's political crisis will not affect APEC summit

People Daily (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

The current political crisis in Peru will not affect the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit next month in Lima, Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde said Friday. Peru's image had not been damaged by its recent political problems caused by a corruption scandal, Garcia Belaunde said. He added that his country had hosted many preliminary APEC meetings in different cities. "So, it...

Peru's Cabinet Ministers: All gone, bye bye

inca kola news (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

Well, President Twobreakfasts has done it in style; instead of picking or choosing a few sacrificial lambs, he's "accepted the resignation of" (read 'sacked') all of his ministers. From the good (Antonio Brack) to the bad (MiniMe, Alva Castro) to the indifferent (Valdivieso, Pinilla) , all of them have just been given more time to spend with their families. No word yet on who will replace the motley...

Scandal-hit Peru cabinet resigns

Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Saturday, October 11, 2008 : President accepts mass resignation in effort to tackle corruption allegations.

Peru: Yehude Simon is new cabinet chief

inca kola news (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Nice tie , Yehude Yep, you did hear it here first, folks. As reported by Otto last night at 10:30pm, Yehude Simon has just confirmed at a press conference that he is the new Cabinet Chief in the Twobreakfasts administration. Wanna know how Otto knew 12 hours before the rest of the English-speaking world? Not telling yas!

A Talk on Peru & Cuba 23 October 2008

Bristol Active Social Club (Free subscription) | yesterday

Does anyone fancy going to a talk about Peru & Cuba? It’s held in the Chemistry Department of Bristol University, off Woodland Road on 23rd October starting at 7 pm ending around 9 pm. The talk is sponsored by Explore! And Marco Polo Travel so leaves your cheque books and credit cards at home! I’ve been to a few before and found them quite entertaining. Admission is by advanced ticket only. Details...