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UFC fighter Valentina Shevchenko’s trainer shot in Lima

Russian citizen Pavel Fedotov, trainer of UFC fighter Valentina Shevchenko, was shot during an armed robbery…

  • News

Fujimori wins debates, builds lead one week from Peru election

Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori built a significant lead over Pedro Pablo Kuczynski just one week…

  • News

Peru news program cancelled over Fujimori party scandal

Peru’s Panamericana television network has cancelled one of its news programs after it broadcast an edited…

  • Business

Peru mobile-payment system aims to expand access to finance

Peru’s new digital wallet, Bim, has attracted almost 80,000 users in its first three months…

  • Lima

Illegal mining renders vast areas uninhabitable in Lima outskirts

Illegal miners of construction materials create sprawling quarries which render vast expanses of land uninhabitable…

  • Business

Peru and cocoa firm in legal spat over Amazon plantations

Peru’s environment ministry has issued a statement to the London stock exchange stating that United…

  • News

Peru: Kuczynski VP mulls defamation charges against Fujimori

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s vice presidential candidate Martin Vizcarra is considering pressing charges against Keiko Fujimori…

  • News

Mercury from illegal mining prompts health emergency in Peru

Peru’s national government has declared a 60-day health emergency due to mercury contamination from illegal…

  • News

Fujimori leads Kuczynski two weeks from Peru’s election: poll

Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori has built a small lead over Pedro Pablo Kuczynski just two weeks…

  • News

Peru’s Keiko Fujimori investigated for money laundering

Peru’s media reports there is a money-laundering investigation into presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori just two…

  • News

Peru’s military kills key Shining Path commander

Peru’s military killed Shining Path commander Abel “Comrade Alejandro” Auqui in Ayacucho on Friday. Jorge…

  • News

Peru’s largest labor union backs Pedro Pablo Kuczysnki

The General Workers Confederation of Peru (CGTP) has virtually endorsed Pedro Pablo Kuczynski for president…

  • News

Crop-spraying plane sickens 92 children in northern Peru

A plane spraying herbicide near a high school in Ancash poisoned 92 students and three…

  • News

Peru: criminal allegations force Fujimori’s party chairman to resign

Popular Force chairman Joaquin Ramirez has resigned from the party after reports of a DEA…

  • Culture

Peru national soccer team named for Copa America Centenario

The Peruvian Soccer Federation (FPF) has named the official national selection for the centennial Copa…