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‘Gone wrong’: Doubts on carbon-credit program in Peru forest
SAN MARTÍN, Peru (AP) — The Cordillera Azul National Park on the eastern flank of the Peruvian Andes takes in a sweep of Amazon rainforest, mountains and waterfalls in a territory about the size of Connecticut, so precious that tens of millions of dollars in carbon credits have been sold in a...
Takeaways from AP examination of Peru carbon credit program
SAN MARTÍN, Peru (AP) — In the nearly 15 years that a carbon credit program has been run to safeguard one of Peru's most valuable national parks, more than 28 million credits have been sold to fossil fuel producers like Shell and TotalEnergies. The project was supposed to stop...
Mexico: Despite "coup," Castillo legal president of Peru
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Wednesday that Peru's ousted president, Pedro Castillo, remains “the legal and legitimate president” of that country and that he was jailed as part of a “coup.” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador also claimed Peru’s...
Strong earthquake kills at least 14 in Ecuador, 1 in Peru
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and fallen power lines. The U.S. Geological Survey reported an...
Peru: 6 soldiers drown in river while responding to protests
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Six soldiers drowned while trying to swim across a river in the Andes to reach a town where protests demanding the resignation of Peru’s president have turned violent, military officials said Monday. The bodies of two soldiers who had been missing were located...
A decade under Maduro, migration marks Venezuelans’ lives
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Few Venezuelans have not had their lives touched by migration over the last decade, when more than 7 million people left the country amid a political, economic and humanitarian crisis that has lasted the entirety of President Nicolás Maduro’s government. ...
Mexico regrets Peru's decision to withdraw ambassador
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico said Saturday it regretted the decision by Peruvian President Dina Boluarte to withdraw her country’s ambassador in response to criticism from Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador. Mexico's Foreign Relations Department said in a statement that...
Peru withdraws ambassador from Mexico amid dispute
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte announced on Friday the withdrawal of her country's ambassador to Mexico in response to criticism from Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, whom she reproached for hurting ties in order to “privilege ideological affinities.” ...
From a secret safehouse, Peru's Indigenous revolt advances
LIMA, Peru (AP) — In an industrial corridor of Peru's capital, a dingy stairwell leads to a second-floor safehouse. Dozens of Quechua and Aymara activists lie on mattresses strewn on the floor, resting up for more anti-government demonstrations as volunteers cook a breakfast of donated rice,...
Peru reopens Machu Picchu after agreement with protesters
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's Machu Picchu, an Inca-era stone citadel nestled in its southeastern jungle, reopened on Wednesday after being closed nearly a month ago amid antigovernment protests, the culture ministry announced. Agreements were made between authorities, social groups and...
