Peru

Peru's President Alan García will propose a South American regional security force at the meeting of the Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (Unasur) on November 28. Despite the idea... 2009-11-27

Headline consumer price inflation (CPI) remained negative on a month-on-month basis in September, falling by 0.1%. This saw the year-on-year headline inflation rate continue to decline... 2009-11-02

Peruvian Amazon tribes are pressuring US independent Hunt Oil to abandon its exploration programme in the south of the country. The fierce and well-organised opposition of indigenous... 2009-11-02

Peru's short-term political risk rating, though still at a high 70.4, could take a turn for the worse if social tensions remain high. Our rating for Peru rose from 67.9 back in June... 2009-10-05

Although the Peruvian economy contracted at a clip of 1.1% y-o-y in Q209, the release of second quarter GDP data reaffirms our view that the economy has weathered the macroeconomic... 2009-10-05

During his state-of-the-nation address on July 28 President Alan García outlined a number of reform proposals, such as a popular referendum on electoral term limits and the introduction... 2009-09-07

Lower investment profit repatriation during H109, combined with a relatively strong performance in trade of goods in this period, has seen Peru's current account deficit narrow to... 2009-09-07