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Photo Story: Two dead in fresh farmers protests in Peru

A police officer aims his gun during clashes as farmers protest in Viru, some 510km north of Lima, Peru. At least two people, including a minor, died in Peru during…

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Photo Story: Santa Claus greets children from plastic box in Peru

A man dresses as Santa Claus greets children from inside a plastic box, as a COVID-19 precaution, at a public square in Comas, Lima, Peru. Peru surpassed 1 million confirmed…

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Photo Story: The Lady from El Paraiso revealed

The 'Lady from El Paraiso' figure exhibited at the Andres del Castillo Mineral Museum in Lima, Peru. For 3,700 years, the Lady from El Paraiso, a high-status woman from Ancient…

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Peru gets 3rd president in a week

Peruvian lawmaker Francisco Sagasti was sworn in as interim president on Tuesday, voted for by Congress in an effort to return stability to a country that has seen deadly protests…

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Peru in turmoil

Peru's interim president Manuel Merino resigned on Sunday after less than a week in office, leaving the country in limbo following lawmakers' demands he step down over two deaths during…

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Peru’s interim president resigns after ultimatum from Congress, protest deaths

Peru’s interim president, Manuel Merino, resigned on Sunday after the country’s political parties demanded he step down or face impeachment following the deaths of two people in protests over the…

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Photo Story: Anti-government protests continue in Lima

There were more clashes between Police and demonstrators during a protest against the new government of President Manuel Merino, in San Martin de Lima square, in Lima, Peru. Merino took…

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Photo Story: Violent anti-government protest in Lima, Peru

Police officers fire tear gas canisters at demonstrators during a protest against Peruvian President Manuel Merino at Plaza San Martin in Lima, Peru. Merino took office on 10 November amid…

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Photo Story: A new figure found among the Nazca Lines

Handout photos made available by the Ministry of Culture of Peru show the figure of a cat about 37 meters long drawn on a sandy hill in the Pampa de…

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Peruvian President allies pledge to fight impeachment attempt

Allies of Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra pledged on Saturday to fight an attempt by Congress to impeach him and accused a congressional official of trying to involve the military in…

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A fossil tree in Peru sheds light on the Andes landscape from 10 million years ago

Handout photos made available by the Smithsonian Institution that show researchers posing next to the 'rumiyasqa mallki', a 10-million-year-old fossil tree, in San Miguel, Peru. Residents of the remote town…

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Peru looks to reopen international passenger air travel

Peru will restart passenger air transport internationally on Oct. 1 after it was suspended in March due to the coronavirus outbreak, Transport and Communications Minister Carlos Estremadoyro announced. Estremadoyro said…

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Pandemic’s toll among journalists in Peru is especially high

Dozens of journalists have died from COVID-19 in Peru since the pandemic began, in the highest reported death toll of media workers from the new coronavirus in Latin America, according…

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Peru, Morocco to test China Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine in Phase 3 trial

Authorities in Peru and Morocco have approved Phase 3 clinical trials for a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by China National Biotec Group (CNBG), the company said late on Thursday on…

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Peru surpasses 500,000 coronavirus cases, marks highest fatality rate in Latin America

Peru surpassed half a million coronavirus cases and has the highest fatality rate in Latin America, according to health ministry data, as the government struggles to contain a recent surge…

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Peru coronavirus cases top 300,000 as Andean nation eases lockdown

Peru on Sunday jumped past 300,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the fifth-highest in the world, as the Andean nation of nearly 33 million people slowly reopens its battered economy. The…

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Peru to lift some coronavirus lockdown measures but keep borders closed

Peru will lift coronavirus lockdown measures in most areas of the country, including the capital Lima, at the start of July, while keeping its borders closed, after the daily rate…

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Photo Story: Andean and Amazonian masks save Peruvian artisans from coronavirus crisis

Gaudencia Yupari, an artisan from the Peruvian Andes, is seen reflected in a mirror while wearing a face mask, at their studio in Lima, Peru. Without clients since the start…

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Peru threatens temporary takeover of private clinics over coronavirus fees

Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra threatened to temporarily take over the country’s private healthcare clinics if they failed to strike a deal with the government in 48 hours over fees for…

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Peru overtakes Italy in total cases of coronavirus

Peru topped 240,000 total cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, surpassing hard-hit Italy, government data showed, even as the pace of infections has begun to moderate in the South American nation.…

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Peru reports more than 7,000 new cases

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Peru rose to 155,671 on Saturday, a jump of 7,386 from the previous day, according to the country's health ministry. The country reported…

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Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes Peru

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck 28 km (17 miles) west of Lampa in Peru, at a depth of 144 km (89 miles), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.…

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Two Peruvian women with COVID-19 give birth to healthy babies

Two pregnant women diagnosed with the new coronavirus in Peru have given birth to babies who have tested negative for the disease, a hospital in the capital Lima said…

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Peru, Panama limit men and women to alternate days out to stall virus

Peru and Panama both started on Thursday limiting the times men and women can leave their homes in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Amid…

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Former UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuellar dies at 100

Javier Pérez de Cuellar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 and who in later life came out of retirement to…

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Peru announces reforms to ‘improve lives’ as protests rock neighbouring countries

Peru’s government announced plans for an ambitious reform package including better health care and a higher minimum wage amid regional protests against market reforms and social injustice that have rocked…

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Photo Story: Seventeen people killed in bus accident in Peru

A handout photo made available by Diario Sin Fronteraso shows a group of people aiding in the rescue of victims at the site of a traffic accident in Marcapata, Peru.…

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Photo Story: The aftermath of the 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Peru

One person was killed and at least 11 people have been injured in Peru after an 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck the north of the country on Sunday. There were a…

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Photo Story: Peru restricts access in the historic Inca city of Machu Picchu

A view of the citadel of Machu Picchu, South-Andean region of Cusco, Peru. Peru has announced that it will be restricting access to three major attractions in the historic Inca…

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Peru’s ex-president Alan Garcia dies after shooting himself (Updated)

Peru's former president Alan Garcia has died after shooting himself in the head as police arrived at his home to arrest him as part of a bribery scandal. Garcia shot…

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Panini World Cup stickers used to lure voters in Peru

The Italian firm Panini is known for its sticker collections. These collections which vary in the subject know their popularity to the football collections, especially those linked with the big…

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