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Arrest warrant for Peru ex-president Toledo over bribery claims

A judge in Peru has issued an international arrest warrant for the country’s former President, Alejandro Toledo, in a growing corruption scandal sweeping Latin…

10/02/2017

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Fatal fires and floods ravage parts of Chile and Peru

Fatal fires and floods hit parts of Chile and Peru

28/01/2017

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Watch: Hotel crashes into river as heavy rains hit Peru

A colonial-era hotel has collapsed into a river in Peru amid heavy rain in the South American country.

27/01/2017

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Peru: Tempers flare in protests over road tolls

Tear gas has been fired in Lima, Peru, as police clashed with lorry drivers protesting at road toll charges going up.

06/01/2017

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Watch: Pre-incan pyramid discovered in Peru

A significant archeological find could change the was we read the history of Central America.

03/01/2017

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Canine carers go to hospital with their master

After a resident of the central Peruvian coastal city of Chimbote got drunk and hit his head, he needed an ambulance to take him to the area hospital.

28/12/2016

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Takanakuy: Peruvian fight club festival to solve disputes before the New Year

Participants in Peru’s annual slugfest battled it out on Sunday in the local Takanakuy fighting festival aimed at settling old scores and starting the new year…

27/12/2016

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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

Sci-Tech

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

World News

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: 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

Sport

Colombia down Peru to reach Copa America semi-finals

Colombia captain James Rodriguez and his team-mates celebrated as Los Cafeteros kept their composure to edge out rivals Peru in the quarter-finals of the Copa America at the MetLife Stadium in New…

18/06/2016