Peru

APEC-host Peru to push corporate social responsibility at summit

Bangkok - Peru plans to table the need for corporate social responsibility as a crucial element of globalization at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit to be hosted by Lima next November, Peru's deputy foreign minister said Thursday.

"If you are living in the Andes where you don't have electricity, education and health services and you have next door a very important international company that is making billions of dollars exploiting gold, silver and copper, that creates a social problem," noted Gonzalo Gutierrez Reinel during a visit to Bangkok.

Reinel, who is scheduled to meet Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag Friday, was in the Thai capital to discuss progress in establishing a full-fledged free trade agreement

Archaeologists unravel Peru’s mysterious mummy

Washington, July 19: A team of archaeologists is unraveling a mummy bundle found in Peru’s historic Huaura Valley.

48 police released by Peru mining demonstrators

48 police released by Peru mining demonstratorsLima  - Peruvian

70 police, general taken hostage in Peru mining protest

Lima - Demonstrators in southern Peru have taken about 70 police officers and a police general hostage and barricaded themselves in a cathedral in the city of Moquegua in their fight for a greater

At least 29 dead in Peru after bus plunges over cliff

Lima - At least 29 people were left dead in Peru after a passenger bus plunged over a cliff into a canyon south of the capital Lima, police said Wednesday.

Former Peruvian vice president disowned of family's millions

PeruLima  - Peruvian business magnate Felipe Tudela disinherited his son Francisco Tudela, a former Peruvi

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