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Peru government backs away from Suez gas pipeline

Peru's government said on Friday that it would prioritize the construction of a natural gas pipeline in the Andes, instead of one along its Pacific coast that is being pushed by France's Suez Energy. Suez has told the government it would invest around $800 million building a pipeline from Peru's Camisea field. (Reuters - click here to read complete article)


The Next to Notch an Upgrade?

The next country in line to receive an upgrade on its sovereign rating could be Peru. "That's the one that everybody is focused on," says Joyce Chang, global head of emerging-markets strategy at J.P. Morgan Chase. Fitch Ratings has already judged Peru's external debt to be investment grade, but its larger counterparts, Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service, have yet to follow suit. An S&P analyst said in April it may upgrade Peru to investment-grade status later this year. (The Wall Street Journal - click here to read complete article by Joanna Slater)


Peter Mandelson, European Trade Commissioner, pins hopes on Peru talks

Peter Mandelson is looking to a meeting between leaders of the European Union and Latin America in Peru this week to help to break the two-year deadlock in the Doha Round of international trade liberalisation talks. Speaking before the negotiations scheduled for Friday in Lima, the European Trade Commissioner said: “I hope we can use the meeting to give new momentum to the Doha talks in Geneva. (Times Online - click here to read complete article by Rory Watson)


Sunnyside Senior Project Helping Students In Peru

Yakima -- It's more than just fulfilling his high school graduation requirement Adrian's working on a project he's now made a personal mission. Adrian Chacon, helping students in Peru says, "The mother's hugging their babies and stuff like that, people dead on the streets that's what really moved me to do this senior project." He's putting together bags filled with school supplies. Everything from notebooks, pencils, pens, sharpeners, scissors and erasers. (kimatv - click here to read complete article by Sade Malloy)


Peru's Miranda wins Tunica Challenger

Two years ago, Ivan Miranda's professional tennis career hit bottom. At age 26, the grueling practices, the constant travel and the mounting expenses had taken their toll and, in the process, drained the enthusiasm from the Lima, Peru, native. His world ranking, which had reached a career-best 104 in July 2003, had fallen to 553. (Commercial Appeal - click here to read complete article by Phil Stukenborg)