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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.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Peru's President Alan Garcia accepts the government's resignation over alleged bribes for oil contracts.
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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,...
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Raw Story (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
The Peruvian government has stepped down over a continuing scandal about the allocation of oil concessions...
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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.
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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
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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...
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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...
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Saturday, October 11, 2008 : President accepts mass resignation in effort to tackle corruption allegations.
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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!
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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...