Opinion

The Editors’ Opinions Section is where our editors and writers air their personal views and opinions on literally everything that is going on in Lima and Peru. These opinions might be controversial, but you are welcome to jump in with your comments…

Driving in Lima - Not for the faint-hearted

Editors Opinion
 
Driving in Lima and Peru will be a very “interesting” experience if you are used to driving in North America or Europe.

Racism, discrimination and intolerance in Peru

Editors Opinion
 
Peru signed two Interamerican Conventions against racism and discrimination at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington DC. Ana Rosa Valdivieso, the Peruvian Ambassador to the OAS, announced that she is pleased to have the opportunity to sign these conventions as “the fight against discrimination and protecting…

LimaEasy is back home!

Editors Opinion
 
In 2006 we created LimaEasy just a few months after arriving in the Peruvian capital in a time when there wasn’t much detailed and especially up-to-date info in English about the city around. Within the following 8 years we made LimaEasy with lots of love and passion a household name and tremendous success with tourists, foreigners living in Per…

Lima - An Editor's View

Editors Opinion
 
Lima today is no longer the wealthy, beautiful colonial settlement and most important city in the Americas like it used to be during colonial times; or the lovely capital of independent Peru with nice haciendas, fishing villages and lots of green surrounding it. Today Lima, with its over 9 million inhabitants, shantytowns and sometimes tatty fac..

Peru Newsflash

New lizard species discovered in Peru

There is still so much new to find out about and see in Peru. Just recently Peruvian scientists discovered a...

Peru has the second-worst drivers in the world

For those living and driving in Peru it comes to no surprise. A recent study by Compare the Market, an...

Machu Picchu reopens for the first time after the social outbreak

The Ministry of Culture of Peru decided to re-open Machu Picchu after it was closed on January 21 because of...

Peru extends the state of emergency in 44 districts

The Peruvian government extended the "state of emergency" in 44 districts of the central departments of...

Peru Event Calendar

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Upcoming Events in Peru

01 May
Labor Day in Peru
01 May
Virgin of Chapi celebration in Arequipa
03 May
Festival of the Crosses
11 May
Mother's Day in Peru
19 May
Festival of the Lord of Torrechayoc in Urubamba
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Upcoming Events in Peru

Tourist Attractions & Sights in Peru

Machu Picchu

International Schools in Peru

International Christian School of Lima - ICS Lima

Peruvian Visa Types

Peruvian Digital Nomad Visa

Laws, Norms, Legal Codes & Decrees

Legislative Decree No. 1582 (Modification of the Peruvian Foreigner Law, Nov 2023)

Peruvian Cheese

Queso Rojo de Lluta

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The Mystery of the Nazca Lines in Peru

In the 1920s, when people first flew across southern Peru, they made an astonishing discovery. Stretching below them,…

Francisco Pizarro González (1474-1541)

Francisco Pizarro, a peasant from Spain, was one of the least well-equipped conquerors in history. However, in the name…

The colorful Fabrics and Textiles of Peru

Europe’s first knowledge of Peruvian textiles was acquired following the Spanish invasion of Peru in 1532, when the…

The Jeweled Frog and the Condor

By a quiet pond, at the side of a cloud-topped mountain in Peru, lived a small green frog and his large green family.…

Peruvian Economy

The Peruvian economy is an emerging, social market economy highly dependent on foreign trade and classified as an upper…