Blog

  • Analysis
  • Business

Peru’s government looks to blockchain to fight corruption

Peru's government announced that it has partnered with blockchain startup Stamping.io to create a transparent, contract-procurement…

  • Analysis
  • News

At least 15 dead and 32 injured at wedding party after landslide

15 people have died and at least 32 have been injured in a landslide that…

  • Analysis
  • News

Illegal mining in the Amazon at unprecedented levels, high-tech mapping could thwart criminals

Between August 2017 and July 2018, Brazil had its worst year for deforestation in over…

  • Analysis
  • News

Hollywood legend Robert De Niro on vacation in Peru

Actor Robert De Niro is on vacation in Peru and has already stopped by one…

  • Analysis
  • News

WATCH: Fisherman free small orca caught in their nets

Illegal fishing of important marine species like dolphins, sharks and whales has brought devastation on…

  • Analysis
  • Lima
  • News

Peru recalls diplomat in Venezuela as it rolls back functions on embassy

Peru has removed its Charge d'Affaires from Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro took over for his second…

  • Analysis
  • News

Bodies of three Spanish climbers and Peruvian guide retrieved after avalanche

After an avalanche led to the death of four climbers in Huaraz over the weekend…

  • Analysis
  • Lima

Attorney General Pedro Chávarry resigns

A week after announcing he would break up a special prosecution team looking into Odebrecht's…

  • Analysis
  • Lima
  • News

Peru biochemical engineer receives presidential scholarship for postgrad studies in UK

Biochemical engineer Carol Flores Fernández has received some big news to kick off her new…

  • Analysis
  • Lima
  • News

Police raid offices of Attorney General’s advisor

The head of Peru's Office of the Attorney General, Pedro Chávarry, has been under fire…

  • Analysis
  • News

Keiko Fujimori’s appeal denied as three-year preventive prison sentence is upheld

Keiko Fujimori's appeal of charges that she accepted bribes from Odebrecht operatives in 2011 has…

  • Analysis
  • Lima
  • News
  • Sport

Peruvian driver with Down Syndrome set to make history at the Dakar Rally

Peruvian driver Lucas Barrón will be making history when the 2019 Dakar Rally kicks off…

  • Analysis
  • Lima
  • News

Peru President to challenge Public Ministry on corruption probe derailment

Days after the Public Ministry and Attorney General Pedro Chávarry decided to dissolve the Lava…

  • Analysis
  • Lima
  • News

President Vizcarra says Odebrecht should not be able to continue working in Peru

President Martín Vizcarra said on a televised interview with RPP news channel Monday morning that…

  • Analysis
  • Lima
  • News

Peruvian police demolish mausoleum for buried Shining Path members

The Shining Path terrorist group left a stain on Peru's history in its brutal back-and-forth…