News of peru

Trump to name Peru a major non-NATO ally amid anti-drug push

12-12-2025 18:25 Trump has been looking to rally more governments in Latin America to back his drug-fighting agenda. In Peru, the status offers to boost a new leader who has pledged to be tough on crime.

CELEBRITIES IN LATIN AMERICA

Samba, football and tacos: Dua Lipa seduces Latin America with eye on local culture

04-12-2025 12:10 British singer Dua Lipa captivated Latin America by embracing the passions and melodies of the countries she visited during her regional tour.

Peru Chile Migration

Scared Venezuelan migrants flee Chile and spark backlash

27-11-2025 14:24 Venezuelan migrants fleeing Chile’s tough policies has seen hundreds stranded at the Peru border. In response, the government in Lima is enforcing strict border control amid fears of a larger migration wave.

Politics in Peru

Peru's interim leader José Jerí embraces the spotlight in 'war' on crime

13-11-2025 14:41 José Jerí, the media-savvy millennial president of Peru, is taking steps to tackle the nation's escalating insecurity crisis and says he's determined to restore order.

Political crisis in Peru

Generation Z leads Peru’s protests for change

21-10-2025 14:48 After decades of instability and political turmoil, Peru’s youth demands change through organised protests.

Political crisis in Peru

One dead, over 100 injured as Peru's interim leader struggles to quell unrest

16-10-2025 12:52 Massive demonstrations erupt across Peru, demanding action against rising crime and political corruption; Interim President José Jeri struggles to contain unrest as crisis rages on.

Political crisis in Peru

Peru's new president names ex-general to oversee 'war' on gangs

15-10-2025 11:31 President José Jerí assumed the Presidency last week after Congress voted to impeach unpopular leader Dina Boluarte amid a surge in gang-related violence.

Crime & Security

Judge in Peru rules key suspect in Argentina triple murder be detained

04-10-2025 08:39 Judge in Peru rules alleged mastermind behind brutal triple killing in Buenos Aires linked to narco-trafficking must remain in prison during extradition proceedings.

TRIPLE MURDER

Who's who of detained: Nine arrested for triple narco murder in Florencio Varela

01-10-2025 17:59 Following the capture of “Pequeño J” and his right-hand man, there are already nine individuals in custody; A look at the alleged roles attributed to each of them in the brutal triple murder.

CRIME & SECURITY

Extradition sought for suspected mastermind of triple murder

01-10-2025 11:05 Suspected gang leader behind last week’s brutal triple murder in Argentina arrested in Peru after international manhunt; Accused of ordering the torture and murder of three young women, 'Pequeño J' is at centre of chilling case tied to drug violence.

Political unrest in Peru

At least 30 injured, six detained during protests against Peru government

23-09-2025 17:10 Peruvian youth-lead protests against government sparked violent police response, with multiple injuries and arrests

Human rights

Peru's president signs military crimes amnesty bill into law

13-08-2025 17:36 Peruvian President Dina Boluarte signs controversial bill granting amnesty to military personnel, police and members of civilian self-defence units over a bloody 1980-2000 campaign against leftist guerrillas.

HISTORY & CULTURE

Peñico: Peruvian citadel that is nearly 4,000 years old opens doors to tourists

14-07-2025 10:20 Site of 3,800-year-old citadel from the Caral civilisation, one of the oldest in the world and located in northern Peru, opens to the public after eight years of scientific studies and restoration work.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pride and praise in Peru for Pope Leo who left lasting impression

09-05-2025 08:26 Leo XIV first set foot in Peru some four decades ago as a missionary, before becoming bishop of the diocese of Chiclayo in the northwest of the country and gaining citizenship in 2015.

PROFILE: Leo XIV

New pontiff Leo XIV spent decades amid the poor in Peru

08-05-2025 21:34 Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago but also has a Latin American connection, after spending much of his career in Peru before moving to Rome under Francis’ guidance.

REACTION TO NEW POPE

Trump says election of Pope Leo XIV 'great honour' for US

08-05-2025 14:44 US President Donald Trump hails election of Robert Prevost as new pope, says he looks forward to meeting him.

NEW POPE CHOSEN

Soft-spoken Prevost is first pope from the US (and Peru)

08-05-2025 14:32 Italian newspaper La Repubblica has called the new pontiff "the least American of the Americans" for his soft-spoken touch.

NEW POPE IN PLACE

Cardinals choose first US pope in Catholic Church history

08-05-2025 14:24 Robert Francis Prevost of the US becomes pope, will adopt name of Pope Leo XIV.

OBITUARY

Mario Vargas Llosa: Peruvian Nobel-winning novelist

13-04-2025 23:25 As one of Latin America’s foremost writers and intellectuals, Mario Vargas Llosa defended individual liberty, democracy and the free market, which often put him at odds with his peers and political leaders in the region.

LITERARY LEGEND DIES

Mario Vargas Llosa, Latin American literary heavyweight, dies at 89

13-04-2025 23:15 Mario Vargas Llosa has died in Lima at the age of 89, confirms family; Nobel literature laureate is considered to be one of the greats of Latin America's literary "boom" of the 1960s and 1970s.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Peru rights groups sound alarm on 'anti-NGO' bill

14-03-2025 13:30 Peru's Congress is on a mission to increase state oversight over NGOs, which have drawn the ire of conservatives for bringing cases against the state for alleged human rights abuses.

Extortion Epidemic

Peru journalist killed, prosecutor's office bombed

21-01-2025 14:29 The owner and director of a regional TV channel in southern Peru was killed by hitmen after reporting on racketeering by gangs.

Political crisis in Bolivia

Peru braces for Bolivian migration wave amid turmoil

12-11-2024 11:25 Peru, along with other Latin American nations, are cautiously monitoring economic and political instability in Bolivia.

ANALYSIS

Alberto Fujimori, emblem of '90s absolutism and corruption

12-09-2024 00:46 Late Peru leader was applauded for recovering Peru's lost economy, but his crimes – of which there are dozens – overshadowed his achievements.

by Darío Silva D'Andrea

PERU EX-PRESIDENT

Peru's deeply divisive former leader dead at 86

12-09-2024 00:26 Polarising ex-Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori has died aged 86 in the nation's capital Lima, family reports.

OBITUARY

Alberto Fujimori, authoritarian behind Peru rebound, dies at 86

11-09-2024 22:15 Former president of Peru oversaw the defeat of Maoist terrorists, tamed hyperinflation and continued to loom large over national politics after being imprisoned for his role in killings by death squads.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Argentina joins 10 other nations in rejecting Maduro vote certification

23-08-2024 12:58 Argentina, along with the United States and nine Latin American countries, issues statement rejecting the Venezuela Supreme Court's certification of President Nicolás Maduro's July 28 re-election.

Copa América 2024

No Messi, no problem as Argentina down Peru

30-06-2024 09:20 Argentina shrugged off the injury absence of Lionel Messi to maintain their perfect start at the Copa América on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Peru in Miami.

Football: Copa América

Messi, Di María ready for Copa clashes with Canada, Chile, Peru

18-06-2024 13:06 Canada, Chile and Peru – the challengers facing Argentina in Group A of the first stage of the Copa América.

MARKETS

Latin America’s quasi-sovereign companies attract bond investors

19-02-2024 14:09 State-owned companies across Latin America face falling output, cash woes and expensive investment plans. Yet bondholders can’t get enough.

CRIME & SECURITY

Peruvian woman accused of cutting off sleeping partner's penis

14-02-2024 12:47 Peruvian authorities said Tuesday they were investigating a woman accused of cutting off her partner's penis with a kitchen knife as he slept.

Drug war crisis

Relatives of Ecuador drug boss 'Fito' arrested and deported from Argentina

19-01-2024 12:40 Security forces arrest and detain relatives of fugitive drug-boss Jose Adolfo Macías, alias 'Fito,' in Córdoba; Wife and children deported in early hours of Friday morning.

Narco-violence terrorises Ecuador

Ecuador’s ‘armed conflict’ against drug cartels explodes into violence

11-01-2024 16:50 Tanks and soldiers patrol the streets of Ecuador as third day of terror continues; Cartels have ‘declared war’ against President Daniel Noboa and the national government.