Lima, Peru News

Editor's note: Jim Cornett has just returned from the Atacama Desert of Peru and Chile.

Scott Sayre told me Friday any pilot who claims to have logged hundreds of hours in the air without any "scary moments" is a liar.

Paul Haven has been appointed The Associated Press chief of bureau in Havana, Cuba, following three years of leading the cooperative's news operations in Spain and Portugal as Madrid bureau chief.Senior Managing Editor John Daniszewski made the announcement Friday.

Peru is not a country whose name we hear often in Turkey. In fact, many may not even be able to find it on the map.

ABB will supply electrical and automation solutions worth $25 million for an expansion of the Machu Picchu hydroelectric power plant east of Lima, Peru.

At last year's Star Spangled Spectacular Freedom 5K at Faurot Park, veteran runner T.J. Lentz pulled away from the pack late in the race, en route to a convincing win.

Lima , July 2 : In a new study, a team of scientists have determined that the success of the Inca was boosted by a period of global warming that lasted more than four centuries.

MR. KELLY: So let's start. Thank you for joining us for this conference call. We have two Senior Administration Officials with us today to discuss the current situation in Honduras and our bilateral and multilateral efforts in that situation.

Celebrating their first Canada Day party is the Sanchez family, from left, Elizabeth, mother Sonia, Julissa, Grecia and father Jose.

Name: Password: A People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals activist shows posters and raise their red-painted hands in a show of protest against bullfights, Monday Feb.

Earlier this month, dozens of Peruvian teenagers attended workshops conducted by College Francois-Xavier-Garneau students in a shanty town near Lima.

Molly Walker, right, poses for a photo with her host family in Peru in May. Walker was one of 18 Eagle Valley High School students who went on a 15-day trip to Peru to learn about the country and improve their Spanish.

With an ever-growing list of Latin America routes from low-cost carriers such as Frontier , JetBlue , and Spirit , it's easier and more affordable than ever to explore Central and South America.

Energy efficiency and renewable energy were the major focus of energy ministers and other government leaders from throughout the Americas in mid-June, as they converged on Lima, Peru, for the Americas Energy and Climate Symposium.

LIMA, Peru, JUNE 22, 2009 .- The president of the Peruvian episcopal conference welcomed signs of communication and collaboration between the government and indigenous populations in the Amazon.

A poll in Peru says President Alan Garcia's approval rating has fallen to its lowest level in 18 months, hurt by a June 5 clash between security forces and Amazonian Indian protesters that killed at least 33 people.

In a conciliatory move, Peru's government promised Amazon Indians on Monday to ask Congress to revoke decrees that native groups say would make it easier to exploit their lands for oil, gas and other development.

Friday, 19 June 2009, 1:29 pm Press Release: Amazon Watch Government Urged to Drop Criminal Charges Against Indigenous Leaders and Allow Independent Investigation into Violent Incidents in Bagua Lima, Peru – The Peruvian Congress voted today 82 – 12 to repeal two of nine contested laws in an attempt to end widespread indigenous ...

A top Indian leader has called off anti-government protests in Peru's Amazon after Congress revoked two decrees that indigenous groups believe would spur oil and gas development on their lands.

Lima, Peru; and Mexico City - Peru's Congress is trying to diffuse some of the worst violence the country has seen in a decade.