Peru not to suspend traditional military parade

LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra

The Health Care Director of the Ministry of Health, Luis Miguel Leon, said that authorities will not suspend the traditional military parade for the Independence Celebrations, even taking into account the increasing spread of AH1N1 in Peru and especially in Lima.

On the other hand, Meliton Arca, Deputy minister of Health, said that at the moment public activities have not been suspended yet, because they don't want to create panic among the population.

However, people showing symptoms of influenza, or in contact with influenza patients, should sstay home and not attend any of these public activities.

“We have taken all the necessary and recommended measures. To suspend or not other public activities is not a decision to be taken immediately, "he said.

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# Carlos Benavides says :
16 July, 2009 [ 18:23 ]

VIVA EL PERU CARAJO!

# Jim says :
16 July, 2009 [ 20:50 ]

okay mate...
relax.

# Carlos Benavides says :
17 July, 2009 [ 01:15 ]

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# Oliver says :
17 July, 2009 [ 01:47 ]

I've heard that this is when they will make the announcements of the military purchases. Cant wait.

# Carlos Benavides says :
17 July, 2009 [ 02:44 ]

PERU: No Crisis for Arms Purchases
By Ángel Páez

LIMA, Jan 9 (IPS) - The global economic crisis apparently has not affected the Peruvian government’s plan to modernise the armed forces, which is to cost 650 million dollars from here to 2011.

The Peruvian army recently signed a 25 million dollar contract with Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport for 244 Kornet long-range anti-tank missiles to replace the Soviet-made Malyutka missiles acquired by Peru’s military dictatorship in the 1970s.

Defence Ministry and army sources confirmed to IPS that a 48 million dollar purchase of another 244 Spike long-range anti-tank missiles, super-modern weapons manufactured by the Israel-based Rafael Advanced Systems, has also been approved, but not signed.

But the army’s decision to purchase two different kinds of the same weapon, the Russian-made Kornet and the Israeli Spike - the second of which costs nearly double - drew the attention of the Comptroller General’s Office.

Although army specialists recommended the purchase of just one kind of long-range anti-tank missile, controversial former army chief General Edwin Donayre (2007-2008) insisted that the Spike missiles should be considered because Chile has them.

(Relations between Chile and Peru have been marred by a 120-year dispute dating back to the 1879-1883 War of the Pacific, in which Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia and annexed the former Peruvian province of Tarapacá and the former Bolivian province of Antofagasta.)

Donayre even invited representatives of Rafael Advanced Systems to give the joint chiefs of staff an exhibition on the Spike missiles, a privilege that no other firm enjoyed. He also posed for photos holding a Spike missile launcher on his shoulder at a fair that he organised at the army commander’s headquarters.

"We asked the military institutions for complete information on the procurement processes," sources at the Comptroller General’s Office told IPS. "When it comes to oversight and monitoring, secrets are never justified.

"Experience has shown us that where something has been kept secret, we must intervene, for prevention purposes. The recent past has made it clear to us that there is corruption in secret purchases," the sources said.

The official web site (http://www.mef.gob.pe/DGPM/snipnet.php) of the National Public Investment System (SNIP), an Economy Ministry agency that evaluates public spending projects, should provide details of state spending and a description of goods and services to be purchased or hired, but omits information on armed forces procurements.

The Defence Ministry sources argued that, at the request of the armed forces, which invoked national security, no information is provided on purchases by the army, the navy or the air force.

Ironically, to justify keeping military purchases secret, the Defence Ministry cited the Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information, which stipulates that public bodies must account for their actions, especially in the case of procurements, but has a clause that allows for exceptions based on "national security concerns."

However, the Comptroller-General’s Office has informed the Defence Ministry that what is kept secret in such cases are the details of what is being purchased, not the procurement process itself.

The regime of Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) took advantage of state secrecy laws to conceal the purchase of more than 1.5 billion dollars in military equipment.

In the last few months, the government of Alan García has taken steps to facilitate military purchases. For example, the central bank granted the Defence Ministry a 258 million dollar loan, and SNIP authorised the purchase and contracting of nearly 452 million dollars in goods and services by the armed forces.

"The purchase of the Kornet and Spike missiles is a response to the acquisition of Leopard II tanks by Chile," army sources told IPS. "Here in Peru we don’t have a budget as big as that of our southern neighbour, to make such large purchases."

However, SNIP approved a 157 million dollar purchase to replace T-55 Soviet-made tanks with T-72M1 tanks, expected to be carried out before García’s term ends in July 2011.

According to the army sources, short and long-range anti-tank missiles are to be acquired this year, along with 10,000 assault rifles, a satellite communications system, and artillery and air defence equipment.

The navy plans to complete the purchase of eight Sea King helicopters, two used Italian frigates, and four Newport class tank landing ships, for a total of 110 million dollars.

In the case of the air force, the governments of Peru and Russia signed an agreement in November for the installation of a technical centre in Lima for the maintenance and overhaul of Russian helicopters like the Mi-8, Mi-17 and Mi-26.

This year, the process of upgrading the air force’s MiG-29 planes will begin, and the possibility of purchasing Sukhoi-27 planes will be studied. (END/2009)
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45349

# Carlos Benavides says :
17 July, 2009 [ 02:54 ]

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# Joe says :
17 July, 2009 [ 06:15 ]

Carlos Benavides the wannabe whinny revolutionary, why don't you just go start your own website and spew your garbage there? Or get a soap box and find yourself a cozy little street corner. Maybe even start your own fan club. Leave us alone here. The majority here are not interested in your crap. 

Your're just an ignorant, inconsiderate, disrespectful, selfish little cry baby. It's narrow minded senseless idiots like you that need to open your mind. You truly don't realize how stupid you portary yourself to be.

How easy it is to cut and paste useless commie propaganda. What amazing talent that must take. I am amazed at your ability. Impressed. Well, I could easily do the same with anti communist links and paragraghs that historically prove and document that communism and nationalism sucks, but I'm not going to waste my time. I've wasted enough as it is.

Why don't you just go move to one of your idolized countries that you've mentioned in your other postings like Cuba or North Korea to name a few. Or maybe just go deep kiss Hugo's ass, it's a lot closer.

# Tenzin Gyatso says :
17 July, 2009 [ 09:25 ]

I really dislike military parades and I am Peruvian and proud, but I guess I look at it from as foreigner's perspective as I don't live there.  Maybe if I lived in Peru my opinion might be different but no, I don't think so.  It is embarrasing particularly when they force little kids to goose step for hours.  Peru is not Iran. Come on grow up.

# Carlos Benavides says :
17 July, 2009 [ 10:04 ]

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# c.schmidt says :
17 July, 2009 [ 14:15 ]

In times of H1N5  were the flue justs start to spread I hardly can understand that they tend to make parades-first objective is to avoid flue spread and to protect live especially by having facts on the desk that youngsters are among most affected. Besides of that- the costs- POB made town turn from 9 into 2 percent this year and until economic recovery there will pass by at least one year more- therefore my proposal – no tribunas, no expensive marches! what is going on here- the most normal thing is to avoid parades or ANY BIG
PUBLIC EVENT WHERE MASSES OF PEOPLE ARE ON THE STREET -
  where people might be sick ,avoiding any meeting what is avoidable, using videoconference (therefore it was invented-alos to cut expenses)

Many perons with comon sence might also think- in times like this after we see recently a new gabinet - where we had in 3 years 3 diffrent prime ministers -with all what happened- may be just may be a short tv speach on tv would be just fine. 
I dont doubt it- among mister Garcias assement there must be some persons who might think same.
Masks for kids or on bust stations should be obligation,
, same as in public office, in places of high people frequency, may be even in public transport,   -even they might evaluate if it makes sence to cut vacation trips from youngster in the province - because flue will get into areas where is lot of desnutricion- and this people cant afford treatment or good care.
I think it is  better to spend a few pennies in a mask than a lot of money in cure- for many sick people which I fear  Peru cant afford if numbers are raising up sharply.   

# Carlos Benavides says :
17 July, 2009 [ 14:48 ]

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# Oliver says :
17 July, 2009 [ 23:25 ]

I am sick of some idiot spamming my inbox everyday.

# Carlos Benavides says :
18 July, 2009 [ 01:07 ]

Viva Peru Carajo

# Carlos Benavides says :
18 July, 2009 [ 01:17 ]

PERU: No Crisis for Arms Purchases
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45349

# Carlos Benavides says :
18 July, 2009 [ 01:48 ]

Peru has bought T72 Tanks.
http://www.military-today.com/tanks/t72.htm

http://defensaperu.blogspot.com/2007/10/t-72-en-peru.html

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=140372



These are cool Peruvian Military Parade Video Links:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xUMWh7t69s&feature=PlayList&p=459D51F4D29EC451&playnext=1&p
laynext_from=PL&index=22

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVMXFjZgfxE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7iTof6N84c&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6_m6NS3WC8&feature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHgvktphXRY&feature=related

# Carlos Benavides says :
18 July, 2009 [ 01:53 ]

ALBA: Latin America's anti-imperialist economic project
http://21stcenturysocialism.com/article/alba_latin_americas_anti-imperialist_economic_project_01110.html

# Carlos Benavides says :
19 July, 2009 [ 04:19 ]

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19 July, 2009 [ 04:20 ]

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# Carlos Benavides says :
21 July, 2009 [ 03:39 ]

Peru Military Parade Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-1WaPhKbBs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HiQzfX5NLE&feature=fvw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNEjorFsSC4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o6T-tBZo68&feature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVMXFjZgfxE&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7iTof6N84c&feature=channel


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Ef50O-nqI&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ9zadfgvXs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6uB6ru0YF8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWs5ZGdlp_8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk8NIwx5B7c&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elG1yf9F2iE&feature=channel_page


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaPXxTEYcZ8&feature=channel


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZWNVhVlM1k&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRhERuerAos&feature=channel


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IREHqWSVTjI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbysFWA5f_Y&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKsQwEcBcR4&feature=related



VIVA EL PERU CARAJO!

# Carlos Benavides- Mato chilenos JAJAJA says :
18 August, 2009 [ 16:52 ]

I enjoy Peruvian Military Parades. And I am  truly glad Peru is buying more weapons . Viva El Peru Carajo. Truly proud to be Peruvian.

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