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Peru considers stripping protections for Indigenous people and their territories

By Maxwell Radwin Peru is on the verge of rolling back several longstanding protections for Indigenous people and their ...
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Report finds 226 Indigenous land defenders in Peru at risk of violence

By Yvette Sierra Praeli Indigenous territories and the people who defend them in the Peruvian Amazon face a litany of growing threats, activist groups warn in a recent report. In defending their land ...

Peru’s Congress removes President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country

Peru’s Congress voted early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the ...

Gold demand puts Peru's Amazon at greater risk from mercury poisoning, bishop warns

A Catholic bishop in Peru’s Amazon is warning that mercury from illegal gold mining is contaminating rivers, fish and people ...

Peru: Chicha, the electric pulse of cumbia

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, ...

Man Arrested in Seaside Resort Days After 3 Women's 'House of Horror' Torture and Murder Was Livestreamed on Social Media

Authorities in Peru have detained a 20-year-old man on accusations that he ordered the brutal, livestreamed torture and ...

Peru ousts unpopular president blamed for failing to end violent crime

Lawmakers in Peru removed the country's immensely unpopular president Dina Boluarte from office on Friday, ending a stint in ...
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Explosion in high-crime area in northern Peru injures 10 people and damages 25 homes

LIMA, Peru (AP) — An explosion on a street in a northern Peruvian region plagued by organized crime injured at least 10 people and damaged 25 homes, authorities said Friday. Interior Minister Carlos ...