Why Peru’s democracy is not in jeopardy
The disqualifications of two presidential candidates is not a signal of a breakdown in Peru’s…
9 years ago
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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…
9 years ago
Bloody protests over university in Peru’s rural highlands
A violent protest in Huancavelica has left 19 police officers and two journalists injured as…
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Peru’s small political parties scramble to survive
Peru’s smaller political parties continue to drop out of 2016 elections to avoid losing their…
9 years ago
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…
9 years ago
Church disowns bishops’ comments on Peru’s candidates
Peru’s conference of bishops has issued a statement to override recent condemnations of specific presidential…
9 years ago
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…
9 years ago
Emails from 2007 tarnish Peru’s Veronika Mendoza
New emails linking Veronika Mendoza to ruling party finance activities she had recently denied threaten…
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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…
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Peru: fugitive ex-governor arrested in Lima
Former Ayacucho governor Wilfredo Oscorima was arrested in the Miraflores district of Lima after more…
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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…
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Camisea natural gas: Peru’s political football
Peru’s presidential candidates in 2016 spar over energy policy and the biggest political liability for…
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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…
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Bridge upgrade to reduce traffic 40% in Lima tourist district
The upscale Miraflores district of Lima inaugurated the newly widened Villena Rey bridge on Tuesday. The…
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Exonerated, Keiko Fujimori to continue in Peru’s 2016 elections
Peru’s electoral authority has ruled that presidential frontrunner Keiko Fujimori would not be disqualified from…
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