LIMA, May 15- Peru's economy grew 3.01 percent in March year-on-year, official data showed on Wednesday, the weakest monthly result since October of 2009 in what has been one of Latin America's fastest-growing economies. Peru's sol currency weakened half a percentage point on Wednesday after the figures were released.
SANTIAGO, May 14- LATAM Airlines Group SA's first-quarter net profit skidded to $42.7 million, or nearly half of a year earlier, on foreign exchange fluctuations, a drop in cargo revenue and the grounding of its three Dreamliners, the company said on Tuesday.
LIMA, May 8- Peru is trying to quash the ability of companies to avoid paying environmental fines by lodging judicial appeals that linger for years, part of a push to crack down on polluters in a top exporter of minerals.
WASHINGTON, May 6- A new report on Monday credited imports with supporting 16 million U.S. jobs in a bid by business groups to improve the image of the ugly brother of trade.
MEXICO CITY, May 6- Latin American commodity exporters have largely failed to take full advantage of surging raw material prices to boost savings and a recent deterioration in external accounts bears watching, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday.
May 3- The lawyer who has been defending controversial plaintiffs attorney Steven Donziger in a lawsuit by Chevron Corp, filed a motion on Friday to withdraw as counsel, citing Donziger's inability to pay his legal bills.
May 6- Gran Tierra Energy Inc:. 2013 has been revised to $424 million from $363 million. Brazil, Peru and Argentina revised to $424 million from $363 million.
JAY, N.Y., May 5- Rebecca Hoskins poked through the debris in her flood-wrecked house: a TV here, a light fixture there.
JAY, N.Y., May 5- Rebecca Hoskins poked through the debris in her flood-wrecked house: a TV here, a light fixture there.
LIMA, May 4- A key Peruvian official tasked with implementing a law to give indigenous groups more rights has resigned to protest efforts by President Ollanta Humala's cabinet to roll back the law to protect mining investments.
May 3- The lawyer who has been defending controversial plaintiffs attorney Steven Donzinger in a lawsuit by Chevron Corp, filed a motion on Friday to withdraw as counsel, citing Donzinger's inability to pay his legal bills.
LIMA, May 3- Peru's attorney general is opening the financial records of two-time former president and likely 2016 presidential candidate Alan Garcia as part of a preliminary corruption inquiry, the government said on Friday.
SALTO, Brazil, May 3- Brazil, an up-and-coming agricultural superpower with abundant fertile land, is struggling to provide consistently affordable food for its population.
LIMA, May 1- Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht plans to invest $20 billion globally over the next three years, mostly in Latin America and much of it in Peru, the company's chief executive said on Wednesday. Chief Executive Marcelo Odebrecht said about 85 percent of overall investments would be made in Latin America.
By Mitra Taj and Teresa Cespedes. LIMA, May 1- Peru's mining minister is winning a crucial cabinet battle by swaying President Ollanta Humala to water down a law that gives indigenous groups more say over new mines and oil projects- and a deputy minister will likely resign in protest.
*To issue up to 14.3 million units at a price of $0.07 per unit. *Proceeds to be used principally to fund a phase II drilling program on the. company's Urumalqui project in Peru.
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 26- Strong demand for mobile broadband equipment in Latin America will keep Ericsson's plant in Brazil at full capacity this year, says a senior executive at the telecom equipment manufacturer.
SINGAPORE, April 26- London copper climbed to a nine-day peak on Friday and was on track for its biggest weekly gain in seven months, as hopes that the European Central Bank would next week usher in another round of global easing burnished the allure of risky assets.
SINGAPORE, April 26- London copper climbed to a nine-day peak on Friday and was on track for its biggest weekly gain in seven months, as hopes that the European Central Bank would next week usher in another round of global easing burnished the allure of risky assets.