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Four mining employees missing in northern Peru highlands

Four employees of Rio Blanco Copper are still missing after getting lost in the highlands…

  • Culture

Peruvian marathoner wins gold at Pan Am Games

Peruvian runner Gladys Tejeda won the gold medal in the marathon at the 2015 Pan…

  • Lima

Lima zoo sacrifices animals for food

Facing food shortages which put animal health at risk, Lima’s zoo butchered some of its animals…

  • Opinion

Could Peru become net migrant destination?

“A good rule of thumb to ask of a country: are people trying to get…

  • Economy

Peru enacts rent-to-own bill to drive real estate growth

President Ollanta Humala sign into law today a bill designed to increase demand in Peru’s slowing…

  • News

Government to engage uncontacted tribes in Amazon

Peru will begin a plan of “controlled contact” with uncontacted tribes in the Madre de…

  • Economy

Peru holds national e-commerce promotion

Lima’s chamber of commerce sponsored the third annual Cyber Peru Day promotion this week in…

  • News

Defiant first lady appears before corruption commission

Peru’s first lady Nadine Heredia testified on Tuesday before a congressional commission investigating her links…

  • News

Peru no longer world’s top coca producer after 14% drop: UN

Following a drop in coca leaf production, Peru is no longer the world's top producer of the…

  • News

Prosecutor considers resigning over justice minister’s gag order

A prominent public prosecutor investigating Peru’s first lady has threatened to resign over a gag…

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Provincial mayor murdered in southern Peru

A provincial mayor from Peru’s southern state of Cusco was assassinated last night. Ronald Nuñez, mayor…

  • News

15 dead in northern Peru car accident

A van fell over 1,600 feet last night in Peru’s northern state of La Libertad,…

  • News

Freezing temperatures kill 15 children in southern Peru

Peru’s government is rushing to provide relief in the southern state of Puno, where a…

  • News

Former governor under house arrest in southern Peru

Former Arequipa governor Juan Guillen has been placed under house arrest during an investigation into…

  • Lima

Lima Metro’s third line planned

Peru’s transportation minister has announced the route of the third line to be added to…