Inventor Eduardo Gold has embarked on an ambitious idea to coat a mountain summit in white paint in an experiment to see the effect on melting glaciers in the area. The work has already begun and Gold and his team of painters have received $200,000 through an environmental grant organisation to complete the project. The [...]
Monday last week was the first official meeting between the leaders of Peru and the US to discuss issues relating to trade between these countries. The white house was the venue for the talks that were specifically related to the bilateral free trade agreements between these two countries. President Obama congratulated the Peru President for [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew into Lima last Sunday to start talks with various leaders in Latin America on topics such as last year’s coup in Honduras, immigration policy, security issues and talks about the issues concerning Iran and other Middle East countries. This is not Clintons first visit to Latin America as the [...]
There has been a recent increase in the amount of Coca that is being cultivated in the tropical valleys surrounding Peru. The Andean drug trade is producing large amounts of Coca (a leaf that can be used to make cocaine) in very remote areas around Peru and current estimates of the amount of Coca being [...]
The southern mountain areas of Peru have received almost record amounts of rain which has cause massive mudslides around this area. Access to the popular tourist destination of Machu Picchu has been cut off now for several days by mudslides that have destroyed roads in and around this area as well as washing over and [...]