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Shadow of Trump presidency looms large at APEC summit

President Obama may be flying the flag for the US at this year’s APEC summit but the shadow of Donald Trump is looming large.

20/11/2016

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Confiscated drugs set alight in Peru

Peruvian authorities incinerated more than seven tonnes of drugs, seized by police in a number of operations over the past several months.

12/10/2016

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Coffee, cocoa and fair trade in Peru

In this episode of Peru Life we travel to the mountains where coffee and cocoa abound.

07/10/2016

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24 hours in Lima

Join euronews' Monica Pinna as she stretches out a day in the capital of Peru.

28/09/2016

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Face to face with Peru's Lord of Sipan 1,900 years after his death

The face of Peru's Lord of Sipan has finally been unmasked some 1,900 years after his death, all thanks to technology, which has built a 3D reconstruction of the ancient warrior's face.

28/09/2016

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Peruvian pleasures of the table

From the highest altitudes to the depths of the Pacific, Peru is rich in wild and untamed tastes unfamiliar to most palates. But now internationally-renowned chefs are putting Peru's cuisine on the ma

19/09/2016

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Traveller's diary: from gastronomy's capital to coffee fields

19/09/2016

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Cuzco's San Sebastian church gutted by fire

The historic San Sebastian church, in Cuzco, Peru has been gutted by fire.

18/09/2016

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Fatal earthquake hits Andean villages in southern Peru

A fatal earthquake has hit the Caylloma province in the copper-producing region of Arequipa in southern Peru.

15/08/2016

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Lima protesters demand end to violence against women

Demonstrators have been out in force in the Peruvian capital Lima, demanding an end to violence against women.

14/08/2016

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Peruvian students clash with police during protest

There have been violent scenes in Peru’s capital Lima during a protest by students.

09/08/2016

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Pedro Pablo Kuczynski sworn in as Peru's new president

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has been sworn in as Peru’s new president, kicking off a five-year term.

28/07/2016

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Pedro Pablo Kuczynski: Peru's new president faces plethora of problems

At the age of 77, former World Bank economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is taking on the presidency of Peru.

28/07/2016

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Peruvian police rescue dog trapped in canal

Peruvian police officers in the northern municipality of Trujillo, some 490 kilometres from Lima, have rescued a dog that found itself stranded in a canal.

18/06/2016

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Keiko Fujimori concedes defeat in Peru's presidential election

The tightest presidential election Peru has seen in decades appears to be over.

11/06/2016

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Kuczynski 'wins' Peruvian election, but Fujimori refuses to concede

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski appears to have won a narrow majority in Peru’s presidential election.

10/06/2016

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Peruvian presidential election too close to call

The candidate of the centre-right appears to have the slimmest of leads in Peru’s presidential election.

06/06/2016

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Peru holds tight presidential run-off vote

Both candidates are fiscal conservatives who plan to maintain the free-market model for the resource-rich Andean economy.

05/06/2016

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A man of Peruvian politics Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Former Peruvian prime minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is the cousin of Franco-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Goddard.

04/06/2016

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Keiko Fujimori part of a Peruvian political dynasty

Keiko Fujimori is no stranger to high office.

04/06/2016

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At least 12 dead in Peru bus crash

At least 12 people have been killed in Peru when a coach in which they were travelling crashed in the northern province of Viru. Nearly 30 others

15/05/2016

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More than 1,000 kilos of cocaine confiscated in Peru

Peruvian police have put on display more than 1,356 kilos of cocaine confiscated throughout the country in the first week of May. Peru is the world’s

12/05/2016

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Fujimori likely to face Kuczynski in Peru presidential run-off

Centre-right candidate Keiko Fujimori has won the first round of Peru’s presidential election. Early official results with around two-fifths of votes

11/04/2016

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Keiko Fujimori 'wins Peru's presidential first round'

Centre-right candidate Keiko Fujimori has won the first round of Peru’s presidential election. Exit polls have given her about 40 percent of the

11/04/2016

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Electorate split ahead of Peru presidential vote

Peru is set for presidential elections on Sunday. Polls show front-runner Keiko Fujimori is short of the fifty percent of votes needed for an

09/04/2016

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From the Peruvian jungle to death by jihadi in Brussels

Very few of the victims of the Brussels attacks have been identified yet, but one who has has made headlines back in her native Peru, a country that

23/03/2016