A Peruvian police squad used an agent dressed as Father Christmas to infiltrate an unsafe neighborhood outside Lima and bust a small drug ring, authorities said Saturday.
CHANCAY, Peru, Dec 19 (IPS) - "We have always lived a very quiet life here, but everything has changed since the construction of the multi-purpose port began a few years ago," said Miriam Arce, a neighborhood leader in this municipality 80 kilometers north of the Peruvian capital, where the new port is projected to become the epicenter of trade between China and South American countries.
"We have always lived a very quiet life here, but everything has changed since the construction of the multi-purpose port began a few years ago," said Miriam Arce, a neighborhood leader in this munici
"From Chancay to Shanghai" is one of the most popular phrases among inhabitants in the Norte Chico (Lima region's northern area), as they observe the magnitude of the construction works at the largest mega-port project that has been developed in Peru.
Donations from the Church in Latin America include new school desks in Guatemala, access to clean drinking water in Colombia and cooking kits for soup kitchens in Peru.