Indigenous leader shot and killed in Peru’s VRAEM, drug gangs suspected
Lima, Peru — Santiago Contoricón, an Indigenous leader from the Junín-Huancavelica region in Peru’s central Andes, was shot and killed on April 8, authorities announced...
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Regions in northern Peru, battered by rain, call strike against national government to protest neglect
Lima, Peru — Authorities in regions of northern Peru that have been battered by torrential rains have announced they’ll join an indefinite strike against Peru’s...
Peru’s Public Ministry raided homes of two former prime ministers
Lima, Peru — Peru’s Public Ministry raided the homes of two former Prime Ministers of Pedro Castillo, Aníbal Torres and Betssy Chávez, on March 23...
Former minister in Pedro Castillo’s cabinet captured
Lima, Peru — Geiner Alvarado, Peru’s former Minister of Housing and a man some have called President Pedro Castillo’s right-hand man, has been captured and...
Agents of corruption: The real culprits of Peru’s endless graft
Lima, Peru — Castillo. Vizcarra. Kuczynski. Humala. García. Fujimori. These are just some of the Peruvian presidents that have been investigated, jailed or that have...
Emergency measures activated after deadly rains pound Peru
Lima, Peru — Peru’s President Dina Boluarte announced red alert measures on Wednesday due to heavy rains caused by Cyclone Yaku, which has been pounding...
2022 an “unprecedented” year for aggression against journalists in Peru
Lima, Peru — In September 2021, Hellen Meniz, a journalist with one of Peru’s largest broadcast news agencies, RPP, was attempting to interview former President...
6 soldiers die crossing river to escape protesters in southern Peru
Lima, Peru — Peru’s Ministry of Defense reported that six soldiers died over the weekend as they tried to cross the Ilave river in the...
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa inducted into Académie Française
Lima, Peru — Peru’s Mario Vargas Llosa became the first Spanish-speaking author to enter the Académie Française (French Academy), a milestone for a Peruvian writer....
7 Peruvian police killed by alleged Shining Path rebels
Lima, Peru — Alleged remnants of the Shining Path, a Maoist guerrilla group that terrorized Peru in the 1980s and 1990s, reportedly ambushed and killed...
