<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Peru: News &amp; Videos about Peru - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Peru</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Peru from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:43:29 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Peru: News &amp; Videos about Peru - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Peru</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Peru from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Peru will give Chile details of spy claims</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/16/peru.chile.spy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/16/peru.chile.spy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Peru will turn over to Chilean authorities all evidence into allegations that a Peruvian air force officer was spying for the neighboring country, Peruvian President Alan Garcia said Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Peru's president exits summit after report of spy charges against officer</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/14/peru.president.chile.spy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/14/peru.president.chile.spy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Peruvian President Alan Garcia left Singapore on the eve of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit after reports surfaced that an air force officer was accused of spying for the Chilean government, Peru's foreign minister said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Two die in Peru as rebels shoot down helicopter</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/03/peru.chopper/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/03/peru.chopper/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Maoist guerrillas in Peru shot down a Peruvian air force helicopter, killing two airmen and wounding a third, the nation's defense minister has said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bolivia, Peru fight over 'national costume'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/25/bolivia.peru/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/25/bolivia.peru/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fireworks continued to erupt between Bolivia and Peru over a costume worn at this year's Miss Universe pageant.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bus crash kills at least 22 in Peru</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/24/peru.fatal.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/24/peru.fatal.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 22 people died and another 31 were injured in eastern Peru when a bus plunged off a mountain road, news reports said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peru has high maternal mortality rate, rights group says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/09/peru.mothers.health/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/09/peru.mothers.health/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pregnant women in Peru are dying at scandalous rates, according to the author of an Amnesty International report into maternal mortality in the South American country.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peru's pregnant women dying at 'scandalous' rates</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/09/peru.pregnant.mortality/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/09/peru.pregnant.mortality/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pregnant women in Peru are dying at scandalous rates, according to the author of an Amnesty International report into maternal mortality in the South American country.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Coca cultivation down in Colombia, up in Peru, Bolivia</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/22/colombia.cocaine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/22/colombia.cocaine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Coca cultivation and cocaine production have decreased in Colombia but increased in Bolivia and Peru, the United Nations reported.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peru's indigenous win victory over lands</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/18/peru.indians/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/18/peru.indians/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Peru's Congress voted overwhelmingly to revoke two decrees that indigenous groups had said would result in the exploitation of their native lands for oil drilling, mining and logging.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Controversial Peruvian land law suspended</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/10/peru.law.suspended/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/10/peru.law.suspended/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Peru's Congress voted Wednesday to suspend indefinitely a controversial law that has created tension between President Alan Garcia's government and indigenous communities in the Amazon, the state-run Andina news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clashes in Peru leave more than 30 dead</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/08/peru.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/08/peru.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A nervous calm settled over northwest Peru on Monday night, three days after clashes between indigenous citizens and national police left more than 30 dead and 50 wounded.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shining Path rebels stage comeback in Peru</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/21/peru.shining.path/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/21/peru.shining.path/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A brutal Maoist guerrilla group that terrorized Peru during the 1980s but pretty much disappeared when top leaders were captured in the 1990s is making a resurgence.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>At least 18 missing after Peru mudslide</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/17/peru.mudslide/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/17/peru.mudslide/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Twelve villagers have been rescued from a mudslide in the mountains of northwestern Peru, but at least another 18 remained missing, Peru's state-run news agency reported Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tim Vickery: Is Peru emerging from shadows? Or is it all a mirage?</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tim_vickery/04/14/peru/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tim_vickery/04/14/peru/index.html</guid><description>I'm off to Lima this week on a mission: to try to understand how the current contradiction in Peruvian soccer can be explained.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>At least 20 killed in Peru crash</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/14/peru.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/14/peru.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 20 people died in a fiery crash when a passenger bus ran into the back of a loaded fuel truck in central Peru, the state-run news agency said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nine killed, 55 hurt in Peru bridge collapse</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/13/peru.bridge/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/13/peru.bridge/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Seven children and two teachers were killed Monday when a bridge collapsed in southern Peru, according to a health department official.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Peru conviction is message to dictators everywhere</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/08/vivanco.peru/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/08/vivanco.peru/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Peruvians are celebrating an extraordinary victory this week: the conviction of their former president, Alberto Fujimori, for death squad killings carried out during his rule in the 1990s.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Earthquake shakes northern Peru</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/26/peru.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/26/peru.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck near the coast of northern Peru on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Chef Nobu built his sushi empire</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/smallbusiness/nobu_fish_story.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/smallbusiness/nobu_fish_story.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>As a young boy growing up in Japan, Nobu Matsuhisa dreamed of becoming a sushi chef in a restaurant where he could create his own menu. It took more than 30 years of experimentation, failure and incompatible business partners to reach his goal, as he worked his way from dishwasher in Tokyo to co-owner of a small sushi establishment in Lima, Peru.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mudslide kills 10 at Peruvian gold mine</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/03/peru.mudslides/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/03/peru.mudslides/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ten people died and an additional 16 were missing Tuesday, a day after a mudslide rolled through a mining camp in Peru's southern department of Puno.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Peru's doctors go on strike over pay, benefits</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/24/peru.doctors/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/24/peru.doctors/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Doctors in Peru started a 48-hour strike Tuesday over pay and other benefits they say the government agreed to last year but has not delivered.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Quake rattles Peru's northern coast</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/15/peru.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/15/peru.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A strong earthquake struck near the coast of northern Peru early Sunday, but there were no reports of damage or injuries, an analyst with the U.S. Geological Survey said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Quake strikes northern Peru coast</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/09/peru.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/09/peru.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit near the coast of northern Peru on Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Peru mayor urges legalizing drugs, report says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/06/peru.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/06/peru.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A mayor in Peru has suggested that the federal government legalize illicit drugs and administer them through the national health ministry, a newspaper reported Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chile busts trade in exotic animals from Peru</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/13/chile.animals/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/13/chile.animals/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Chilean inspectors stumbled upon hundreds of exotic animals from Peru destined for illegal trade while conducting what they thought was going to be a routine inspection of a fishing boat, the government said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Peru bus crash kills 32</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/10/peru.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/10/peru.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thirty-two people were killed and 25 others injured when a bus skidded off a rain-slicked mountain road and tumbled into a ravine in northern Peru early Saturday, a transit police spokesman told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Five die in Peru disco stampede</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/26/peru.disco.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/26/peru.disco.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Police in Peru were searching Friday for the person who threw a tear gas canister into an unlicensed discotheque early Christmas Day, causing a stampede that killed five people, Peruvian news reports said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chileans angry over Peru general's 'body bag' remark</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/01/peru.chile/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/01/peru.chile/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Tensions between Chile and Peru remained high Monday after last week's revelation that Peru's top army general said at a party that Chileans in Peru would be sent back in coffins or body bags.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Peru leader rejects top general's remarks on Chile</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/26/peru.general.chile/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/26/peru.general.chile/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Peruvian President Alan Garcia had to call his counterpart in Chile this week to explain comments by Peru's top army general that Chileans in Peru would be sent back in coffins or body bags.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Think Bush Has It Bad? Look at Peru's President</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1850045,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1850045,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The country is in the middle of an economic boom so why is everyone so down on Alan Garcia?</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peru's military blames Shining Path for deadly attack</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/10/peru.shining.path/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/10/peru.shining.path/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Maoist insurgents killed a dozen soldiers and two civilians during an ambush in southeastern Peru, the military said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Magnitude 6 quake rattles Peru</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/08/peru.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/08/peru.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An earthquake hit southern Peru early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police hostages freed in Peru</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/06/18/peru.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/06/18/peru.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Demonstrators in southern Peru freed 48 police officers Tuesday who had been held hostage for about a day.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reports: Police hurt, held hostage amid Peru protests</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/06/17/peru.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/06/17/peru.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 20 police officers have been hurt and at least 60 are being held hostage amid protests in southern Peru over mining revenue, according to the Peruvian News Agency and other reports.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mass grave uncovered in Peru</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/06/02/peru.massgrave/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/06/02/peru.massgrave/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Forensic teams have exhumed 60 bodies from what is thought to be the largest mass grave from the Peruvian government's bloody war against Maoist insurgents.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treatable Ailments Kill 10M Children</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1737765,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1737765,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>More than 200 million children worldwide under age 5 do not get basic health care, leading to nearly 10 million deaths annually from treatable ailments</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peru to protest Europe on terrorism</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/25/peru.europe/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/25/peru.europe/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Legislators in Peru plan to lodge a protest on Friday with the European Parliament after it declined to list the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, an insurgent group, as a terrorist organization.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Death squad members convicted in Peru</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/08/peru.death.squad/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/08/peru.death.squad/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The former director of national intelligence in Peru was sentenced to 35 years in prison Tuesday for his role in the deaths of nine college students and a professor in 1992.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Excavation turns up oldest gold jewelry in the Americas</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/02/oldest.gold/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/02/oldest.gold/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Researchers have discovered the oldest piece of gold jewelry ever found in the Americas, an academic journal reported Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Owen &amp;amp;amp; Woody's Peruvian Getaway</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20164960,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20164960,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Video courtesy APOwen Wilson and Woody Harrelson made unusual travel plans this holiday season &amp;amp;#8211; they're down in Peru this week, staying in cheap hotels, visiting an orphanage, and bathing in local irrigation ditches.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate passes Peru free trade deal</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/05/smbusiness/peru.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/05/smbusiness/peru.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>The Senate approved a free trade agreement with Peru yesterday by a vote of 77 to 18, clearing the way for the deal to become law within weeks.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheapest places on earth: Máncora, Peru</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/10/02/mancora.peru/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/10/02/mancora.peru/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In recent years, this fishing town -- and next-wave surf spot -- has turned into a popular rest stop for Inca Trail hikers.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chile: Fujimori can be extradited</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/09/21/chile.fujimori/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/09/21/chile.fujimori/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Chile's Supreme Court has ruled that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori can be extradited to Peru on five corruption and two human rights abuse charges.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Relief groups urge more aid for Peru quake survivors</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/30/peru.quake.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/30/peru.quake.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Relief officials urgently appealed for more aid Thursday for earthquake survivors along Peru's shattered southern coast. Medical help, blankets and tents top the list, along with food, water and latrines.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Girl's return to Peru sparks effort to help orphans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/21/dodson.heroes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/21/dodson.heroes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ana Dodson was 11 years old when she returned to her native Peru for the first time since she was adopted as an infant.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peru sends in army as misery grows among quake survivors </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/18/peru.earthquake.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/18/peru.earthquake.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The government sent the army to stop looting fueled by rising desperation in earthquake-shattered Peru, where tens of thousands were without fresh water and shivering families huddled in makeshift shelters at the center of the devastation.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Faith unshaken after mourners killed in Peru church collapse</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/17/btsc.whitbeck.peru/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/17/btsc.whitbeck.peru/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Five elderly nuns huddled early Friday outside the ruins of a church that had stood for centuries, their dark shawls tightly wrapped around their shoulders.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peru Earthquake Deaths Rise to 510
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1653425,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1653425,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The death toll rose to 510 on Thursday in the magnitude-8 earthquake that devastated cities of adobe and brick in Peru's southern desert.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Happy big beak: Giant penguins dwarfed modern versions </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/26/giant.penguin/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/26/giant.penguin/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Picture this: A giant penguin with a long, peculiar beak, lounging in the warm sun.</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peru's Fujimori under house arrest in Chile</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/06/08/chile.fujimori/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/06/08/chile.fujimori/index.html</guid><description>Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was placed under house arrest Friday after a Chilean prosecutor recommended he be extradited to Peru to face charges of human rights abuses and corruption.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peru yanks ambassador to Venezuela</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/04/29/peru.venezuela/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/04/29/peru.venezuela/index.html</guid><description>Peru recalled its ambassador from Venezuela to protest what it said was President Hugo Chavez's "persistent and flagrant" interference in Peru's presidential election.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Trade deal set with Peru</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/11/news/international/us_trade.dj/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/11/news/international/us_trade.dj/index.htm</guid><description>WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. and Peru will sign a free-trade agreement Wednesday, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office said in a statement Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 01:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Runoff election inevitable in Peru</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/04/10/peru.election/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/04/10/peru.election/index.html</guid><description>Leftist candidate Ollanta Humala, who was taunted by residents of his district when he voted Sunday, was barely ahead in Peru's presidential election, and a runoff election became inevitable when none of the top candidates received a majority of the vote.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Leftist leads in Peru poll</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/04/09/peru.election.humala/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/04/09/peru.election.humala/index.html</guid><description>Leftist candidate Ollanta Humala leads balloting in Peru's presidential election Sunday, but a runoff with one of two other candidates appeared likely, according to first official results.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Exit polls: Leftist leads in Peru</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/04/09/peru.election.exit/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/04/09/peru.election.exit/index.html</guid><description>Leftist candidate Ollanta Humala led balloting in Peru's presidential election Sunday, but a runoff with one of two other candidates appeared likely, exit polls indicated.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 01:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quake in northern Peru kills four</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/09/26/peru.quake/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/09/26/peru.quake/index.html</guid><description>A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 rocked northern Peru Sunday night, killing at least four people, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 04:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CAN COLD CAPITALISTS SAVE THE VICUNA?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/12/25/208782/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/12/25/208782/index.htm</guid><description>A connection between the beady-eyed American alligator and the doe-eyed vicuna, the national symbol of Peru, isn't easy to find. Yet the vicuna, a pretty relative of the camel, shares a relationshi...</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 1995 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE WHO'S READY FOR FREE TRADE? </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/08/22/79666/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/08/22/79666/index.htm</guid><description>The Readiness index is based on price and currency stability, budget discipline, external debt, political stability, market-oriented policies, and reliance on trade taxes. A 5 means "ready," a 0 "n...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 1994 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>TRAVEL WARNINGS STILL IN EFFECT</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/04/08/74880/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/04/08/74880/index.htm</guid><description>Better rethink that vacation trip to Tanzania's game parks, Thailand's temples, or Peru's Inca ruins. The State Department includes all three countries in a near-record listing of 72 destinations t...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 1991 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>HOW TO MAKE POOR COUNTRIES RICH Hernando de Soto is pushing a new idea: Legalize the underground economy. Entrepreneurs now work</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/01/16/71517/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/01/16/71517/index.htm</guid><description>THE underground economy, also called the informal, invisible, or black economy, is regarded around the world as a refuge of drug traffickers, smugglers, and tax evaders. Now a new view is taking ho...</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 1989 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Shrimp for loans</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/08/31/69506/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/08/31/69506/index.htm</guid><description>Banks will go to almost any length to collect bad debts, and First Interstate Bancorp is no exception. To pare down the $90 million in shaky loans it has made to Peru, the Los Angeles-based concern...</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 1987 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BRAZIL'S DEMOCRATIC NEIGHBORS: FREE AND STRAPPED </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/09/15/68042/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/09/15/68042/index.htm</guid><description>Since 1979, when Ecuador's military dictatorship gave way to a democratic government, five other South American countries have shucked their generals and replaced them with elected civilian preside...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 1986 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Take that, Belco</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/02/03/67108/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/02/03/67108/index.htm</guid><description>Peruvian President Alan Garcia Perez had an emphatic message for Belco Petroleum Corp. of Peru. First he nationalized the U.S.-owned company and froze its bank accounts. Then, to drive the point ho...</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 1986 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>