Peru

Peru

Peru protests show no signs of slowing

More than 20 people have died in protests calling for the reinstatement of ousted President Pedro Castillo

17/12/2022

Peru

Deadly protests continue to rock Peru

At least seven people have died and tens more injured in protests in Peru in support of the ousted former President Pedro Castillo

16/12/2022

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Watch: Seven die in deadly protests in Peru

A nationwide state of emergency was declared in Peru on Wednesday over violent protests against the ousting and arrest of ex-president Pedro Castillo.

15/12/2022

Peru

Peru’s new president suggests moving general election forward to April

Peru’s President Dina Boluarte has given in to protester’s demands and is sending Congress a bill to bring forward Peru’s general election to April 2024 amid violent clashes

12/12/2022

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Watch: Peruvians protest the removal of President Pedro Castillo

Peruvians gathered in Lima on Thursday to demonstrate against the removal of their president, Pedro Castillo, who was accused of attempting a coup.

09/12/2022

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Watch: Protesters burn local attorney offices in Huanta, Peru

Chairs and legal documents were burnt in the street while hundreds stood by.

03/12/2022

Culture news

How these students uncovered a long-lost pre-Hispanic mural in Peru

After a four-year search, a team of archaeologists, led by Sam Ghavanmi, have found a 1,000-year-old mural, known as the "Huaca Pintada," in a village in Lambayeque, northern Peru.

02/12/2022

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Peru: nearly 14,000 pelicans die from bird flu

The highly contagious H5N1 avian flu virus has killed thousands of pelicans, blue-footed boobies and other seabirds in Peru, according to the National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR)

01/12/2022

Earth News

The Peruvian mining city made to choose between pollution or survival

Toxic pollution or no jobs? The difficult decision facing this Peruvian mining city

23/11/2022

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Thousands march in Peru calling for president's resignation

Thousands of protesters march in Lima downtown to demand the resignation of leftist President Pedro Castillo, who is under an unprecedented six investigations for alleged corruption.

06/11/2022

Peru

Tourists among Peru riverboat passengers freed after pollution protest

Dozens of boat passengers were detained overnight by Amazon residents as a protest to demand government attention to complaints of oil pollution.

04/11/2022

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Heads or tails decide new mayor of Peruvian town

A race to be mayor of a remote Peruvian town has been decided on the flip of a coin.

26/10/2022

Musica

Changing lives through music: Acclaimed Peruvian tenor's dream

From Lima to Salzburg: the extraordinary story of acclaimed tenor Juan Diego Flórez's desire to change lives through music. His mission: to provide free music education for disadvantaged kids in Peru.The outcome: his Sinfonia por el Peru Youth Orchestra performs at the famous Salzburg Festival...

22/09/2022

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Peruvians protest during Castillo's message to the nation

Hundreds of supporters and opponents of Peru's President Pedro Castillo protest near the Congress of the Republic in the capital Lima, as the president delivers a speech to mark his first year in office.

29/07/2022

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Peruvian women and transgender demonstrators ask Michelle Bachelet for help in face of violence

Some 30 Peruvian women and transgender demonstrators denounce the daily violence they suffer and demand action from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, at a protest in Lima.

19/07/2022

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Peru celebrates International Dog Day with race

Pet owners in Lima took part in a race with their four-legged companions on Sunday as part of an event to mark International Dog Day.

18/07/2022

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Ancestral Inca festival to the Sun God

With an offering to Pachamama (Mother Earth), the ancestral Inca ceremony for the Sun god or Inti Raymi, was staged in Cusco.

25/06/2022

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One of South America's largest cemeteries fumigated for dengue fever

Health brigades spray one of South America's largest cemeteries in Lima to eradicate the dengue-transmitting mosquito and collect larvae in an attempt to control a new outbreak of the endemic disease in Peru, which has killed about 30 people this year.

02/06/2022

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After 2 years of COVID, Peru's clowns return

After being suspended for two years due to COVID-19 hundreds of clowns dressed in colorful costumes, wigs and face paint marched through the streets of central Lima on Wednesday to celebrate Peruvian Clown Day.

26/05/2022

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Peruvian Clown Day: Hundreds of clowns take to the streets of Lima

Hundreds of people dressed as clowns took to the streets of Lima to celebrate the annual Peruvian Clown Day, in honour of a beloved clown who died in 1987.

26/05/2022

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37 years after massacre, families receive remains

Almost four decades after one of the worst massacres in the country's history, Peruvian authorities handed over the bones of people killed by the army in 1985 during the Andean nation's internal conflict with rebel groups.

20/05/2022

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Have we been getting Machu Picchu's name wrong all this time?

A study looking into the origins of the rediscovery has unearthed a potential error.

23/03/2022

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Aftermath of landslide in Peruvian Andes that buried dozens of homes

Images of the aftermath of a landslide in the northern Peruvian town of Retamas, that has buried dozens of homes and trapped at least 15 people.

16/03/2022

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Hillside collapse buries at least 15 houses in Peru

More than 15 houses in a remote area of the Peruvian Andes were buried by a landslide on Tuesday after a hill collapsed following heavy rains in the region

15/03/2022

Nature

Oil, new, borrowed, blue: Man marries the sea in protest against spill

After 11,000 barrels of crude oil were spilled into Peru’s South Pacific Ocean, an activist has 'married the sea' in a moving ecological protest.

25/02/2022

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Peru inaugurates its largest mural in downtown Lima

Peru inaugurates its largest mural in the centre of Lima, created by the city's inhabitants with the help of a team of artists.

09/02/2022