Meet Illariy, the world’s first AI avatar that teaches Quechua on TikTok
Lima, Peru — The Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM) developed Illariy, an artificial intelligence (AI) avatar that...
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Puno, in southern Peru, resumes protests against President Dina Boluarte
Lima, Peru — After months of relative calm following mass protests in Peru over the ouster of President Pedro Castillo in December, citizens and social...
Peru’s dengue outbreak: Where are the regions most affected?
Lima, Peru — Nearly every region in Peru is facing an outbreak of dengue, a virus that is spread to humans via mosquitos and can...
Indigenous leaders are being murdered in Peru’s Amazon
Lima, Peru — On the night of April 8, Santiago Contoricón, an Indigenous leader from Peru’s Amazon, went to the window of his home in...
Mexico’s AMLO declared ‘persona non grata’ by Peruvian congressional commission
Lima, Peru — Peru’s Foreign Relations Commission in Congress declared Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador “persona non grata” on Monday after Mexico’s leader had...
Cusco covered in snow: Everything you need to know to travel
Lima, Peru — Some unusual weather this week in Cusco, one of the most popular tourist cities in Peru, had travelers and locals doing a...
27 dead after mine fire in southern Peru
Lima, Peru — At least 27 gold miners died of suffocation over the weekend in a mine in the southern Arequipa region of Peru. The...
Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo arrested after extradition from the United States
Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, accused of receiving USD $35 million in bribes from the Brazilian company Odebrecht, arrived in Peru on Sunday after being...
Archaeologists discover 500-year-old Inca ceremonial bath in Peru
Peruvian archaeologists have discovered a second Inca ceremonial bath in the Huánuco Pampa archaeological zone, in the Huánuco region located in north-central Peru. The bathroom,...
Peru’s former Interior Minister sentenced to 12 years in prison for journalist’s murder
Lima, Peru — Peru’s Judiciary sentenced former Interior Minister and former Army Brigadier General Daniel Urresti to 12 years in prison for the November 1988...
