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Peru seeks extradition of Italian ship captain involved in January oil spill

Peruvian prosecutor requested the extradition of a ship captain who is being investigated for the…

  • Culture

Il Divo will play concert in Lima, Peru, with a tribute to the late Carlos Marín

Il Divo will return to Peru after a five-year hiatus as part of their internatinoal…

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  • Technology

Does the future of education in Peru lie in programming? This Peruvian edtech startup is betting on it

In 2018, when Maria del Mar Velez founded the Peruvian startup Crack The Code, she…

  • Analysis

Peruvian journalists hold sit-in at Congress to protest Covid-era entry restrictions

Journalists from various media outlets in Peru staged a sit-in outside Congress last Thursday in…

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  • Breaking News

Peru Libre ruling party loses power: 10 of its congressmen resign

There is division in Peru’s ruling party. Ten congressmen from Peru Libre, the political party…

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Congress rejects President Pedro Castillo’s bill to change Peru’s Constitution

The Peruvian Congress' Constitutional Commission rejected the bill presented by President Pedro Castillo to ask…

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  • Lima

Peru’s capital Lima swears in new mayor weeks after impeaching Jorge Muñoz

Former Deputy Mayor Miguel Romero was sworn in as Mayor of Lima weeks after his…

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Peru’s Las Bambas copper mine shut down for weeks as locals protest for more social investment

Operations at Las Bambas copper mine in south-central Peru have been paralyzed for weeks after…

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Presidential plagiarism: Peru’s Pedro Castillo takes heat over master’s thesis

Peru’s Public Ministry opened an investigation on Thursday into President Pedro Castillo and his wife,…

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Peru to close 40 military bases in VRAEM, aka ‘Peru’s Cocaine Valley’

Peru's Minister of Defense José Gavidia announced last week a new government strategy to close…

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  • Lima

Mayor of Lima, Peru impeached for serving on the board of state-owned company while in office

Peru's National Jury of Elections (JNE) removed Lima Mayor Jorge Muñoz from office for illegally…

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Peru’s military heroes snub President Pedro Castillo in official ceremony

A group of retired soldiers from Peru, considered national heroes for having participated in a…

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  • Lima

As COVID-19 cases drop, Peru will eliminate mask mandates in some public spaces starting May 1

As the number of new cases of COVID-19 in Peru fall, the country’s government announced…

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Secret Service fatally shoot intruder at Peruvian Ambassador’s residence

United States Secret Service agents fatally shot an intruder who damaged windows at the residence…

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Regional strike in Cusco, Peru leaves thousands of tourists stranded near Machu Picchu

A strike earlier this week in the region surrounding Cusco, Peru reportedly caused millions of…