Lima, Peru | Saturday 07 November 2009 10:04 | | |

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Peru's Production Minister, Mercedes Araoz, confirmed that she will have an official meeting with Chile's President Michelle Bachelet in Santiago, on November 18th.
The Andean parliamentarian Elsa Malpartida said today that she was forced, like many other people, to join the terrorist group Shining Path when she lived in Tingo Maria during the 80's, in the village of El Milagro.
President Alan Garcia will travel to Singapore to participate in the 17th Meeting of Leaders of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and will visit to Japan and South Korea to deepen bilateral relations with both countries.
In the middle of a controversial public opinion debate on the matter, Peru's Justice Minister, Aurelio Pastor, told Peru21 that he thinks that bill on decriminalizing eugenesic abortions and abortion after rape will not be passed by Congress, since "there is no way" to achieve the required number of votes.
The bill establishing a system of “cultural sponsorship,” which would provide tax incentives for firms which donate funds for activities related to theater, film, music, dance, crafts, digital art and literature, or with investing in the restoration of historical heritage, is backed by most of the parliamentary groups.
The possible amendments to Peruvian Penal Code that would decriminalize eugenesic abortion in Peru are currently in discussion in the Congress, but not yet in the Council of Ministers, said Prime Minister Javier Velasquez.
Despite the opposition of the Defense Ministry, the Peruvian government will create the Museum of Memory to remember 20 years of violence, according to Peruvian Chancellor José Antonio García Belaunde.
The chancellor of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ratified today his disposition to strengthen bilateral relations and promote investments in Peru, after being decorated by Peruvian's government in Lima.
Peru's Former President Alejandro Toledo said that the Peruvian politics “is in need of new leaderships,” and that his political party, Peru Posible, would be a “middle-left” candidacy
Almost 18 months before the next presidential elections, when almost all politic parties are establishing their candidates and their alliances, Luis Castañeda, current Mayor of Lima, is in the first place of the voters' preferences, for the second month in a row.
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