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Peru candidates neck-and-neck as presidential votes are counted

Partial results in Peru's presidential election give former World Bank executive Pedro Pablo Kuczynski a narrow lead.

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Interview: Peruvians expect security, reforms from next president

No matter who wins the presidential election, Peruvians want the next president to focus on improving public security and taking more reforms, said a Peruvian official on Friday.

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APEC Peru 2016 eyes quality growth, human development

uality growth and human development will be the theme of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit to be held here in November, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala said here Friday.

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Governments urged to attract private investment to boost infrastructure

​To boost infrastructure development, governments must provide far more detailed project plans and better regulatory frameworks to attract private investors, experts said here on Thursday.

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Most cancers among Peruvian women detected in advanced stages, says expert

Some 85 percent of cancer cases affecting Peruvian women are detected in already advanced stages, state news agency Andina reported Tuesday.

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Peru declares state of emergency in crime-riddled Amazon region

​Peru declared Thursday a 60-day state of emergency in its northern Amazonian region of Loreto, saying the area is overrun with drug trafficking and organized crimes.

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LatAm countries mark end of fighting in Gaza

Latin American countries, including Venezuela, Chile, Peru and Brazil, on Thursday marked the end of Israel's nearly two-month-long offensive in the Gaza Strip.

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Major quake hits central Peru

A 7-magnitude earthquake jolted a thinly-populated region of central Peru at 2321 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.