By Poppy Tollemache ✐ Peruvian Times Contributing Writer ☄ Nearly two months have passed since Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru’s ...

The linguistic landscape of Peru is a story of resilience. Since the Spanish conquest in 1532, efforts to erase indigenous languages like Quechua were relentless. Yet, despite centuries of suppression ...

Former first lady Lilia Paredes and her children, Alonso and Alondra, at Mexico City’s airport. The family has been granted asylum in Mexico. Source: Marcelo Ebrard, Twitter Ex-President Pedro ...

President Dina Boluarte appointed Pedro Angulo as president of her council of ministers Saturday afternoon, three days after taking office. The swearing-in ceremony was held in the government palace ...

President Dina Boluarte, Peru’s first woman president, succeeds ousted Pedro Castillo. Source: El Peruano In a surprise address to the nation, President Pedro Castillo on Wednesday declared the ...

The run-off in Peru’s presidential elections has led to a virtual tie between the socialist candidate Pedro Castillo of Peru Libre and Keiko Fujimori of the conservative party Fuerza Popular. Castillo ...

Police and military follow President Francisco Sagasti into the government palace, with Interior minister Ruben Vargas (left) and Defense minister Nuria Esparch (right), after Sagasti’s recognition as ...

Two young men dead, over 100 people injured and 41 people reported missing was the toll of yesterday’s protest march in Lima, when police used excessive force against generally peaceful protesters ...

Police detectives and a special tactics unit arrested 124 alleged criminals, most of whom were Venezuelan, at Punta Negra last week. Source: Andina The proposal of a special police squad to focus on ...

National Board of Justice president Aldo Vasquez, center, and members of the fledgling institution. Source: Andina The National Board of Justice swore in its seventh member this week, finally ...

We arrived in Chiquián in the dark and it was still pouring with rain. As soon as the truck stopped, people began climbing over each other in search of their luggage; while outside, men in brown ...

The dispute over a new attempt by the Lima and Cusco authorities to construct an unneeded, dangerous new airport overlooking Machu Picchu is getting noisy. It is, says John Hemming, the great Inca ...