Peru

As gold prices soar and with little help from the national government, the Indigenous Wampis are taking action to stop their land from being polluted and plunderedRené Amuan Santiago Tí remembers how, armed only with wooden spears, he and his companions disarmed a group of policemen as they drew their pistols, after they caught the officers escorting a […]

German coal giant is one of world’s biggest polluters and should contribute to flood defences, says farmer in PeruA Peruvian farmer’s home is in “concrete danger” from climate change, a court has heard, in the resumption of a decade-long legal battle to get German coal giant RWE to contribute to flood defences in the Andes.Lawyers for Saúl Luciano […]

Maximo Napa, 61, says he survived by eating cockroaches, birds and a turtle – and thinking about his motherA Peruvian fisher was found alive after drifting at sea for 94 days, a navy official said on Saturday, as he was discharged from hospital after his ordeal.Maximo Napa, 61, was rescued in his small fishing boat on Tuesday after being spotted by an […]

Experts say legislation will prevent vulnerable people from accessing justice in latest government-backed crackdownHuman rights groups in Peru have voiced alarm over a controversial anti-NGO law that prevents civil society organisations from taking legal action against the state for human rights abuses – a move that activists say will prevent the […]

The Colombian star went to the emergency room in Peru’s capital on Saturday night, days after launching her first worldwide tour in seven yearsShakira cancelled her concert in the Peruvian capital on Sunday after being hospitalised with abdominal pain, a setback that comes days after she launched her first worldwide tour in seven years.The 48-year-old […]

The US is targeting its own allies and its withdrawal from the region has left a power vacuum for China to fill inWhile Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, were engaged in a very public row over the deportation of migrants last month, China’s ambassador to Bogotá was enthusiastically tweeting that diplomatic relations between China […]

Marco Rubio heaped praise on a president who has jailed thousands with few legal niceties – but can work his model work elsewhere in Latin America beset by gang violence?Five hours after being shot in the belly, a Haitian accountant sat in a Port-au-Prince emergency room pondering how his homeland might be saved.“I follow the news,” said the […]

Antamina, in the Andes, makes billions thanks to the green tech boom. But locals say they are being poisoned by arsenic, losing their water and sinking further into povertyA chilly breeze passes along the shore of Lake Contonga, 4,400 metres up in the Peruvian Andes. Julio Rimac Damian, from the nearby village of Challhuayaco, points to the mud under his […]

Sodalitium of Christian Life ended after investigation found sexual and spiritual abuses and financial mismanagementPope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium of Christian Life (SCV), after years of attempts at reform and a Vatican investigation. The investigation uncovered sexual abuses by […]

Statue returns near former spot 22 years after removal in apparent attempt to rehabilitate Francisco Pizzaro’s legacyAn imposing bronze statue of Francisco Pizarro, Peru’s Spanish conqueror, has been returned to a spot near its former location in Lima’s main square, 22 years after it was removed, in an apparent attempt to rehabilitate the […]

Dina Boluarte, who didn’t appoint a caretaker president for two-week absence, accused of abandoning her postThe Peruvian president, Dina Boluarte, has appeared before prosecutors to explain a two-week absence for plastic surgery on her nose that she insists was medical, not cosmetic.Boluarte, 62, did not appoint a caretaker president for the period of her […]

Study warns region’s exponential rise in incarceration is fuelling the disease, with cases increasing by 19% between 2015 and 2022 High incarceration rates in Latin America – the region with the world’s fastest-growing prison population – are exacerbating tuberculosis in a region that is bucking the global trend for falling incidents of the disease, […]

Scientists surprised to find so many animals unknown to science in Alto Mayo, a well-populated regionResearchers in the Alto Mayo region of north-west Peru have discovered 27 species that are new to science, including a rare amphibious mouse, a tree-climbing salamander and an unusual “blob-headed fish”. The 38-day survey recorded more than 2,000 species […]

Prosecutors look into sex-for-votes scandal after killing of Congress lawyer leads to investigation of her former bossProsecutors in Peru are investigating a sex-for-votes scandal in the country’s Congress after uncovering an alleged prostitution ring inside the widely-loathed chamber.The investigation began after hired killers fired more than 40 rounds […]

The Australian Museum’s Machu Picchu exhibition brings ancient Andean societies to life – and features an extravagant collection of goldGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe Australian Museum’s record-breaking blockbuster Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs was always going to be a hard act to follow.The great Inca citadel, instantly […]