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☆ Peru earthquake: Powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Peru overnight Friday at a depth of 28 kilometers (17 miles), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGC). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PWTC) issued an alert warning of “possible” tsunami waves reaching up to 1 to 3 meters along some coasts in Peru. “Based on all available data, hazardous tsunami waves are forecast for some coasts,” the center said. PWTC said there was no risk of a tsunami for the US West Coast. The quake hit eight kilometers (5 miles) west of Atiquipa, about 600 kilometers (372 miles) south of the capital Lima.

Persons: PWTC Organizations: CNN, United States Geological Survey, Tsunami Warning, US, Peru’s Geophysical Institute, Peruvian, South American Locations: Peru, US West Coast, Atiquipa, Lima

☆ Researchers Dispute Claim That Ancient Whale Was Heaviest Animal Ever
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Carl Zimmer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last August, a team of paleontologists announced that they had discovered the fossilized bones of a gigantic ancient whale. Perucetus, as they named it, might have weighed over 200 tons, which would make it the heaviest animal that has ever lived. But in a study published Thursday, a pair of scientists have challenged that bold claim. The bones had many hallmarks of whales’ bones. Dr. Urbina and his colleagues reconstructed the full skeleton of Perucetus by studying the much smaller whales that lived at the same time.

Persons: ”, Nicholas Pyenson, Pyenson, Ryosuke, Perucetus, Mario Urbina, Urbina Organizations: Smithsonian National Museum of, University of California, Museum, National University of San Locations: Davis, National University of San Marcos, Lima , Peru, Peru

☆ 'Murderer!': Peru President Faces Fierce Backlash in Slain Protesters' Hometown
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Dina Boluarte faced fierce backlash on Saturday from residents during a visit to the southern Andean region of Ayacucho, where 10 people were reported killed during anti-government protests in December 2022. Unverified videos shared on social media show people pushing up against security officials shouting "Dina is a murderer!" Local media reported that she was taken away by police but not detained. The December 2022 protests broke out after former President Pedro Castillo was ousted and arrested while illegally trying to close Congress. His vice-president, Boluarte, was rapidly sworn in but dozens died in ensuing protests, mostly in southern Peru.

Persons: Dina Boluarte, Dina, Ruth Barcena, Leonardo Hancco, Barcena, Pedro Castillo, Boluarte, Jorge Otarola, Raul Cortes, Sarah Morland, Marco Aquino, Sandra Maler Organizations: Reuters, Local Locations: LIMA, Peruvian, Ayacucho, Peru, Mexico City, Lima

☆ Peru's deadly gold mine attack highlights growing security risk, costs
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Marco Aquino | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The attack has highlighted a growing risk for miners in the Andean nation, the world's no. "Security is now one of the main costs," Poderosa corporate affairs manager Pablo de la Flor told Reuters after the attack. Thousands of trucks of illegal gold were taken out, it said. "There is a black market for minerals," said Gustavo Ramirez, who studies illegal mining for SNMPE. Illegal miners are estimated to produce around another 30 tons.

Persons: Cristobal Bouroncle, Rights LIMA, Pablo de la Flor, De la Flor, Saturday's, la Flor, Poderosa, Gustavo Ramirez, Marco Aquino, Alexander Villegas, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Rights, Reuters, National Society of Mining, Petroleum, Energy, Peru's Ministry of Energy, Mining, Ministry of Energy, Mines, Thomson Locations: Madre de Dios , Peru, Peru, Pataz, India, Switzerland, Canada, Bolivia

☆ Researchers reconstruct the face of a teenage mummy believed to have been sacrificed in an Inca ritual more than 500 years ago
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Researchers recreated the face of an Inca girl who was believed to have been sacrificed atop a volcano more than 500 years ago. AdvertisementAdvertisementArcheologists have recreated the possible face of Peru's famous mummy — a teenage girl believed to have been sacrificed in an Inca ritual to the gods more than 500 years ago in the Andes. "I thought I'd never know what her face looked like when she was alive," Reinhard told The Associated Press. Oscar Nilsson, the Swedish archeologist and sculptor, told The AP he spent about 400 hours of work on modeling Juanita's face. AdvertisementAdvertisementAnthropological studies put Juanita's likely age between 13 and 15 years old when she died sometime between 1440 and 1450 AD.

Persons: —, Ampato, Juanita, Johan Reinhard, Miguel Zárate, I'd, Reinhard, Oscar Nilsson, Dagmara, Juanita's Organizations: Service, Associated Press, Sanctuaries, Catholic University of Santa, AP, University of Warsaw's Center, Andean Studies, Johns Hopkins University, BBC, Penn Museum's Expedition Locations: Swedish, Peru, Catholic University of Santa Maria, Arequipa, Polish

☆ In Peru, a Fossil-Rich Desert Faces Unruly Development
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Mitra Taj | Marco Garro | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Millions of years ago, this desert in Peru was a gathering place for fantastical sea creatures: whales that walked, dolphins with walrus faces, sharks with teeth as large as a human face, red-feathered penguins, aquatic sloths. They reproduced in the gentle waters of a shallow lagoon buffered by hills that still wrap across the landscape today. Eventually, tectonic shifts lifted the land from the sea. Discoveries from the region have come at a brisk pace in recent decades, with at least 55 new species of marine vertebrates found so far. In August, paleontologists unveiled what may be the region’s most remarkable find yet: Perucetus colossus, a manatee-like whale now considered the heaviest animal known to have existed.

Locations: Peru, Pisco

☆ Puma gives birth to rare albino cub in Nicaragua
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JUIGALPA, Nicaragua, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Curled up in a zoo in central Nicaragua, eyes alert and ears pricked, a puma is nursing her month-old snow-white cub. The tiny, pink-nosed puma at Thomas Belt Zoo in Juigalpa marks the Central American country's first albino puma to be born in captivity and, according to estimates from zoo veterinarian Carlos Molina, one of only four worldwide. Though the cub is healthy and eating well, Molina warned that it is still early days and that albino pumas require plenty of care and are vulnerable to sunlight. Pumas are found across the Americas, from the high Andean region of southern Peru to the jungles of Central America. Reporting by Maynor Valenzuela in Juigalpa; Writing by Sarah Morland; Editing by Raju GopalakrishnanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: puma, Carlos Molina, Molina, Maynor Valenzuela, Sarah Morland, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: puma, Thomas Belt Zoo, American, pumas, Thomas Belt, Pumas, Central America, The International Union for Conservation, Nature, Thomson Locations: JUIGALPA, Nicaragua, Americas, Peru, Central, North America, Juigalpa

☆ Harrison Ford gets a new snake species named for him
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But the highlight of the trip to South America was discovering a species of snake new to science, which the team named for action icon Harrison Ford — a moment of levity in an otherwise dramatic excursion, noted Dr. Edgar Lehr, the lead author of a scientific paper describing the snake species. At the time, Lehr, who is a professor of biology at Illinois Wesleyan University, thought: “Wouldn’t this be cool to dedicate this new species to Harrison Ford? The national park is near “the VRAEM (Valley of Rivers Apurímac, Ene, Mantaro) area, which is the center of Peru‘s coca production and narco-trafficking,” according to the study. Otishi is considered “Peru‘s least scientifically surveyed national park,” according to the study. “This is very important (work), because we can only protect what is known,” Lehr said of documenting species new to scientists.

Persons: Harrison Ford —, Edgar Lehr, Lehr, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones ’, Harrison, — Juan Carlos Cusi, Ricardo Vera, Maura Fernandez, Otishi, ” Lehr, “, ”, Ford, Indiana Jones, Tachymenoides, ” Ford Organizations: CNN, Illinois Wesleyan University, Historia, US Department of State, Embassy, Conservation, “ Locations: South America, Peruvian, Peru, Lima —, Peru’s Junín, Cusco, Rivers Apurímac, Mantaro, Embassy of Peru, Washington , DC

☆ Newly discovered ancient creature may have been the heaviest animal ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

This week, scientists shared discoveries of ancient species that lived and died tens of millions of years ago, providing tantalizing insights into creatures never documented until now. The colossal ancient whale, which swam the seas about 39 million years ago, likely weighed two to three times more than the blue whale. NASA/ESA/Joseph Olmsted (STScI)When the Hubble Space Telescope initially observed a young planetary system 32 light-years from Earth, it didn’t reveal any surprises. And the James Webb Space Telescope spied new details within the colorful, iconic Ring Nebula. The fruit flies in the groundbreaking study don’t typically reproduce through virgin births, also called parthenogenesis, although many animal species do.

Persons: Alberto Gennari, Michael Brecht, ” Brecht, Joseph Olmsted, Euclid, James Webb, —, Hala Alarashi, Alice Burkhardt, Ba, Emperor Nero, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Canadian Rockies, Humboldt University, NASA, ESA, Hubble, Telescope, Petra Museum, CNN Space, Science Locations: Ica, Berlin, Jordan, East Coast, United States

☆ Ancient whale from Peru may be most massive animal ever on Earth
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Giovanni Bianucci/Handout via REUTERSAug 2 (Reuters) - Move over, blue whale. The biggest-known blue whale weighed around 190 tons, though it was longer than Perucetus at 110 feet (33.5 meters). Its skeletal mass alone was estimated at between 5 and 8 tons, at least twice that of the blue whale. The researchers suspect Perucetus lived like sirenians - not an active predator but an animal that fed near the bottom of shallow coastal waters. The researchers said it was unlikely Perucetus was a filter-feeder like today's baleen whales including the blue whale.

Persons: Giovanni Bianucci, Perucetus, Bianucci, Olivier Lambert of, Will Dunham, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, University of Pisa, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Thomson Locations: Peru, Handout, Italy, Argentina, sirenians, Brussels, hoofed, Washington

☆ Whale fossil may be the heaviest animal ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A colossal ancient whale discovered in Peru might be the heaviest animal on record, according to a new study. What’s more, Perucetus likely weighed two to three times more than the blue whale, which today weighs a maximum of 149.6 metric tons (330,000 pounds). Giovanni Bianucci“Discoveries of such extreme body forms are an opportunity to re-evaluate our understanding of animal evolution,” wrote J.G.M. “It seems that we are only dimly aware of how astonishing whale form and function can be,” they added. The lifestyle of a colossal whaleThe findings suggest that gigantism or peak body mass among cetaceans had been reached around 30 million years earlier than previously thought, according to the study.

Persons: Giovanni Bianucci, “, ” Bianucci, Perucetus, ”, ’, Bianucci, pacificus, Mystacodon selenesis, Mario Urbina Schmitt, Schmitt, Thewissen, David A, Waugh, weren’t, Ingalls, Brown, ” Thewissen Organizations: CNN, University of Pisa’s, sirenians, Peru “, National University of San, Ohio Medical University Locations: Peru, Italy, Ica, Peruvian, National University of San Marcos, Lima

☆ Protest returns to Peru with fresh demands against official impunity and fears about the economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Karol Suarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Yet many of the protesters’ key demands, such as the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, early elections, and the closure of Congress, remain unanswered. Anger over accountability is what’s driving the new protests, Omar Coronel, a sociologist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, told CNN. At the minimum, a democracy leads to “some kind of political sanction” for protest deaths. At least 24,000 police officers are being mobilized to watch what has been dubbed the “takeover of Lima” protest. What people want is to work and that the businesses and the economy not to come to a standstill,” political analyst Álvarez Rodrich said.

Persons: ” Alex Mendoza, Pedro Castillo, Dina Boluarte, Mendoza, ”, “, Ernesto Benavides, ’, Castillo, Boluarte, Anger, Omar Coronel, Marisol Perez Tello, ” Ivette, Vicente Romero, Perez Tello, ” Perez Tello, Cris Bouroncle, ” Augusto Álvarez Rodrich, Coronel, Ronderos, –, ’ ” Coronel, Álvarez Rodrich, ” Jacinto Amansio López Delgado, ” López Organizations: Peru CNN, CNN, Getty, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, ”, “, Commerce Locations: Lima, Peru, AFP, Ivette, Peruvian, ’ Lima, ”

☆ Peru to declare emergency status as Ubinas volcano rumbles
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LIMA, July 3 (Reuters) - Peru will declare emergency status in the area around the Ubinas volcano in the southern region of Moquegua, the prime minister said on Monday, as the country's most active volcano has been spewing ash for several days. Southern Peru, an area where there are important mining sites, is home to a dozen active volcanoes. Peru is also in the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an area with a high incidence of earthquakes and volcanic activity. Prime Minister Alberto Otarola told reporters at the Government Palace that the emergency status will probably be declared in the next few days in order to provide "the necessary prevention measures" for the region. Peruvian authorities in 2019 evacuated hundreds of people living near the Ubinas volcano after explosions and ashes emissions.

Persons: Alberto Otarola, INDECI, Marco Aquino, Carolina Pulice, Grant McCool Organizations: National Institute of Civil Defense, Reuters Television, Thomson Locations: LIMA, Peru, Moquegua, Southern Peru

☆ Gold mine fire in Peru kills 27
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LIMA, May 6 (Reuters) - A fire in a small gold mine in southern Peru has left 27 people dead, authorities said on Sunday, in the country's single deadliest mining accident in more than two decades. Images on local media and on social media showed dark plumes of smoke pouring out of the site. "It's been confirmed by the Yanaquihua police station, there are 27 dead," local prosecutor Giovanni Matos told local television on Sunday. Peru is the world's top gold producer and second-largest copper producer. According to data from Peru's ministry of energy and mines, the incident is the single deadliest mining accident since 2000.

☆ U.S. agrees to extradite former Peruvian President Toledo, says Peru
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LIMA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Peru's attorney general's office said on Tuesday on Twitter that the U.S. State Department had agreed to extradite former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo on corruption charges. Toledo, 76, was arrested in the United States in 2019 after Peru formally requested his extradition. Last August, the U.S. Department of Justice said it would return to Peru about $686,000 seized from Toledo. Federal prosecutors in the New York City borough of Brooklyn said Odebrecht had paid Toledo $25 million in bribes for highway construction contracts. Peru has faced a wave of corruption scandals related to the Odebrecht case in recent years.

☆ In Peru’s Andes, anger hardens as fast election hopes fade
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Alexander Villegas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Congress has rejected multiple bills for early elections, a key demand by protesters, including shelving a proposal by President Dina Boluarte on Friday. It is the worst violence in Peru in two decades, and threatens to destabilize one of region's most reliable economies. Adelma Quispe, a protestor in the southern town of Ayavire, said protests would have calmed down if there had been an agreement on snap elections. Zamata, Quispe and others say they have collected money to send people to protest in Lima, but are dedicated to maintaining blockades in their towns. Throughout the region, protesters said they can survive on local crops and livestock, and outlast the capital until their demands are met.

☆ At least 15 dead from Peru landslide, president pledges to speed help
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] An aerial view shows people watching near a landslide caused by a heavy rains, in Arequipa, Peru February 6, 2023. Another 20 people were injured after the landslide struck on Sunday near the riverside town of Secocha, about 125 miles (200 km) northwest of the city of Arequipia. Along with local officials, Boluarte posed for pictures in front of piles of supplies set for distribution. The deadly landslide follows two months of intense political upheaval in the country marked by often violent anti-government protests aimed at Boluarte's caretaker government. The unrest is largely centered in nearby areas in Peru's Andean south and was triggered by the early December ouster of former President Pedro Castillo.

☆ At least 8 dead in southern Peru landslide, more missing
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 6 (Reuters) - A landslide triggered by strong rains in Peru killed at least eight people in the country's southern Arequipa region, national emergency services said on Monday. Officials said another five people are missing after the landslide struck near the town of Secocha, located in Camana province, following last week's heavy rainfall in the area. [1/2] An aerial view shows an area affected by a landslide caused by a heavy rains, in Arequipa, Peru February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Oswaldo Charcas 1 2Peru's national emergency center COEN said search and rescue efforts are ongoing. The deadly landslide follows nearly two months of anti-government protests in the South American country, largely centered in Peru's Andean south, after the Dec. 7 removal of former President Pedro Castillo.

☆ Peru elections could come later this year, president says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Peru's President Dina Boluarte speaks as she meets with foreign press, in Lima, Peru January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Angela PonceJan 27 (Reuters) - Peruvian President Dina Boluarte said on Friday she was considering moving up general elections to later this year, as the Andean leader struggles to keep a hold on protests demanding her resignation that have left dozens dead. Congress is set to debate a proposal later on Friday to move national elections forward to April 2024, from 2026, but several legislators have proposed amending the bill to move up the elections even earlier, to late 2023. "They won't let us go ahead with our peaceful march, we're demanding Dina Boluarte resign," one protester, Abraham Copatayapa, told Reuters. She added on Friday that national elections could come in December or sooner, depending on how quickly the proposal is passed.

☆ In Peru, protesters pour from remote Andean regions, demand president resign
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

LIMA, Peru — People poured into Peru’s coastal capital, many from remote Andean regions, for a protest Thursday against President Dina Boluarte and in support of her predecessor, whose ouster last month launched deadly unrest and cast the nation into political chaos. The concentration of protesters in Lima also reflects how the capital has started to see more antigovernment demonstrations in recent days. Many protesters say that no dialogue is possible with a government that they say has unleashed so much violence against its citizens. “I think this will only keep growing.”Analysts warn that a failure to listen to demands from protesters could have tragic consequences. “We have to start to think what we want to do with Peru, otherwise this could all blow up,” Cardenas said.

☆ Peru is in mourning over violent protests' growing death toll
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

LIMA — A three-day mourning period began in southern Peru on Tuesday after 17 more people were killed in the most violent day of protests since they began in December over the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo. Social protests have left a total of 39 dead so far in different parts of the country. Images from local media showed looting of businesses in Puno on Monday night and the region’s Juliaca airport remained closed on Tuesday. Likewise, airport operations in the Andean region of Ayacucho remained suspended as a security measure. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has announced it will visit Peru this week from Wednesday to Friday to assess the situation.

☆ Peru mourns growing protester death toll, as govt seeks confidence vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Hours later, Jorge Angulo, head of the operational command of the national police, confirmed the death of one policeman who was in the vehicle. Castillo is serving 18 months of pre-trial detention while being investigated for "rebellion" after trying to close Congress, a charge he denies. Images from local media showed looting of businesses in Puno on Monday night and the region's Juliaca airport remained closed on Tuesday. Likewise, airport operations in the Andean region of Ayacucho remained suspended as a security measure. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has announced it will visit Peru this week from Wednesday to Friday to assess the situation.

☆ Peru bans entry to former Bolivian president Morales, eight others
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Marco Aquino | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LIMA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Peru has banned nine Bolivian citizens, including former President Evo Morales, from entering the country, Peru's interior ministry said in a statement on Monday. The move comes after weeks of deadly protests in Peru against President Dina Boluarte following the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo, with some demonstrations held near the border with Bolivia. Morales has publicly backed Castillo and said on Twitter last month that his ouster and subsequent arrest was illegal and unconstitutional. "We are closely watching not only the attitude of Mr. Morales, but also of those who work with him in southern Peru ... Peru's protests began in early December after Castillo was removed from office and detained following his attempt to dissolve Congress.

☆ At least nine dead in anti-government protests near Peru airport
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LIMA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - At least nine people died following clashes near Juliaca airport in southern Peru, the ombudsman's office said on Monday, after the resumption of protests demanding early elections and the release of jailed former President Pedro Castillo. The latest casualties take the death toll from anti-government clashes with security forces to 31 since the protests began in early December following the removal and arrest of Castillo shortly after he tried to illegally dissolve Congress. Protests resumed last week after a holiday lull. Apart from early elections and the release of Castillo, the protestors are calling for the resignation of new President Dina Boluarte, closure of Congress and changes to the constitution. Reporting by Marco Aquino and Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Sarah Morland and Bradley PerrettOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Caught in the crossfire, Peru protest deaths keep anger burning
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Alexander Villegas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

The protests, the worst in years even in tumultuous Peru, have seen 22 people killed, the youngest just 15. The deaths threaten to keep anger fired up despite a lull in violence over the festive period in the heavily Catholic country. A security camera near the airport shows protesters invading the runway around 2 p.m., some throwing rocks and burning tires while troops gathered. The deaths have become a lightning rod for anger in poor Andean and Amazonian areas, when many feel overlooked despite local oil and copper wealth. She said the deaths would spur more anger as people looked to find someone to hold accountable.

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