The President of the Council of Ministers, Javier Velásquez Quesquén called
today, with authorities and residents of Quillabamba, knowing how they spend
local and regional resources to receive in royalties and
gas royalties.

During the high-level meeting with representatives of this town
confirmed that the Government has a very strong and solid respect
dialogue, but without any pressure, "compulsive"

"Mayors are doing with what resources. That's why we
asked the Comptroller (General of the Republic) to intervene, "
said.

Quesquén Velasquez said that the executive can sit down with
population and install technical tables and said that if the
normalcy returns to the area, then "today stands the state of
emergency. "

The head of the Cabinet came to the town of La Convention
Quillabamba, and holds a meeting with the authorities in the area.

Peru declares emergency over cold weather

The Peruvian government has declared a state of emergency in more than half the country due to cold weather.

Most of the areas affected are in the south, where temperatures regularly drop below zero centigrade at this time of year.

However, this time temperatures have dropped to as low as -24C.

The state of emergency means regional authorities can dip into emergency funds to provide medicine, blankets and shelter to those most affected.

Seasonal deaths

The state of emergency was declared in 16 of Peru's 24 regions.

This week Peru's capital, Lima, recorded its lowest temperatures in 46 years at 8C, and the emergency measures apply to several of its outlying districts.

In Peru's hot and humid Amazon region, temperatures dropped as low as 9C. The jungle region has recorded five cold spells this year.

Peru's natural gas production between January and July 2010 totaled 101.27 million cubic feet, a 49.62 percent increase compared to the same period last year, Peru's state hydrocarbons promotion agency Perupetro announced Sunday

Perupetro pointed out that production has increased to meet the growing demand of the electric sector and supply gas to the LNG plant, owned by the Peru LNG consortium.

The average natural gas production in July was 777,138.32 cubic feet a day, up 13.61 percent from the previous month.

Perupetro said Sunday that the growth was mainly due to increased production from Pluspetrol Peru Corporation's Block 88, the main block in the Camisea natural gas field.

President Garcia inaugurates Essalud hospital in Ica

Peruvian President Alan Garcia has traveled to the southern Ica region to inaugurate the 'Nuevo Hospital de Alta Complejidad Ica' (New Ica High Complexity Hospital), a US$24-million health facility to serve over 350,000 insured people.

During his 195th visit to a Peruvian region, Garcia Perez will be accompanied by Essalud head Fernando Barrios and several local authorities.

This is the third hospital built by the government in the Sur Chico (southern regions near the capital city of Lima) and the 15th nationwide. Ten other new hospitals are under construction throughout the country. 

Essalud is a state-owned insurance and service provider in Peru offering medical and economic benefits that cover nearly ten million regularly insured parties and successors.