Perú declara toque de queda en distrito donde encontraron 13 mineros muertos

Por José Álvarez, CNN en Español El Gobierno de Perú declaró este lunes toque de queda y control militar en la zona minera de Pataz, donde el domingo fueron hallados 13 mineros muertos que habían sido previamente reportados como secuestrados. La presidenta …

Peru denies it was hit by ransomware attack following Rhysida claims

Peru’s government is denying claims that its federal digital platform was taken over by a ransomware gang that has previously attacked governments around the world.  The Ministry of Government and Digital Transformation published a statement on Thursday …

Stowers claims three medals in Peru

Young Seine Stowers has concluded her International Weightlifting Federation Youth and Junior Championship by snatching two silver and one bronze medal in Lima, Peru.  She competed in the women's 76kg category. "It's important for any young …

Peru bans mining in north after gangs kill 13 workers

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Monday announced a 30-day ban on mining in Peru’s northern Pataz province, the day after 13 mining workers were found dead. The Peruvian armed forces will seize complete control of the mining area, and the ban could be …

Thirteen killed in Peru, government halts gold mining

Gold mining suspended in Peru's north after 13 miners killed

LIMA (Reuters) -Mining in Peru's northern district of Pataz will be suspended for 30 days, President Dina Boluarte said on Monday, after 13 gold mine workers in the area were kidnapped and killed by illegal miners. Peru's government also plans to …

Secret 'drug room' full of psychedelic 'snuff tubes' discovered at pre-Inca site in Peru" target="_self" data-before-...

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a 2,500-year-old secret drug room filled with hollowed-out bird bones containing traces of psychedelic snuff and tobacco. The presence of the "snuff tubes" in a hidden room suggests the elite held secret, …

Peru pauses mining in north after 13 miners killed

LIMA (Reuters) -Mining in Peru's northern district of Pataz will be suspended for 30 days, President Dina Boluarte said on Monday, after 13 gold mine workers in the area were kidnapped and killed by illegal miners. Peru's government also plans to …

Convent of Santa Rosa de Ocopa’s Books declared Peru Cultural Heritage

Based on a proposal from the National Library of Peru (BNP), the Ministry of Culture declared twenty-seven bibliographic units from the Library of the Convent of Santa Rosa de Ocopa as Cultural Heritage of the Nation (PCN, by its Spanish acronym). This …

Gold and Blood: Peru Mine Guards Murdered in Gang Takeover.

- Advertisement - Thirteen security guards kidnapped from one of Peru’s largest gold mines were found dead on Sunday, in a brutal incident that underscores the worsening security crisis in the country’s Amazonian Pataz province. They worked at a mine owned …