Mario Eduardo Testino Silva OBE HonFRPS is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer.
Ernesto Bustamante is a scientist known for his expertise and contributions to the field of molecular biology. He is currently also a politician and member of Parliament.
Santa Rosa is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. Officially established as a district on February 6, 1962. The district's postal code is 38. It limits to the north and the east with the Ancón District, to the west with the Pacific Ocean, to the south with the Ventanilla District.
Wilder Félix Calderón Castro is a Peruvian politician. He is a former Congressman, elected in the 2006 elections, representing the Ancash region for the 2006–2011 term. He lost his seat in the 2011 elections, when he ran for re-election, but he received a low number of votes and was not re-elected. In the 2014 regional elections, he ran for Regional President of Ancash, but he was not elected, as he received only 3.1% of the vote. Calderón belongs to the Peruvian Aprista Party and graduated from the Federico Villareal National University.
Petróleos del Perú(Petroperú), is a Peruvian state-owned company and private law dedicated to the transportation, refining, distribution and commercialization of fuels and other petroleum products. This company belonging to the Peruvian State since 1969, is considered among the main taxpayers to the treasury and currently employs more than 2,500 people. On the other hand, it makes important investments in education, health and other sustainable development projects throughout the Peruvian territory.
The Alameda County Library, in Alameda County, California, is a public library system that provides services from eleven branch libraries in the cities of Albany, Dublin, Fremont, Newark and Union City and the unincorporated communities of Castro Valley, Cherryland and San Lorenzo. According to 2005/2006 statistics, the total service area represents a population of about 522,000, and annual circulation is reported to be around 5.5 million. Its headquarters are located in Fremont.
Chinchaypujio is one of nine districts of the Anta Province in Peru and about 2 hours outside of Cusco. Its capital, Chinchaypujio, hosts a weekly market (Mercado Ferial de Chinchaypujio) as well as the regional government. The district is home to 9 communities: Chinchaypujio, Ocra, Paucarccoto, Parcotica, Waccahualla, Huancancalla, Sumaru, Pantipata and Huamumayo. In its southernmost part, the Apurímac River crosses the district; a major trade road connecting the Cuzco Department with the Department of Apurímac crosses through the entire district from north to south.
Faustino Piaggio, was an Italian industrialist who also became a pioneer of the Latin American oil industry with his businesses based in Peru.
Enel Americas is a conglomerate of electric energy companies operating in South America and Central America countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Costa Rica, Panama and Guatemala. Through its affiliates it generates, transmits and distributes electric power.
Dana Pe'er is currently the Chair and Professor in Computational and Systems Biology Program at Sloan Kettering Institute, and regarded as one of the leading researchers in computational systems biology. She was selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator in September, 2021. Previously, she was a professor at Columbia Department of Biological Sciences. Pe'er's research focuses on understanding the organization, function and evolution of molecular networks, particularly how genetic variations alter the regulatory network and how these genetic variations can cause cancer.
William Guillén Padilla is a Peruvian poet and storyteller. He excels in the genre of literary minifiction.
The Miss Perú 1981 pageant was held on June 27, 1981. That year, 18 candidates were competing for the national crown. The chosen winner represented Peru at the Miss Universe 1981. The rest of the finalists would enter in different pageants.
The COVID-19 vaccination program in Peru is the national vaccination strategy to protect the population against SARS-CoV-2 employing vaccines developed for the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru. Vaccination began on 9 February 2021, after three days of arrival of first vaccines. On a nation message, the head of state Francisco Sagasti confirmed the purchase of 38 millions of vaccines, being one million of vaccines for health personnel.
Patricia Majluf Chiok is a Peruvian biologist, zoologist, researcher and conservationist. She founded the Center for Environmental Sustainability (CSA) at the Cayetano Heredia University in 2006. She is currently the Vice President in Peru of Oceana, a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the oceans.
Nieves Limachi is a Peruvian architect and politician. She serves as a member of Congress.
On July 23, 2021, following Pedro Castillo's electoral victory, mining communities near Las Bambas copper mine blocked the road used to transport the copper. The protesters claimed that local communities saw little benefit from the wealth generated by the mining.
