Food price rises hit hard in Peru - Ben Beaumont Oct 19, 2008
Ricardo Prices are too high now, says Ricardo Cordova, 61, a rice farmer in the Morropon district of Piura, in north west Peru. Fertiliser has gone up 200 per cent. We invest more, but we harvest less. (AlertNet)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
* Business Quick Take Sep 7, 2008
Vales Bayovar mine, set to open in 2010 in the northern province of Piura, will produce about 3. 9 million tonnes of phosphate a year, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce SA announced in a statement. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Brazil's Vale to spend $479 million on Peru mine Sep 6, 2008
Vale's Bayovar mine, due to open in 2010 in the northern province of Piura, will produce about 3 ... It will also build an export port in the Pacific town of Piura, creating about 1,600 jobs, the company's statement said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Peru guards its guano as demand soars again May 30, 2008
"Guano has the advantage of being chemical-free," said Enrique Balmaceda, who cultivates organic mangoes in Piura, a province in northern Peru. "The problem is, there isn't enough of it to meet demand with new crops like organic bananas competing for what's available.". (International Herald Tribune)
* World News Quick Take Mar 1, 2008
Emergencies were declared in the districts of Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque and Ucayali. The floods have wrecked some 300 homes, destroyed 63km of highways and washed away 262 hectares of crops, the agency said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Peru declares flood emergency Feb 29, 2008
Flooding in northern Peru in recent weeks included this scene in Piura on Feb. 25 ... Emergencies were declared in the districts of Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque and Ucayali. (MSNBC -- International)
Mysterious Pyramid Complex Discovered in Peru Feb 21, 2008
In January construction crews working in the province of Piura discovered several truncated pyramids and a large adobe platform () ... sar Santos Snchez, chief archaeologist for INC's Piura division. (National Geographic)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Jerdan has stayed true to her native country while learning US culture Nov 1, 2007
The longtime Mattoon resident moved to the Decatur area from her hometown of Piura, Peru, as a child to join her mother in the United States. Although she did not know how to speak much English when she first arrived in America, Jerdan enrolled in the sixth grade and was fully immersed in the classroom, learning the language as she went along. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Dallas company to build Peru's largest ethanol plant Oct 15, 2007
Jose Luis Zapata FUELING GROWTH: Cesar Trelles, governor of Piura state in Peru, looks out over the hardscrabble landscape where Dallas-based Maple Energy plc will plant sugar cane and build the country s largest ethanol plant. LIMA, Peru -- Jack Hanks and his partners were selling most of the oil and gas operations of their Dallas-based company in 1992 when an outside adviser suggested that they look at investing in Peru. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Cheapest places on earth: Mncora, Peru Oct 4, 2007
The quickest way to reach Mncora, about 700 miles north of Lima, is to hop on one of Lan Peru's twice daily flights from Lima to Piura ($225 round trip); from there, it's about a two-hour cab ride to Mncora ($70). If you have 18 hours to spare, take the Cruz del Sur bus (, $37). (CNN -- Travel)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Brazil leads way in biofuels exports Post a comment Jul 18, 2007
Brazil leads way in biofuels exports - 07/18/2007 - MiamiHerald (The Miami Herald)
Sparrowtech Targets Gold Mining in Peru Jul 16, 2007
TORONTO, July 16 /CNW/ - Sparrowtech Resources, Inc. ("Sparrowtech")(OTC-PINK:SPMC) announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Overseas Mining, S.A. ("Overseas"), a Panama corporation, to acquire 80% of the assets of Andrea Gold II, a gold producing mine located in Suyo, Piura, in the Province of Ayabaca, Peru, subject to the completion of the due diligence review. The assets of Andrea Gold II include mineral rights, mining interests, claims, processing plant, and other... (Canada Newswire)
Drive to produce ethanol steers energy firm to Peru Jan 29, 2007
closed a deal to buy 25,000 acres of unused and heretofore unwanted land near the city of Piura ... Gov. Cesar Trelles of the Peruvian region, also called Piura, which includes the site, said in a telephone interview that the project would spark economic development. (Los Angeles Times)
Complete Story Jan 4, 2007
In 2001, Hart accepted the challenge and began a sponsorship with a 13-year-old girl named Diana in Piura, Peru. She learned about Diana s everyday life, her struggles and the hardships of her family. (Bradstown Kentucky Standard, KY)
