Peru: Keiko Fujimori vows not to pardon her father if elected Peru presidential frontrunner Keiko Fujimori signed a document saying she would not pardon former President... April 3, 2016
Jailed candidate to participate in Peru’s presidential debates Cajamarca governor and presidential candidate Gregorio Santos will receive a special furlough from prison to... April 3, 2016
Why Peru’s democracy is not in jeopardy The disqualifications of two presidential candidates is not a signal of a breakdown in Peru’s... April 2, 2016
Peru: Mendoza surges to tie Kuczynski for second place A recent poll shows Peru’s Veronika Mendoza in a statistical tie with Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to qualify for... April 1, 2016
Bloody protests over university in Peru’s rural highlands A violent protest in Huancavelica has left 19 police officers and two journalists injured as protesters held... April 1, 2016
Peru’s small political parties scramble to survive Peru’s smaller political parties continue to drop out of 2016 elections to avoid losing their legal... March 31, 2016
Peru: 1 million Lima residents go two days without water Lima’s water utility is considering a lawsuit against a city contractor for construction delays which... March 31, 2016
Church disowns bishops’ comments on Peru’s candidates Peru’s conference of bishops has issued a statement to override recent condemnations of specific... March 31, 2016
Peru hikes minimum wage 13% one week from elections President Ollanta Humala signed a decree to raise Peru’s monthly minimum wage from $223 to $253 on... March 30, 2016
Emails from 2007 tarnish Peru’s Veronika Mendoza New emails linking Veronika Mendoza to ruling party finance activities she had recently denied threaten to... March 30, 2016
Eighty years of Peru’s literary icon Mario Vargas Llosa Mario Vargas Llosa celebrated his 80th birthday at a Madrid hotel on Monday, five years after The Economist... March 29, 2016
Peru: fugitive ex-governor arrested in Lima Former Ayacucho governor Wilfredo Oscorima was arrested in the Miraflores district of Lima after more than... March 28, 2016
Peru’s ruling party in death throes as high-profile leaders resign The party of President Ollanta Humala and first lady Nadine Heredia is suffering an existential crisis of... March 28, 2016
Camisea natural gas: Peru’s political football Peru’s presidential candidates in 2016 spar over energy policy and the biggest political liability for... March 28, 2016
Paolo Guerrero becomes Peru’s top goal-scorer of all time Striker Paolo Guerrero scored his 27th career goal for Peru’s national team against Venezuela to surpass... March 25, 2016
Peru’s Congress ousts President Dina Boluarte amid crime crisis, swears in José Jerí as new head of state
