World May 08 Pope Leo XIV had to overcome the taboo against a U.S. pontiff Pope Leo XIV had to overcome the taboo against a U.S. pope, given the geopolitical power already wielded by the United States in the secular sphere.
Arts Apr 14 Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel laureate, dies at 89 Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died.
World Nov 14 China’s president will inaugurate a megaport in Peru, but locals say they’re left out A remote fishing town on the edge of Peru’s coastal desert is the site for a $1.3 billion megaport majority-owned by the Chinese shipping giant Cosco.
World Oct 22 Peru’s former president Alejandro Toledo sentenced to 20 years in corruption case Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo has been sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which became synonymous with corruption across Latin America.
World Jul 09 Buried by avalanche 22 years ago, body of U.S. climber is found in Peru Police in Peru said Tuesday they have found the cold-preserved body of an American mountaineer who was buried as he tried to climb one of the highest peaks in the Andes.
World Mar 30 Government agents raid Peruvian president’s home in luxury watch investigation Peruvian police busted through the front door of President Dina Boluarte’s house with a battering ram overnight in search of luxury watches as part of an investigation into possible illicit enrichment.
World May 03 Peru used excessive force to quell protests, says human rights panel The Inter American Commission on Human Rights says Peru's military and police forces used excessive force to quell violent anti-government protests, and that they should be investigated as possible extrajudicial executions and massacres.
World Jan 19 Protestors from Peru’s Andes ‘descended’ on capital to demand leader resign People are pouring into Peru's capital, many from remote Andean regions, for a protest against President Dina Boluarte and in support of her predecessor, whose ouster last month launched weeks of deadly unrest and cast the nation into political chaos.
World Dec 12 Peru’s new president proposes to move up elections amid protests Peru’s new president has given in to protesters demands, announcing in a nationally televised address a proposal to move up elections.
World Dec 09 New Peru president appears in military ceremony to cement power Peru’s first female president appeared in a military ceremony on national television on Friday in her first official event as head of state, an attempt to cement her power and buck the national trend of early presidential departures.