Peru to have developed country conditions by 2021 President Alan Garcia Perez said Peru will have the conditions of a developed country by 2021, when the country celebrates the bicentennial of its independence from Spain. By that year, the country must have eradicated extreme poverty and drastically reduced poverty in order to match the standards of the developed nations on the planet, he said. The Peruvian leader added that the government is currently working on 72 road projects aimed at bringing together rural towns across the country. “Many stretches have already been built but we must continue to complete the 24,000 kilometers of the national road network, so far we have paved and built 10,500 km,” he said after inspecting progress on the construction of the Electric Train project in Lima.
“Peru must cover nearly all the basic needs for electricity, health, education and housing by 2021,” Alan Garcia Perez, Lima, January 9.
Guinness World Records:
World’s highest gas pipeline is in Peru
The Guinness World Records (GWR) appreciated Peruvian President Alan Garcia’s contribution to the record for “The Highest Gas Pipeline,” which required an investment of $3.8 million. The certificate of appreciation noted that the highest gas pipeline reaches a maximum height of 4,900 m 52 cm (16,077 ft 9 in) above sea level. Guinness World Record judge Carlos Martinez Nogues traveled to KP161 in Huancavelica, the pipeline’s highest point, for the corresponding
certification. The 408 km-long pipeline, crossing the Peruvian Andes, transports liquefied natural gas from Chiquintirca in Ayacucho to Pampa Melchorita on the country’s coastline. The pipeline is owned and operated by PERU LNG S.L.R. (Hunt Oil Company, Repsol, SK Energy, and Marubeni Corporation) and was constructed by TECHINT S.A.C.