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Peru cracks down on junk food in schools
Peru’s president signed a new law Thursday designed to reduce child obesity by encouraging healthier eating habits in schools. The law regulates advertising for fatty foods and fizzy soft drinks in schools, the first step in a plan to ban some junk food altogether. Business groups, worried about their revenue,…
Peru’s engineers ‘make’ their own drinkable water in response to shortages outside of Lima
The message emblazoned on a billboard outside the Peruvian capital sounds almost too good to be true: drinkable water for anyone who wants some in this arid village. Even more intriguingly, the fresh, pure water on offer along a busy road in this dusty town some 90 kilometers (55 miles)…
Allegedly corrupt Israeli judge extradicted from Peru after 7 years on the run
A former Israeli judge wanted by Israel on fraud charges arrived back in the Jewish state on Sunday to face trial after he was extradited from his refuge in Peru, officials said. A police spokesman said that Dan Cohen, who fled to Lima in 2005, was arrested on arrival at…
Ayahuasca-drinking shamans in Peru give Obama the win
LIMA — Using maracas, coca leaves and a hallucinogenic brew, shamans in Peru got down to business Monday using pre-Columbian traditional ceremonies to pick a winner in the US presidential race. “The apus (gods of the hills in indigenous mythology) tell us (Barack) Obama will be reelected,” predicted Juan Osco,…
Cocaine-hub Peru emerges as massive U.S. dollar counterfeiting capital
Peru, one of Latin America’s fast-growing economies and a hub of the global cocaine trade, has emerged as a producer of counterfeit US dollars being used both abroad and at home. Counterfeiting has grown large and fast enough that US authorities call Peru one of Latin America’s worst offenders when…
Ancient relics discovered in Peru: report
Archeologists in Peru have discovered a sundial, an underground tunnel and a reception room in a complex dating back to the Wari civilization, El Comercio newspaper reported Sunday. One of the relics is believed to be a precursor to an Incan sundial, while 18 niches painted in white on the walls may have held ancestral mummies, Joseph Ochatoma, leading the…
Thousands of shellfish found dead in Peru, Pacific ‘warming’ cited as cause
Thousands of crustaceans were found dead off the coast of Lima following the mystery mass death of dolphins and pelicans, the Peruvian Navy said Friday. The cause of death is under investigation, said Industry and Fishing Minister Gladys Triveno, warning that “it would be premature to give a reason for…
‘Natural causes’ blamed for Peru dolphin deaths
LIMA — Nearly 900 dolphins that washed up along Peru’s northern coast since the start of the year died of natural causes, a top official said Tuesday, citing a government report. Environmental groups, however, remained unconvinced and said they were certain the massive dolphin die-off was linked to offshore oil…
‘Corporate responsibility’ firm lied about presence of indigenous Amazonian tribe while working for oil company in Peru
An environmental consultancy working for an oil company withheld evidence of an “uncontacted tribe” where the company is operating in Peru’s Amazon, a leaked report obtained by the Guardian reveals. The leak is acutely embarrassing for Perenco, based in London and Paris, because it has consistently claimed there is no…
Peru investigates deaths of almost 900 dolphins
LIMA — Officials in Peru said Thursday they are investigating what caused the deaths of nearly 900 dolphins that have washed up on its northern coast over the past four months. Authorities said they suspect a virus may be responsible, but are awaiting test results to know whether they can…
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