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United States delivers COER Moquegua to prevent and respond to natural disasters

The Ambassador of the United States in Peru, Krishna R. Urs, and the and the Director of the Peruvian Civil Defense Institute (INDECI), Brigadier General Jorge Chávez, participated in a ceremony today to deliver the Regional Emergency Operations Center (COER) Moquegua, built by the United States Southern Command through its Humanitarian Assistance Program. At a ...

By U.S. Embassy Lima | 11 October, 2018 | Topics: News | Tags: Ambassador Krishna R. Urs, Regional Emergency Operations Center (COER)

Inka Temple at Huánuco Pampa wins 2018 Ambassadors Fund Award

Ambassador Krishna R. Urs and Minister of Culture Patricia Balbuena, announced a winning project for the 2018 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP): the conservation and restoration of the Inka temple of the Huánuco Pampa archaeological site. The announcement took place this morning at the Huaca Mangomarca, in San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, whose pyramid ...

By U.S. Embassy Lima | 28 September, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Ambassador Krishna R. Urs, Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation

United States Continues to Assist Venezuelans in Need

Vice President Mike Pence announced today at the 73rd regular session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, NY, more than $48 million in additional humanitarian U.S. assistance for Venezuelans affected by the man-made crisis in Venezuela. This funding will help provide affected Venezuelans with emergency food assistance, safe drinking water, hygiene supplies, ...

By U.S. Embassy Lima | 28 September, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Mike Pence, Venezuela

Demonstration Alert – U.S. Embassy Lima (September 26, 2018)

Location: Cusco/ La Convención, Peru Event: The Federation of Coca Growers of the Provinces of La Convención, Yanatile, and Lares (FEPCACYL) continue to demonstrate in the La Convención area; demonstrations are likely to intensify. The taxi driver association has indicated they will join the protest. Tourist police report police and protestors have clashed, but there ...

By U.S. Embassy Lima | 26 September, 2018 | Topics: Demonstration Notices | Tags: Cusco, Protests

Foreign Service Officer Test (FSOT) in Lima

Interested in Being a Diplomat? Take the Foreign Service Officer Test. The next opportunity to join the Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer (diplomat) will be in October 2018! The computer-based Foreign Service Officer exam will be offered in Lima on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, at 0900 (9:00 a.m.), and the afternoon of ...

By U.S. Embassy Lima | 13 September, 2018 | Topics: Messages for U.S. Citizens | Tags: FSOT

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