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Peru breaks off ties with Mexico

LIMA—Peru’s government said Monday (Tuesday Manila time) it had cut off diplomatic relations with Mexico for granting asylum to a former prime minister being...

Peru to impose emergency in Lima following violence

LIMA – Peru’s new government said Thursday that a state of emergency will be declared in the capital Lima, after weeks of anti-government protests...

Peru marks second day of violent anti-gov’t rallies

LIMA, Peru – Hundreds of anti-government demonstrators in Peru’s capital Lima took to the streets again on Sunday (Monday Manila time) following clashes that...

Tourists back at Peru’s Machu Picchu

LIMA – Tourists were back at Peru’s ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu Wednesday, officials said, after a protest by residents forced the evacuation...

Peru protests strand 1,400 tourists

PERU – Peru evacuated some 1,400 tourists overnight from the train station that serves the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, while about 900 others...

Peru to build prison for wild inmates

LIMA – Peru, battling a wave of violent crime, said Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) it would build a prison for its most dangerous offenders...

Sand, dust storm sweeps across southern Peru

LIMA – Strong winds from a South Pacific anticyclone triggered a massive sand and dust storm in southern Peru on Thursday, catching residents in...

One dead, 36 injured after 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Peru

Lima, Peru—A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Peru on Sunday, leaving one person dead and 36 injured as the tremor triggered landslides, officials said. The quake hit shortly...

Blessings but not tips from Pope Leo at Peru diner

Chiclayo, Peru—When Pope Leo XIV dined out as a bishop in the Peruvian town of Chiclayo, his appetite was big and his tips came in...

Pride and praise in Peru for Pope Leo XIV who left lasting impression

Callao, Peru—Church bells echoed out as Catholics congregated in the Peruvian capital on Thursday to celebrate the election of American-born Pope Leo XIV, who left...

‘Great honor’: World leaders welcome first US pope

Paris, France—World leaders welcomed the election on Thursday of Robert Francis Prevost, who as Pope Leo XIV, becomes the first leader of the world's 1.4...

Noblewoman’s remains found in Peru dig

LIMA – Archaeologists in Peru said Thursday (Friday Manila time) they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral,...

Peru mourns its literary giant Mario Vargas Llosa

LIMA—The Peruvian flag flew at half-staff Monday (Tuesday Manila time) as the South American country grieved the passing of literary great Mario Vargas Llosa...

Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize laureate Mario Vargas Llosa dies at 89

Lima, Peru—Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa died Sunday at the age of 89 in the Peruvian capital, his family announced on the social network...
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