Every day the streets of the Peruvian capital of Lima get more choked with traffic. Millions of people rely on an informal network of privately-operated buses for transportation. But ‘combis’ and ‘cousters’ are being phased out to make way for more modern transportation.
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Peru’s textiles business says it’s being crushed by Chinese imports
Peru’s mining sector: It’s complicated
Peru reopens its UFO investigations agency
Peru’s air force is reopening an office responsible for investigating UFOs due to “increased sightings of anomalous aerial phenomena” in the country’s skies.
Lima’s future with a dwindling water supply
Peru has the fifth biggest supply of fresh water in the Americas. The trouble is it’s on the eastern side of the Andes mountains in the Amazon. Two thirds of population, most of the economic activity and the capital city are the other side which gets just 2% of the nation’s water supply.
Corruption and Peru’s dismal electoral options
Two former presidents investigated for corruption, another serving time convicted for graft and human rights crimes. Roll on 2016.
How to protect Lima’s ruins
Lima’s pre-hispanic ruins or ‘huacas’ under threat as the city expandsÂ
Peru dolphin slaughter
Peruvian dolphin slaughter: Fishermen use them for shark bait.
Fujimori’s fights on Twitter
Social media accounts boost the profile of the 75-year-old ex president jailed for corruption and authorising death squad killings, even though he doesn’t have access to a computer.
The nature business
Finding a marketplace for the Amazon rainforest. Eco-tourism as a conservation tool.