José María Balcázar has become Peru's new interim president, replacing another interim leader who was removed over corruption allegations just four months into his term.
Peru’s new president declared a state of emergency in the capital in the government's latest attempt to stem a surge in violence that has stirred protests and contributed to the recent downfall of his predecessor.
Peru’s president refuses to resign after Gen Z protests turned violent overnight, prompting investigations by authorities into at least one civilian death.
Peru’s Congress voted early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation.
Every year, tons of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs flow around the world.
The remote Amazon island of Santa Rosa is at the center of a territorial dispute between Peru and Colombia.
Peru’s president has signed an amnesty bill into law that prevents military personnel and police officers from being prosecuted over alleged human rights abuses during the country’s armed conflict decades ago.
Pope Leo XIV has vowed to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world.
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte says her country will hold general elections one year from now in an effort to end years of instability.
Peru's president declared a state of emergency in the capital and deployed soldiers to help police address a surge of violence, amid widespread outcry a day after the killing of a popular singer.
Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has been taken from prison to a hospital days after beginning a hunger strike in protest of his ongoing rebellion trial.
The most violent period in Peru’s history still brings sorrow among the thousands who lost loved ones between 1980 and 2000.
China’s leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with U_S_ President Joe Biden but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his “America first” policies, saying Beijing “is ready to work with a new administration.”.
The high-profile Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima has thrust one of the world’s least popular presidents into the limelight.
The White House says President Joe Biden will become the first sitting president to visit the Amazon rainforest later this month when he travels to Brazil as part of a six-day trip to Latin America.
Controversial former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has been buried after three days of national mourning.
Peruvian lawmakers have begun yet another effort to remove President Dina Boluarte from office as authorities continue various investigations against her and her inner circle.
Peru’s top prosecutor says the scope of an investigation into President Dina Boluarte’s ownership of three luxury watches has broaden to include fine jewelry that authorities estimate could be worth more than $500,000 and money transactions that exceed $400,000.
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has said she rejects the “unconstitutional and discriminatory” way an investigation into allegations of illicit enrichment is being carried out, after police broke down the front door of her house with a battering ram overnight in search of luxury watches.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expanding his diplomatic efforts to build more partnerships with Indo-Pacific leaders after his meeting with President Joe Biden at a time of intensifying competition with the United States.
A migration crisis at the border between Chile and Peru is intensifying, with hundreds of people stranded, unable to cross into Peru in an effort to return to their home country of Venezuela.
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Peru’s capital and were met with volleys of tear gas and pellets amid clashes with security forces just hours after President Dina Boluarte called for a “truce” in almost two months of protests.
Peru has indefinitely shut its iconic tourist site Machu Picchu in the latest sign that anti-government protests are increasingly engulfing the South American country.
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Peru’s capital and are being met with volleys of tear gas for the second straight day, as demonstrators made clear they will keep up their mobilizations to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte.
Police have fired tear gas to try to subdue thousands of protesters who poured into the Peruvian capital, many from remote Andean regions, calling for the ouster of President Dina Boluarte and the return to power of her predecessor, whose removal last month launched deadly unrest and cast the nation into political chaos.
Protesters have set fire to the police station and judicial office in the Peruvian town of Macusani after two people were killed and another seriously injured by gunfire amid antigovernment protests.
Protests against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte’s government that have left 48 people dead since they began a month ago are spreading through the south of the Andean country with new clashes reported in the tourist city of Cusco.
Hundreds of people poured into the streets of a rural hamlet in Peru’s Andean highlands on Saturday to pay their final respects to a 23-year-old student killed in clashes with the army a day earlier.
A Peruvian judge has ordered ousted President Pedro Castillo to remain in custody for 18 months, approving a request from authorities for time to build their rebellion case against him.
Peru’s first female president appeared in a military ceremony on national television on Friday in her first official event as head of state, an attempt to cement her power and buck the national trend of early presidential departures.
The president of Peru was ousted by Congress and arrested on a charge of rebellion Wednesday after he sought to dissolve the legislative body and take unilateral control of the government, triggering a grave constitutional crisis.