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Photo of the day | 21 May, 2008 [ 20:45 ]

Peru: Photo of the day - Minister of the Interior back at the stand

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Israel J. Ruiz

Peru's Minister of the Interior, Luis Alva Castro was called before congress again on Wednesday to explain the death of two farmers during protests in February. Police officers are being accused of having killed the two farmers with their rifles. Alva Castro assures that officers only had guns with rubber bullets.

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Photo of the day | 20 May, 2008 [ 18:00 ]

Peru: Photo of the day - The Inca Citadel is only the beginning

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Israel J. Ruiz

According to Fernando Astete, the director of Machu Picchu archaeological park, the famous Inca Citadel atop the mountain is only one of 196 complexes in the area. Furthermore, the director of the park explained that 40 percent of Machu Picchu consisted of Pre-Inca ruins. Astete affirmed that a great deal of the structures belonged to the Killke culture, which inhabited the region before the great Inca Empire was born. He added that the Inca Empire was built over the Killke's archaeological center.

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Photo of the day | 16 May, 2008 [ 20:15 ]

Peru: Photo of the day - Garcia and Bachelet enjoy lunch together

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Israel J. Ruiz

After taking the official group picture, EU-LAC leaders and delegates had lunch inside Peru's National Museum at 1:15 p.m. President Alan Garcia sat next to Chile's President Michelle Bachelet. It was reported that they had an extensive and pleasant conversation. President Garcia brought the summit to a close at 6:15 p.m. A press conference is to be held at 7:30 p.m. and the delegates will head to the government palace for dinner at 9 p.m.

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Photo of the day | 16 May, 2008 [ 11:30 ]

Peru: Spectacular fireworks display for EU-LAC delegates

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Israel J. Ruiz

Peru's government held a special ceremony Thursday evening at the Government Palace, accompanied by a spectacular fireworks show to welcome the delegates that had arrived to the Andean country for the 5th European Union, Latin American and Caribbean Summit. Angela Merkel, Germany's first female chancellor, and her group of delegates observed the light show from the Palace's Courtyard of Honor. Since the fireworks were launched from a nearby hill, they could be seen from different places in Peru's capital.

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Photo of the day | 14 May, 2008 [ 18:30 ]

Peru: Photo of the day - Illegal gun shop raided

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Israel J. Ruiz

National police in the northern city of Chiclayo raided a black market gun shop that modified and sold weapons to criminals. According to police, the gun shop had rifles, shotguns, pistols, ammunition and weapons of war, among others - all of which had had their serial numbers scraped off. Police chief Victor Ordinola Ruiz affirmed that the shop was an "armory for criminals".

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Photo of the day | 13 May, 2008 [ 17:30 ]

Peru: Photo of the day - People's Summit begins at UNI

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Israel J. Ruiz

The third annual "People's Summit" officially began today at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (UNI) in Lima. As world leaders are gathering for the 5th Annual EU-LAC summit, national authorities in Peru have gotten together for what has been dubbed the People's Summit. It was reported that several delegates that are to attend the EU-LAC summit will also be present at the People's Summit. Leaders from Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Cyprus are to attend this summit.

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Photo of the day | 12 May, 2008 [ 18:30 ]

Peru: Photo of the day - New motorcycles for the national police

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Israel J. Ruiz

Peru's Minister of the Interior, Luis Alva Castro, received 25 motorcycles on Monday donated to the national police by Interbank and Supermercados Peruanos, the operators of Vivanda and Plaza Vea. The new motorcycles will be added to the fleet of police vehicles that have been set aside to protect EU-LAC delegates. The donation of the 125cc-Honda Storms is valued at $31,000.

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Photo of the day | 9 May, 2008 [ 19:00 ]

Peru: Photo of the day - 180-passenger natural gas bus in Lima

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Israel J. Ruiz

Luis Castañeda, the mayor of Lima, happily got behind the wheel of one of the new natural gas buses that is to transport up to 180 passengers across Peru's capital. The mayor introduced three models of buses that will be circulating through Lima in another year. The buses have everything from reserved seating to flat screen televisions.

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Photo of the day | 8 May, 2008 [ 19:15 ]

Peru: Photo of the day - APEC delegates welcomed with parade

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Israel J. Ruiz

Over 1,500 delegates, which are to take part in APEC meetings in Arequipa, were received with joy and jubilee by the city's people. A colorful parade was held in honor of the representatives that would be attending meetings in the "White City". The mayor of the province of Arequipa, Simón Balbuena Marroquín, made sure to take part in the festivities and welcome the international representatives, who are representing 21 different countries around the world.

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Photo of the day | 7 May, 2008 [ 18:15 ]

Peru: Photo of the day - Underground bus station almost complete

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Israel J. Ruiz

Lima's Grand Central Bus Station is to be complete by the end of 2009 and will have 300 natural gas buses running through it, said Armando Molina, a representative of the Municipality of Lima. He explained that the project was 60 percent complete and estimated that the majority of the underground bus station itself would be complete by the end of September. It was announced that the park above the underground station, Paseo de los Héroes Navales, would be complete and opened to the public by the end of this month.

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