Lima, Jan 3 (EFE).- Civil organizations linked to religious groups, retired military and police, as well as conservative politicians, participated Tuesday in a peace march through downtown Lima and several Peruvian cities to reject the violence of the protests in December in which 28 people died. Carrying a huge red and white flag, hundreds of …
The central coast of Peru is cleaning up after a catastrophe due to a large oil spill on Jan. 15, 2022. The environmental emergency occurred after a pipe ruptured between an Italian oil tanker, the Mare Doricum, and the refinery of La Pampilla, owned by Spanish oil major Repsol. On Jan. 17, Rubén Ramírez, Peru’s […]
LIMA - The oil spill off the coast of Peru sparked by a volcanic eruption thousands of miles away is twice as big as previously reported, the government said Friday.
Lima, Jan 28 (EFE).- Peru’s government on Friday said 11,900 barrels of crude polluted Pacific waters as a result of an oil spill earlier this month, nearly double its previous estimate of 6,000 barrels. “The new estimate is 11,900 barrels” through Thursday from the oil spill at a refinery owned by Spanish oil company Repsol, …