Marxist Peruvian President José María Balcázar announced Monday that free market economist Hernando de Soto would serve as Peru’s next prime minister. What was expected to be a…
Read more Peru’s Marxist president changes his mind, doesn’t make Hernando de Soto prime ministerFeb 17 (Reuters) – Peru’s Congress on Tuesday began a debate in which they will discuss whether to remove President Jose Jeri after just four months in office,…
Read more Peru’s Congress Begins Debating Removal of President JeriAs Congress returns from recess this week, Sacramento Congressman Ami Bera says Republican lawmakers have privately expressed growing concern over President Donald Trump’s recent decisions.“I think they are…
Read more Congressman Ami Bera says Republicans privately concerned about President TrumpPeru isn’t only a country with unmatched beauty where retirement is “shockingly affordable” — it’s also home to some of the most stunning South American islands to visit.…
Read more South America’s Affordable, Walkable City To Retire In Peru Has Stunning Architecture And ViewsGet the Facts: Is Venezuela a primary drug trafficker to the United States? OK, thank you very much. This is big stuff. And we appreciate you being here.…
Read more Get the Facts: Is Venezuela a primary drug trafficker to the United States?A head-on collision between two trains on the line that services Peru’s Machu Picchu killed one person and injured at least 40 others, authorities said. The deceased was…
Read more Head-on train collision near Peru’s Machu Picchu kills at least 1, injures 40Video from Peru shows first responders racing to rescue a Minnesota man after he was killed in a lightning strike. Now, his family is trying to figure out…
Read more Minnesota man, 36, killed in lightning strike in Peru; family navigating lossLIMA (Reuters) -Peru will declare a state of emergency along its border with Chile, President José Jerí said on Friday, as migrants seek to cross into the country…
Read more Peru’s President to Declare Border State of Emergency to Prevent Entry of Undocumented MigrantsLIMA (Reuters) -A Peruvian Supreme Court judge on Friday ordered the arrest and five-month preventive detention of former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chavez, who is currently under asylum…
Read more Peru Orders Arrest of Ex-Prime Minister Under Mexico Asylum in LimaPeru has declared Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum a “persona non grata” who is unable to enter the country, days after severing ties with Mexico amid an escalating diplomatic…
Read more Peru bans Mexico’s President Sheinbaum as diplomatic dispute growsPeru has decided to break off diplomatic relations with Mexico after accusing it of granting asylum to a former Peruvian prime minister who is on trial over an…
Read more Peru cuts ties with Mexico over asylum for ex-prime ministerLIMA (Reuters) -Peru has decided to break off diplomatic relations with Mexico, the Andean nation’s foreign minister said on Monday, after starting the process to grant asylum to…
Read more Peru Breaks off Diplomatic Relations With Mexico Over Ex-Prime Minister’s Asylum RequestLIMA (Reuters) -Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of Peru’s late former President Alberto Fujimori, said on Thursday she will run for president in Peru’s April election, days after the…
Read more Peru’s Keiko Fujimori Announces Fourth Bid for PresidencyFrom the depths of Brazil’s Amazon to Indonesia’s rainforests, some of the world’s most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis…
Read more Half of uncontacted Indigenous tribes “could be wiped out” in 10 years, report says. Here’s what to know.In the remote town of Huaytará, Peru, the building that houses the Church of San Juan Bautista is more than what it seems. It was built upon a…
Read more The Inca Built This Three-Walled Building to Shape Sound, Study SuggestsLIMA (Reuters) -The mayor of Peru’s capital, Rafael Lopez Aliaga, said he will resign from his post on Monday to become the first candidate in April’s presidential election,…
Read more Peru’s ‘Porky’, Mayor of Lima, Quits to Run for PresidentLIMA, Peru (AP) — In one of his first acts as interim president of Peru, José Jerí on Saturday led a series of raids on prisons holding gang…
Read more Peru’s new interim leader oversees prison raids in bid to get tough on surging crimeBy Marco Aquino and Lucinda Elliott LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s new president Jose Jeri, who vaulted into power late on Thursday after the sudden impeachment of his predecessor, is…
Read more Who Is Jose Jeri, the Young President Who Inherits a Troubled Peru?Lima, Peru — Peru’s Congress voted unanimously early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation. Lawmakers…
Read more Peru’s deeply unpopular president impeached over crime waveBOGOTA (Reuters) -Peruvian President Dina Boluarte’s tenure was marked by turmoil from the moment she assumed power, but the unpopular leader was able to hang on for years…
Read more Peru’s Boluarte Rose From Vice President to Embattled Leader