Category Archives: Comercio

Quito – Floods and mudslides following heavy rain have claimed 23 lives in Ecuador, the daily El Comercio reported Friday citing civil protection sources in the South American country. Interior Minister Gustavo Larrera, in turn, estimated at least 1 …

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – People in Peru are growing disappointed with Alan García’s performance, according to a poll by Ipsos, Apoyo, Opinión y Mercado published in El Comercio. 64 per cent of respondents disapprove of the president’s work so … Continue reading →

At stake: Legislative Assembly

A team of archaeologists have discovered the ruins of the oldest known structures in Peru, erected 5,500 years ago, the Lima newspaper El Comercio reported.

El Presidente de la Reserva Federal, el banco central de Estados Unidos, declaró en reciente testimonio ante el Congreso que 2008 será un año de magro crecimiento.

Lima – A team of archeologists have discovered the ruins of the oldest known structures in Peru, erected 5,500 years ago, the Lima daily El Comercio reported. The discovery is a sunken, circular plaza, situated in the coastal zone of … Continue reading →

LIMA (Reuters) – A circular plaza built 5,500 years ago has been discovered in Peru, and archaeologists involved in the dig said on Monday carbon dating shows it is one of the oldest structures ever found in the Americas.

A team of archaeologists have discovered the ruins of the oldest known structures in Peru, erected 5500 years ago, the Lima newspaper El Comercio reported.

understanding of architecture and construction. This can clearly be seen in the fact that the materials they used survived for so long,” Peter Fuchs, one of the archaeologists, told the El Comercio newspaper.

A circular plaza built 5,500 years ago has been discovered in Peru, and archeologists involved in the dig said on Monday carbon dating shows it is one of the oldest structures ever found in the Americas.