Peru

Twelve dead in Peru clashes between protesters and security forces: ombudsman

LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- At least 12 people died Monday in Peru as anti-government protesters trying to overrun an airport…

Three Peru police generals, others arrested in alleged graft plot

LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Authorities in Peru arrested three police generals and three other people on Monday for alleged involvement…

‘Shame of Apurimac’: Peru region disavows homegrown president

by Patrick FORT Agence France-Presse ABANCAY, Peru (AFP) -- Apurimac, a poor, Indigenous-majority region in Peru's rural south, is the…

Peru declares state of emergency as ousted leader remains in prison

by Luis Jaime CISNEROS / Patrick FORT Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru declared a nationwide state of emergency…

As Peru protests rage, court denies ex-president’s release appeal

by Carlos MANDUJANO / Patrick FORT Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- A court in Peru rejected on Tuesday an…

Two killed in Peru as protests spread against new president

by Carlos Mandujano and Luis Jaime Cisneros Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Protests against Peru's new government turned deadly…

Peru’s ousted president put in provisional detention

by Carlos MANDUJANO / Luis Jaime CISNEROS Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru's former president Pedro Castillo was placed…

Peru president ousted after bid to dissolve Congress

by Carlos MANDUJANO / Luis Jaime CISNEROS Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru's leftist leader Pedro Castillo was impeached…

Peru slaughters more than 37,000 poultry after bird flu outbreak

LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peruvian authorities have culled at least 37,000 birds on a chicken farm due to bird flu,…

Scientists in Peru discover two new endangered plant species

LIMA, Peru (AFP) - A group of Peruvian and international botanists has discovered two new species of plant that are endangered…

Colombia sending troops to southern border to fight drug gangs

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AFP) -- Colombia is to deploy 400 soldiers to fight drug traffickers operating across its rural southern borders,…

Peru registers first death in monkeypox patient: hospital

LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru on Monday recorded its first death of a monkeypox-infected person, with more than 300 cases…

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