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Starting Latin America trip, Xi Jinping opens huge port in Peru funded by China
LIMA - Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a week-long diplomatic blitz of South America on Thursday by inaugurating a massive...
Nov 17, 20243 min read


Exclusive-Peru and China to sign strengthened free-trade agreement in Xi's APEC visit
LIMA - Peru and China will sign an updated free-trade agreement during President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to the Andean nation that...
Nov 9, 20242 min read


Peru's Fujimori, divisive head of political dynasty, dies age 86
LIMA - Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, who steered economic growth during the 1990s but was later jailed for human rights...
Sep 13, 20244 min read


Archaeologists unearth bodies in Peruvian temple up to 3,800 years old
LIMA - Archaeologists have unearthed four human remains believed to be more than 3,000 years old in a stretch of barren land in northern...
Aug 15, 20241 min read


In Peru, remains of wealthy pre-Inca people unearthed at ancient capital
LIMA - Archaeologists in Peru have discovered the remains of what is believed to be wealthy members of the Chimu civilization, a pre-Inca...
Jul 9, 20242 min read


Peru to stop labeling transgender people as mentally ill
LIMA - Peru will stop listing individuals who identify as transgender, among others, as suffering from mental disorders, the country's...
Jun 26, 20241 min read


Peru courts extend pretrial detention for former president Castillo
LIMA - Peru's Justice Department said on Monday it has extended by 14 months the pretrial detention of jailed former President Pedro...
Jun 11, 20241 min read


Peru protesters slam new insurance law that deems transgender people mentally ill
LIMA - Hundreds of protesters in Peru's capital marched on Friday to demand the scrapping of a new law that describes transgender...
May 18, 20242 min read


Peru port conflict escalates as Chinese firm insists on original terms
LIMA - The Chinese state-owned company at the center of a dispute over operations of a megaport it is building on Peru's Pacific coast...
May 8, 20242 min read


Peru seeks to avoid arbitration over Chinese-built mega port
LIMA - The Peruvian government is looking to avoid an international arbitration process which could be filed by Chinese port operator...
Apr 30, 20242 min read


Peru's dengue deaths triple as climate change swells mosquito population
LIMA - Deaths caused by the mosquito-borne dengue disease have more than tripled in Peru so far this year, according to data from the...
Apr 12, 20242 min read


Prosecutors search Peruvian president's home in graft inquiry
LIMA - Peruvian prosecutors raided the home of President Dina Boluarte late on Friday as part of inquiries into possible illicit...
Mar 30, 20241 min read
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