Peru’s new defense minister to focus on defeating Shining Path
Peru’s new defense minister, Jorge Nieto, will focus on stamping out the Shining Path guerrilla…
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Lima mob chasing ‘organ harvesters’ leaves one dead, 34 arrested
Thirty-four people were arrested in a Lima shantytown on Sunday after a violent mob attempted to lynch…
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A look at life for the gold miners in Peru’s Amazon
Gold miners in Peru’s Amazon jungle face crime, corruption, health hazards and environmental destruction…
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Peru’s greatest politico-socio-economic challenge
The willingness and perceived legitimacy to use violence against the state is Peru’s cultural challenge…
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Peru: judge frees 29 gang members outside Lima
Government and law-enforcement officials in Peru are denouncing two judges’ decision to free 42 alleged…
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New corruption charges rock Peru’s government
Prosecutors have indicted an official in the government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski just two…
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Peru to enact ‘civil-death’ law in anti-corruption package
President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has announced a plan aimed at limiting corruption in government in the…
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District mayor assassinated outside city hall in northern Peru
Ronald Navarro, mayor of the Paimas district in Peru’s northern city of Piura, was shot and killed…
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Governor jailed for corruption in northern Peru
Waldo Rios, governor of Peru’s northern Ancash state, was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday…
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Natives release 200 hostages in Peru’s Amazon after oil spill
Indigenous protesters on Saturday released over 200 international tourists and other hostages who…
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