Peru News » Amazona News Peru » Amazona » Politics: Peru election highlights lack of plans to tackle illegal mining despite growing environmental crisis
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peruvians head to the polls Sunday to elect a new president and Congress, but illegal mining — a major driver of deforestation and mercury pollution — has received little ...
News Peru » Amazona » Politics: Peru: Measures Proposed to Combat Illegal Economies in the Amazon
Illegal economies—such as illegal gold mining, drug trafficking, illegal logging, land trafficking, and human trafficking—present in the Peruvian Amazon ...
News Peru » Amazona » Politics: Can Peru Reboot Its Amazon Oil? Pollution Fallout and Local Opposition Loom
Can Peru Reboot Its Amazon Oil? Pollution Fallout and Local Opposition Loom By Alexander Villegas SANTA ROSA, Peru (Reuters) -Near a remote bend of the Patoyacu River in Peru's northern Amazon, Wilmer ...
News Peru » Amazona » Politics: Peru’s ongoing political instability leaves renewable energy transition in limbo
Globaldata expects Peru's renewable energy sector to face downside risk in the short to medium term amid prolonged political instability caused by a continuous change in the presidency and the ...
News Peru » Amazona » Politics: Mining investors jittery about politics in Peru as vote count drags on, analysts say
Delayed vote count in Peru raises investor concerns Investors leery of mining policies of leftist candidate Sanchez Analysts expect minimal election impact on mining sector High copper prices still ...
News Peru » Amazona » Politics: Peru’s political establishment lines up behind unelected far-right government
Protest against Jose Jeri. The sign on the left reads "Jose Puppeti, I did not elect thee, Down with the Congressional Mafia" [Photo by QM Keen / CC BY-SA 4.0] Amid a wave of mass protests against ...
News Peru » Amazona » Politics: Peru holds presidential election amid decade of political tumult
Lima, Peru – On Tuesday, from a balcony in Lima's historic San Martin Square, Ricardo Belmont — who, at 80, is Peru's oldest presidential hopeful — closed his campaign with a message to his supporters ...
News Peru » Amazona » Politics: Mining Investors Jittery About Politics in Peru as Vote Count Drags On, Analysts Say
Mining Investors Jittery About Politics in Peru as Vote Count Drags On, Analysts Say By Marco Aquino LIMA, April 21 (Reuters) - Investors in Peru's copper and gold mines are worried about the ...