World Sep 21 Pope will retrace his missionary footsteps in Peru and finally visit Argentina in November Pope Leo XIV will retrace his steps as a missionary priest when he returns to Peru in November in his longest trip to date that will also take him to Uruguay and Argentina, where his Argentine predecessor Pope Francis never…
World Apr 13 Peru election stretches into a second day after ballot delivery failures Thousands of Peruvians were back at the polls on Monday for a second day of voting after failure to deliver ballots to voting centers extended Sunday’s election by a day.
World Feb 17 Peru's Congress removes interim President José Jerí as he faces corruption probe Jerí is under a preliminary investigation into corruption and influence peddling, stemming from a series of undisclosed meetings with two Chinese executives.
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.