Peru opens armed-conflict memorial museum in Lima
The Lugar de la Memoria museum was inaugurated in Lima yesterday to commemorate victims of Peru’s…
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American opera depicts Peru’s 1996 Lima hostage crisis
An American opera house premiered on Monday the “Bel Canto” opera, which is set during the MRTA…
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American citizen convicted of terrorism to leave Peru
Lori Berenson will leave Peru today after serving 15 years in prison and five years of parole for her…
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Guerrilla leader released after 25 years in Peru prison
A former leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) rebel army was released yesterday after…
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Fugitive military commander turns himself in after 13 years
Peruvian military commander Jesus Zamudio turned himself in to authorities yesterday to face murder…
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IACHR: Peru violated executed rebel’s human rights
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that Peru denied due process to a rebel executed in the…
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Former justice minister elected to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Former justice minister Francisco Eguiguren was elected as one of seven members on the Inter-American…
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Human rights commission to hear Shining Path legal appeals
Peru’s government will lodge a formal complaint against the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights…
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