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Peru inflation slowly declining toward central bank’s target

Inflation data in Peru showed prices in May picked up slightly since April but continued…

  • News

This is Peru’s Fujimori-controlled Congress for 2016-2021

Below is the complete list of Peru’s 130 legislators organized by party and state who will…

  • Lima

No end in sight for martial law in Lima port district

Peru has extended a state of emergency to prolong martial law in Lima’s port district…

  • News

Peru leftist Veronika Mendoza endorses Kuczynski

Veronika Mendoza, leftist candidate who did not qualify for a runoff in Peru’s 2016 election,…

  • Lima

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…

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Peru’s military kills key Shining Path commander

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