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  • Ambassador Rose M. Likins with ACCESS students

    At the Bi-National Cultural Center in Trujillo, Ambassador Likins visits with ACCESS students making use of Embassy donated computers to the center's library. ACCESS scholars are talented young students from underprivileged families who receive grants fr

  • Richard Goughnour, USAID'S Director; Rose M. Likins, U.S. Ambassador; Oscar Valdés, peruvian Prime Minister and Alfonso Velásquez chief of PRA Project

    USAID and Peruvian Government signed Memorandum of Understanding. USAID will provide technical support to 30,000 producers and entrepreneurs in the Peruvian highlands to join efforts in the fight against poverty.

  • Peruvian Minister of Interior, Daniel Lozada; Ambassador of the United Sates, Rose M. Likins; American Colonel Carlos Berrios and Peruvian Minister of Defense, Alberto Otárola

    U.S. Equipment Donation Will Support Peru Counter Narco-Terrorism and Drug Trafficking Efforts in VRAE

  • (Dec. 20) United States Department of Labor (DOL) today awarded a $13 million grant to a group of regional non-governmental organizations to combat exploitative child labor practices in Peru. The four-year program will operate in the Huancavelica, Pasco and Junín regions and will target 6,500 children who labor in agriculture and other work sectors in rural Peru. (AP Photo)

    US Department of Labor grants $13 million to Peru to Combat Exploitative Child Labor

  • Ambassador Rose Likins and Public Defender Eduardo Vega from the Peru Ministry of Justice participated in the opening on December 5 of a two-day workshop for national and regional government authorities as well as NGOs and other stakeholders on implementing Peru’s National Plan Against Trafficking in Persons. The workshop is supported by the U.S. Embassy and the International Organization for Migration.

    Human Trafficking Workshop

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  • USAID's 50th Anniversary
    USAID's 50th Anniversary

    (Nov. 18) Peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rafael Roncagliolo and Ambassador Rose Likins at USAID's 50th anniversary ceremony. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United States Agency for International Development and of development cooperation between USAID and Peru. 

  • Fifty Years of USAID-Peru Partnership

    (Nov. 18) Peruvian Foreign Minister Rafael Roncagliolo hosted U.S. Ambassador Rose M. Likins and a delegation from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today at the Torre Tagle Palace to mark 50 years of U.S. development partnership with Peru on the occasion this year of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of USAID. The highlight of the celebration was the decoration by Foreign Minister Roncagliolo of USAID-Peru Director Richard Goughnour with the order of the Sol del Peru with the rank of Gran Cruz. 

  • Ambassador Rose Likins (left) attended along with four other members of the House of Representatives. The U.S. delegation are members of the bi-partisan House Democracy Partnership and are on a two-day visit to Peru to meet with their Peruvian counterparts to promote independent, responsive and effective legislative institutions
    US Congress Delegation meets President of Peruvian Congress

    (Lima, Nov. 7) Member of the U.S. House of Representatives David Dreier (R-CA) (center) greats President of the Peruvian Congress Daniel Abugattas (right) at meeting. 

  • Embassy launches eLibrary USA
    Embassy launches eLibrary USA

    (Oct. 13) Ambassador Rose Likins launched eLibraryUSA on Oct. 13 at a U.S.-Peru Bi-National Center in Lima. Students from the Colegio Mayor school tested the U.S.-funded virtual library that provides access to thirty databases containing thousands of articles, magazines, ebooks and videos on a variety of topics. (State Dept) 

  • Smithsonian and Ministry of Culture Sign Cultural Agreement Smithsonian Institution President Wayne Clough and Peruvian Minister of Culture Susana Baca signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Lima on October 6 that outlines cooperation on cultural matters between the two organizations.
    Smithsonian and Ministry of Culture Sign Cultural Agreement

    (Oct. 6) President of the Smithsonian Institution, Wayne Clough, and Peruvian Minister of Culture, Susana Baca, signed a “Memorandum of Understanding between the Peruvian Ministry of Culture and the National Museum of American Indian” for the implementation of cultural projects. 

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    U.S. Embassy Launches New User-Friendly Visa Appointment System

    The Consular Section launched a new visa appointment system for appplicants for non-immigrant visas to the United States beginning Friday, September 23, 2011. The new system is easier, more convenient and less costly for applicants. 

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