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Floating Islands in Lake Titicaca are made totally of reeds - everything from the homes to the boats they use.

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On 7 February 2012, Oscar David Rodríguez Martínez, a writer for the newspaper "El Sol de los Andes" in Huancayo, was attacked by two individuals who took his documents and his cell phone.

It is engaged in the commercial investment, development and operation of hydropower projects.

It's a mystery. No one knows why more than 200 dolphins have washed up dead on beaches in Chiclayo, Peru.

Two youth exchange students from Lima, Peru, presented a Powerpoint program to the Pittsville Lions at their Feb.

LIMA, Peru - One of two remaining fugitive leaders of Peru's once-powerful Shining Path rebel group may have been wounded in combat in a remote coca-growing region, the government said Friday.

The Water March, that left Cajamarca on 1 February, is already approaching Lima, its final destination.

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Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Jose W. Fernandez will travel to Bogota, Colombia, and Lima, Peru, from February 13 to February 17, 2012.

MOL is to upgrade its Latin/South America ACW service from tomorrow by increasing reefer capacity to meet growing demand and adding an extra port call.

A new hydro-electric plant in Peru is expected to boost the country's agricultural exports by US$2 billion a year.

It takes both skill and courage to control huge locomotives laden with mineral ore as they wind up and down the Andes mountains - making Peru possibly the toughest country in the world to be a train driver.

On Jan. 28 in Lima, Peru, 27 people were killed and at least five others critically injured by a fire that swept through Christ is Love, a privately run drug rehabilitation facility.

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala speaks at a press conference during an official visit to Spain, at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on Jan.

To the Editor: Ilheus virus was first isolated from mosquitoes of the genera Ochlerotatus and Psorophora near Ilheus, Bahia, Brazil, in 1944 .

Euro-Solar, together with local partners, has installed solar panels in 600 villages in the eight poorest countries of Latin America, as part of a 36m euros EU-funded project.

NO REPORTER NARRATION Floodwaters ruined crops and spilled into homes on Monday as rivers overflowed their banks in various parts of Peru.

On Sunday night, Juan Castillo was at his home in Kitchener watching the Super Bowl with his 15-year-old stepson.