Peru’s Congress sacks respected education minister
Peru’s opposition-controlled Congress voted to impeach education minister Jaime Saavedra on Thursday. With 78 votes…
8 years ago
Peru’s opposition party to impeach Cabinet minister
The Popular Force party which controls Congress has signaled that it will vote to sack…
8 years ago
Peru’s new defense minister to focus on defeating Shining Path
Peru's new defense minister, Jorge Nieto, will focus on stamping out the Shining Path guerrilla…
8 years ago
Peru wins fifth consecutive tourism award for best food
The World Travel Awards (WTA) have selected Peru as the World’s Leading Culinary Destination in…
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Lima mob chasing ‘organ harvesters’ leaves one dead, 34 arrested
Thirty-four people were arrested in a Lima shantytown on Sunday after a violent mob attempted…
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Peru’s billion-dollar gas pipeline in jeopardy
The construction of Peru’s $7-billion Southern Gas Pipeline could be stalled indefinitely if Odebrecht cannot…
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Peru’s new president suffers first Cabinet resignation
Peru President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has accepted the resignation of defense minister Mariano Gonzalez after…
8 years ago
Peru’s former soccer chief extradited to US, pleads not guilty
Manuel Burga, the former president of the Peruvian Soccer Federation (FPF), plead not guilty to corruption…
8 years ago
A look at life for the gold miners in Peru’s Amazon
Gold miners in Peru’s Amazon jungle face crime, corruption, health hazards and environmental destruction to…
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Peru painter Fernando de Szyszlo publishes memoir
Peruvian painter Fernando de Szyszlo has published “Life without an owner,” an autobiography detailing the…
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Peru president lends loud voice in defending free trade
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) concluded its annual summit in Lima last week by declaring…
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Peru: protest shuts down Machu Picchu tourism for two days
A protest by hundreds of residents of a village below Machu Picchu in southern Peru…
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Fire kills four at Lima shopping mall ahead of APEC summit
Four people died in a fire Wednesday morning after being trapped in a theater during…
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Peru’s greatest politico-socio-economic challenge
The willingness and perceived legitimacy to use violence against the state is Peru’s cultural challenge…
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Peru judge orders ex-President Humala to post bail in corruption probe
A court in Peru has ordered former President Ollanta Humala to post a $15,000 bond…
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