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  • (May 15) The Underwood is visiting Peruvian waters to take part in the multinational naval exercises “Unitas,” which includes naval ships from Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Chile and the United States. The purpose of Unitas is to promote interoperability among partner nation navies in order to enhance security, interdiction operations, and disaster response.

    Peruvian media representatives interview crew members of the U.S. naval frigate the USS Underwood during a media tour held in the port of Callao where the ship is temporarily docked.

  • (May 9) The youth, who are high academic performers, will receive two years of English language study. The scholarship program was named for Villa El Salvador’s popular former Deputy Mayor and community activist Maria Elena Moyano, who was assassinated 20 years ago by the Sendero Luminoso terrorist group.

    Ambassador Rose Likins talks with some of the 20 new student scholars of the Access English Language Study Program in Lima’s underprivileged Villa El Salvador district.

  • New Horizons is a joint U.S.-Peru humanitarian and civil engineering exercise that will take place in regions of Ica and Huancavelica June 4 to August 31. In Ica, New Horizons will bring free medical care to an estimated 20,000 people and construct a multi-use community center and health clinic.

    Deputy Chief of Mission Michael Fitzpatrick (right) is thanked by Alonso Navarro, President of the Ica Region, at a press conference on April 23 in the city of Ica to announce New Horizons 2012 activities.

  • The Bill Anschell Trio Jazz band entertained guests at the U.S. Ambassador’s residence on April 17. The band shared the stage with Peruvian musician Lucho Quequezana – Kuntur. The Bill Anschell Trio Jazz Band is on a one-week visit to Peru performing in Lima, Cusco and Madre de Dios.

    Jazz Night at the Ambassador's Residence. (Click the image to see the photo gallery)

  • The signing took place in Washington, D.C., during the visit to the United States States of Peruvian Minister of Defense Luis Alberto Otárola. (State Image)

    Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns (right) and Peruvian Ambassador to the United States Harold Forsyth (left) signed an MOU on Political-Military Cooperation on March 28, 2012.

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  • SCAM - ARRESTED IN PERU
    SCAM - ARRESTED IN PERU

    If you have been contacted to send money to a loved one in Peru, please see the link below first! Criminals commonly attempt to scam money from travelers' family members by posing as the traveler and claiming to be in trouble. To learn more about this scam, please see the Department of State Fraud Warning.  

  • Peruvian teachers enjoy a hands-on training session during “Education 2.0: Interactive Technology Camp”
    Peruvian teachers enjoy a hands-on training session during “Education 2.0: Interactive Technology Camp”

    (Mar 16-17) The workshop was sponsored by Embassy Lima and had the support of the Peru Ministry of Education, the University of Lima and corporate partners like Microsoft, Intel, Pearson, Telefonica and Dunkin Donuts. 

  • U.S. Donated Motorcycles Help Alternative Development NGO Reach Farmers in the Field
    U.S. Donated Motorcycles Help Alternative Development NGO Reach Farmers in the Field

    (Mar. 12) U.S. Embassy Narcotics Affairs Section Chief Jeffrey Hovenier delivered ten motorcycles to the Director of Tarapoto-based Instituto de Cultivos Tropicales (ICT), Enrique Arevalo. 

  • The Salon de Chocolate is a yearly exhibition and promotion of Peruvian cacao.
    The Salon de Chocolate is a yearly exhibition and promotion of Peruvian cacao.

    (Mar. 10) Among the exhibits are many of the products produced and marketed under the USAID-Peru’s successful Alternative Development Program that is providing thousands of Peruvian farmers with cash-generating crops to replace illegal coca cultivation. 

  • Ambassador Likins commemorates International Women's Day at the Peruvian Congress
    Ambassador Likins commemorates International Women's Day at the Peruvian Congress

    The Peruvian Congress was the setting March 8 for a gathering of Peruvian Congresswomen and other leading Peruvian women marking International Women’s Day. Ambassador Likins was among the honored speakers who gathered to mark the advances of women in Peru and around the world and to call for greater equality and opportunity in the economic, social and political spheres of society. 

  • Roberta S. Jacobson met with peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rafael Rocagliolo
    Roberta S. Jacobson met with peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rafael Rocagliolo

    Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson met with Peru Foreign Minister Rafael Roncagliolo on February 6. Jacobson is on a two-day visit to Peru meeting with government officials to foster continued close bilateral cooperation and to promote President Obama’s “100,000 Strong in the Americas” goal to increase international study between the United States and Latin America. The trip is part of a regional visit that will also take the Acting Assistant Secretary to Argentina. 

  • U.S. Navy High Speed Vessel (HSV) Swift visit and works in Callao and Ancon schools
    U.S. Navy High Speed Vessel (HSV) Swift visit and works in Callao and Ancon schools

    (Jan. 20) An American Seabee (right) from the U.S. Navy high speed vessel (HSV) Swift works alongside his counterpart from the Peruvian Navy constructing four classrooms and a community kitchen for a school serving underprivileged children in the port city of Callao. 

  • Jazz in the Plaza Mayor
    Jazz in the Plaza Mayor

    The New York based Jazz band the Jed Levy Quartet entertained an estimated one thousand music lovers on a warm Friday evening in historic downtown Lima on February 10. The band shared the stage with the Peruvian Jazz ensemble the Manuel Miranda Sextet as part of a summer cultural event co-sponsored by the U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section and the Municipality of Lima. The Jed Levy Quartet is on a one-week visit to Peru performing in Lima and Ancón. 

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