President Ollanta Humala sent a letter to his Argentine counterpart, President Cristina Fernandez, to provide support for her country’s efforts to regain control of the Falkland Islands, newspaper El Comercio reported. “I have the honor to write to your excellency to express the solidarity and support of the people and government of Peru for Argentina’s legitimate [...]
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President Ollanta Humala yesterday evening called for common sense and guaranteed water for the farmers of Cajamarca, while regional leaders in the northern highland department were deciding to continue the protest strike that aims to halt the development of the Conga gold mine. In the past week, Cajamarca leaders have been in Lima and the [...]
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President Ollanta Humala has awarded the Grand Cross of the Orden del Sol to Luis Bedoya Reyes, founder of the Partido Popular Cristiano, PPC, and a charismatic and iconic figure in center-right politics for the past 50 years. President Humala said the award had been given in recognition of Bedoya’s honesty, decency and defense of [...]
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President Ollanta Humala was back at the government palace Monday and the increasing noise of social protests, following his successful week in Hawaii at the 19th APEC Summit with other leaders of the 21 member countries of the Asia Pacific Economic Forum. Peru was recognized as one of the Asia Pacific basin’s three emerging economies, [...]
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President Ollanta Humala said Thursday that his government will support an investigation into alleged influence peddling by his second vice president, Omar Chehade. Humala, speaking during a broadcast press conference, said “the government backs the investigation in the Public Ministry. We salute that Congress… has taken immediate action regarding this topic.” When asked if he [...]
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President Ollanta Humala said late Tuesday in New York that he will not seek reelection following his five year term, which he just began less than two months ago. On Twitter, Humala said: “Not one day more. My oath to Peru and democracy was and is: No to reelection.” Humala’s comments followed a television interview [...]
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President Ollanta Humala is planning to visit Pisco Friday to oversee reconstruction efforts in the southern city, four years after it was rocked by a magnitude-8 earthquake. According to state news agency Andina, Humala will be accompanied by Transport and Communications Minister Carlos Paredes and Housing Minister Rene Cornejo, as well as regional and local authorities [...]
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Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala sent a message to Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez Friday after it was revealed the latter has undergone cancer treatment in Cuba for a tumor. “My best wishes and solidarity for President Hugo Chavez, his family, and I will pray for his recovery and quick return to his homeland,” Humala said by Twitter. [...]
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US President Barack Obama called Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala on Tuesday to congratulate him on his election victory earlier this month. Obama said he was interested in strengthening US-Peru ties and advancing collaboration on democratic governance, economic growth, citizen security and other issues, the White House said in a release. Humala was elected to Peru’s [...]
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8:17 p.m. A sample of early returns calculated by pollster Ipsos Apoyo, with 100% of ballots returned: 51.4% Ollanta Humala / 48.6% Keiko Fujimori 6:40 p.m. A sample of early returns calculated by pollster Ipsos Apoyo, with 97.8% of ballots returned:51.4% Ollanta Humala / 48.6% Keiko Fujimori —— 5:51 p.m. A sample of early returns [...]
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