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12/03/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Will Peru start shooting down suspected drug planes (again)?
Peru is the world’s largest producer of cocaine and only interdicts about 8 percent of the drug. Some legislators favor a tougher approach to stop its export.
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26/11/2010 | Frente Externo
How Peru Became the World's Counterfeit Capital
Back in the 1980s, Peru's government ran the printing presses as an answer to the country's massive economic crisis, but churning out currency only made things worse and hyperinflation topped off at 1.2 million percent by the end of the decade.
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01/02/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Chocolate vs the Drug Lords: Peru's move from Coca to Cacao
The certificate was only one of several that emerged from the prestigious Salon du Chocolat in Paris, the annual summit of the world's master chocolatiers. But it may be enough to start a revolution in Peru. In October 2009, chocolate produced from the cacao beans of a small agricultural cooperative deep in one of the country's rain forests was named the most aromatic in the world by the Salon. "We used to be known for making cocaine paste, but now we are known for chocolate," says Elena Rios, 52, secretary of the Tocache Agroindustrial Cooperative. Rios herself gave up growing coca leaves 10 years ago, opting to take part in a program to replace her plants with cacao. "There were only 12 of us when we started; now we have hundreds. Our success is contagious. No one wants to grow coca in Tocache. Everyone is thinking about chocolate."
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05/06/2006 | Frente Externo
García win in Peru a loss for Venezuela's Chávez
Peruvian voters elected leftist leader Alan García to a five-year term on Sunday, returning the former president to office 16 years after his first stint.
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