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Remembering the great Mario Vargas Llosa
The great Peruvian novelist and classical liberal Mario Vargas Llosa passed away on April 13 in Lima, Peru. He was 89.
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Which cardinals are seen as contenders to be the next pope?
A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you "enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal." It implies the sacred ...
This 1,000-mile river suffered decades of oil spills. Now it’s a legal person, things could change
Peru’s Marañón River was made a legal person, granting it the rights to be free-flowing and free of contamination. Mari Luz ...
Tomb filled with skulls and bones of 24 battle victims discovered in Peru
Researchers carrying out excavation work in southern Peru found a tomb filled with the remains of two dozen people believed ...
Peru’s Former First Lady Flees as She and Ex-President Are Sentenced to Prison
Former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, were sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in prison for money ...
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Peru-based Catholic movement formally suppressed by the Vatican
Pope Francis has ordered the suppression of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a Peru-based lay movement active across Latin ...
Peru's former first lady flees to Brazil for asylum to evade prison
Peru’s former First Lady Nadine Heredia and her youngest son are traveling to Brazil after the neighboring country granted ...
Indigenous communities push back against Peru law change that could accelerate Amazon deforestation
It is being “falsely arguing” that the amendments are necessary to comply with the EU’s new forest regulations, campaigners ...
Peru court jails ex-President Humala for money laundering; Brazil grants diplomatic asylum to his wife
A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced ex-President Ollanta Humala to 15 years in prison for receiving illicit campaign funds ...
Peruvian court sentences former President Humala and wife to 15 years for money laundering
A Peruvian court has sentenced former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison for ...
Amendment to Peru law raises fears of Amazon rainforest destruction
A recent amendment to Peru's Forestry and Wildlife Law is drawing fierce backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon rainforest ...