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Peru socialist Castillo confirmed president after lengthy battle over results

Peru's electoral authority on Monday named socialist Pedro Castillo as the country's next president, having officially won the June 6 runoff against right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, who accepted the result…

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Peruvians take to the streets as election result hold-up stokes tensions

Thousands of Peruvians supporting socialist Pedro Castillo and right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori took to the streets on Saturday amid uncertainty over the result of a tight June 6 presidential election…

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Peru political fog thickens as election count official quits

Peru’s already tense election process was plunged into further disarray after one of the four magistrates on the jury reviewing contested ballots quit after clashing with the other officials over…

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Washington calls Peru election ‘fair’ despite Fujimori claims of voter fraud

The U.S. State Department said that Peru's recent presidential election was "a model of democracy," despite efforts by conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori to get ballots thrown out while raising accusations…

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 strikes near coast of Peru

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck near the coast of Peru late on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The quake was at a depth of 10…

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Both sides in Peru’s contested election double down in weekend rallies

Supporters of socialist Pedro Castillo and conservative Keiko Fujimori took to the streets by the thousands in Peru on Saturday, as tensions rose over the result of the June 6…

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Peru ex-military stir election tensions with appeal to Armed Forces to “remedy” poll

A group of retired officers has suggested Peru's military should refuse to recognize socialist candidate Pedro Castillo if he is declared winner of the country's presidential election if fraud allegations…

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‘We are not communists’: Castillo seeks to allay fears in divided Peru

Pedro Castillo, a former teacher and political outsider on the verge of being named president of Peru, has looked to temper fears in the divided Andean nation after a slow…

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Fujimori fights result as Peru leftist Castillo claims election win

Peruvian socialist candidate Pedro Castillo claimed victory in the presidential election after clinging on to a narrow lead as the lengthy vote count ended, although his right-wing rival pledged to…

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Photo Story – Aftermath of presidential elections in Peru

Supporters of Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori protest outside the house of the head of the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) Piero Corvetto in Lima, Peru, 14 June 2021.…

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Peru’s Fujimori leads protest to annul votes as Castillo nears win

Peruvian right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, who is likely to lose a runoff election against her socialist rival, on Saturday led a protest in Lima , calling again for the…

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Peru’s Castillo on verge of being named President after last-minute vote wrangling

Peru's presidential election front-runner Pedro Castillo was poised for victory on Friday night, despite legal wrangles over the ultra-close vote count that had ignited tensions in the Andean nation. "We…

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‘People have awakened’: Peru’s Castillo closes in on election win

Socialist Pedro Castillo was closing in on victory in Peru's presidential election, holding a slim lead of some 63,000 votes over conservative rival Keiko Fujimori, who has yet to concede…

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Peru on knife-edge as battle builds over election count with socialists ahead

Peruvian socialist Pedro Castillo held a wafer-thin lead in a polarized presidential election on Wednesday, as rival Keiko Fujimori doubled down on unproven allegations of voter fraud, which could spark…

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Socialist Castillo holds on to tight lead in Peru election as protests break out

Hundreds of Peruvians demonstrated outside the elections office in Lima on Tuesday as the presidential vote count neared its end, with socialist Pedro Castillo holding on to a narrow lead…

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Socialist Castillo holds slim lead as Peru presidential vote count reaches tense finale

Peru's presidential election vote count ticked closer to the end on Tuesday, but a slender margin between the two polarized candidates, contested ballots and accusations of fraud mean the winner…

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Peruvian leftist Castillo inches ahead in tight presidential vote

Peruvian socialist Pedro Castillo overtook right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori in the country's presidential election vote count on Monday, taking the lead in the official tally on the back of a…

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Peru awakes to uncertain future with polarized vote on knife-edge

Conservative Keiko Fujimori was clinging to a razor-thin lead in Peru's presidential election race early on Monday but socialist rival Castillo Pedro was narrowing the gap, setting up a likely…

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UPDATED: Peru’s Castillo says there is ‘hope’ as razor-thin margin keeps country on edge

Socialist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo said Peruvians are a "people of hope" on Sunday, with the country on edge as unofficial vote counts showed him and his conservative election rival…

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Peruvians vote to elect president, divided by class, geography

Peruvians began voting to pick a president on Sunday in an election that has bitterly divided them by class and geography, with urban and higher-income citizens preferring right-wing Keiko Fujimori…

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Ipsos poll shows tie on eve of Peru’s election, with Fujimori slightly ahead

An Ipsos poll on Saturday afternoon showed Peru's runoff presidential election still locked in a statistical tie, but right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori is slightly ahead of leftist Pedro Castillo, by a 0.7 percentage point margin. Peruvians will head to the polls on Sunday in…

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Peru’s Castillo falls in polls, suggesting photo finish against Fujimori

Peruvian socialist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo slipped further in public opinion polls, setting up what appeared to be a dead heat against right-wing Keiko Fujimori before Sunday's runoff election. In…

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Peru’s Castillo has copper tax deals in his sights; Chinese firms at risk

Peru's presidential front-runner is taking aim at copper mining firms' coveted tax stability agreements that freeze tariffs, and the plan could have an outsized impact on Chinese miners in the…

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Peru’s Fujimori, Castillo spar in presidential debate, neck-and-neck in polls

Peru's two presidential candidates on Sunday sparred in a debate marked by offers of increased public spending, with right-wing Keiko Fujimori offering cash handouts and bonuses as socialist Pedro Castillo…

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Photo Story – People remember victims of a massacre attributed to Sendero Luminoso, in Peru

People participate in a wake to remember the victims who died during an attack by the Sendero Luminoso terrorist group, in San Miguel del Este, Peru, 26 May 2021. According…

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Peru presidential candidate outlines new taxes, royalties for miners

Peru's socialist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo said he would raise taxes and royalties on Peru's key mining sector and renegotiate the tax contracts of large companies if elected to high…

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Peru presidential race tightens

Peru's presidential election race is tightening a month ahead of a run-off vote in June, with socialist Pedro Castillo still ahead, while pollsters say the key battles are in poor,…

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Peru presidential front-runner Castillo rushed to clinic, suspends campaigning

Peruvian front-running left-wing presidential candidate Pedro Castillo was rushed to a clinic in Lima for "respiratory" illness, forcing him to suspend campaigning, the candidate's party said on social media. Castillo,…

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Peru pollster puts socialist Castillo ahead going into June run-off

Peruvian socialist Pedro Castillo is in pole position to win the presidency in a second round ballot set for June, according to a survey by pollster Ipsos Peru on Sunday…

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Peru’s Vargas Llosa backs Keiko Fujimori ahead of June run-off

Peruvian Literature Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa on Sunday called on Peruvian voters to support market-friendly candidate Keiko Fujimori ahead of a run-off election to be held in June.…

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Peruvian ex-president Vizcarra banned from public office over vaccines scandal

LIMA (Reuters) - Former Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra has been banned from holding public office for 10 years in a unanimous vote by the country's congress after he allegedly jumped…

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UPDATED: Far-left candidate Castillo leads Peruvian presidential race

Far-left candidate Pedro Castillo will face conservative Keiko Fujimori in a June run-off of Peru’s presidential election, according to a fast count by pollster Ipsos of more than two thirds…

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Peruvians head to polls with masks, pens and little excitement

LIMA, April 11 (Reuters) - Peruvians were preparing to head to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election marked by uncertainty due to widespread public apathy following decades of…

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Peru braces for ‘most fragmented election in history’

Peru will vote for a new president on Sunday in a wide-open election framed by a deadly surge in coronavirus cases, and under the long shadow of a constitutional crisis…

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Peru election front-runner vows to spread mining wealth, cut natgas prices

Peru's populist presidential front-runner Yonhy Lescano plans to renegotiate a fairer distribution of mining wealth if elected to lead the world's No. 2 copper producer and also allow imports of…

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Cocaine: falling coffee prices force Peru’s farmers to cultivate coca

A slump in world coffee prices has pushed farmers in Peru’s central jungle to rip up their plants and replace them with coca leaf – the raw material used in…

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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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