· June, 2015

Stories about Latin America from June, 2015

Peruvian Police Arrest Elderly Drivers for a Good Reason

  22 June 2015

In the Peruvian city of Huancayo, located in the center of the country, agents of the local Police Transit Authority arrested several elderly drivers of public transportation vehicles: A pesar que los conductores se resistían a ir a la dependencia policial, por contar con todos los documentos en regla. Fueron...

Peruvian Ministry of Education Makes 24 Indigenous Alphabets Official

  19 June 2015

The alphabets of 24 indigenous languages were made official in Peru as a result of joint efforts by the Ministry of Education and numerous indigenous communities. The documents were adopted by consensus and will be used to help preserve and improve the use of these languages, both in their written and spoken forms. De ese modo, los...

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