Callao

[kah-you]

noun

1. a seaport in W Peru, near Lima.

Callao

/ kaˈʎao /

noun

1. a port in W Peru, near Lima, on Callao Bay : chief import centre of Peru. Pop: 813 264 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Specifically, the ultra-radical, cult-like, incredibly brutal Shining Path — once feared for its reign of terror in the ‘80s and ‘90s, hanging dead dogs from lampposts — collects “revolutionary taxes” from cocaleros and facilitates onward shipments to global traffickers, for example through the port of Callao.

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In 2021, the authority detained the Western Callao, another ship formerly owned by the company, the Singapore-based Grace Ocean Private Ltd., after it found the management was in arrears paying 13 crew members and had kept them onboard the ship for more than 12 months, well beyond their nine-month contracts.

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The strike soon escalated into a mutiny, with the crew forcing the ship into the Peruvian port of Callao — where the navy pushed the vessel back out to sea.

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Authorities found the drugs sealed into the back of his suitcase during a search, theSuperior Court of Justice of Callao said in the statement which was released last week.

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The Talavera mine, located in El Callao, in Venezuela's Bolivar state, flooded on Wednesday due to heavy rains but rescue workers could not finish recovery efforts before Saturday.

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