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Peru To Impose State Of Emergency In Capital After Wave Of Violence

Peru's new government said Thursday that a state of emergency will be declared in the capital Lima, after weeks of anti-government protests over corruption and organized crime.

International Business Times

Tear gas deployed as police and young protesters clash in Peru’s capital

Flares and tear gas were fired in a clash between police and young protesters in Peru's capital Lima on Wednesday (15 October).

The Independent UK

Historic Day in Lima as Latin Judo Shines Bright at the Grand Prix

The opening day of the first-ever Lima Judo Grand Prix brought unforgettable moments. Chile’s Mary Dee Vargas Ley claimed her nation’s first Grand Prix gold, while Brazil, France, and Israel also triumphed. Peru’s Brillith Gamarra made history with her country’s first-ever IJF World Tour medal.

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Why Peru Just Ousted Another President, And What Comes Next

In a matter of hours, Peru impeached one of the world's most unpopular presidents, Dina Boluarte, and appointed its seventh leader in nine years.

International Business Times

Peru’s gastronomic boom risks excluding the Indigenous people whose food it celebrates

Peruvians are rightly passionate about food. Their pride in Peruvian cuisine has been fuelled in the past two decades or so by a wave of international culinary awards that has forged sense of belonging and visibility on the world stage. Yet, behind this “gastronationalism” lies a more complex story about…

The Conversation

Indonesia embassy official’s shooting in Lima probably a ‘contract killing’, says Peru government

Interior minister says ‘they were waiting for’ official who was shot at point-blank range outside his home in killing that has shocked Peru

The Guardian - AU

Peru pledges to investigate the ‘heinous’ killing of Indonesian diplomat

Police say diplomat Zetro Leonardo Purba was shot three times as he bicycled home to his apartment in Lima, Peru.

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Lessons from the Incas: how llamas, terraces and trees could help the Andes survive climate change

Many tropical glaciers in the Andes are expected to disappear in the next few decades. Their meltwater sustains millions of people, feeding crops in the dry season, supplying Peru’s capital Lima and other big cities, and even boosting the Amazon river. As glaciers vanish, floods and droughts are becoming more…

The Conversation

Peruvian Shamans call for calm in Amazon island dispute with Colombia

Shamans in Peru have staged a traditional ritual in Lima to urge peace with Colombia amid a growing row over the ownership of Santa Rosa Island in the Amazon.

Euronews

How a popular Peruvian soft drink went ‘toe-to-toe’ with Coca-Cola

Inca Kola outshined Coca-Cola for decades, gaining a foothold during WWII through bodegas owned by a spurned community.

Al Jazeera

Police officer dressed as cartoon hero seizes marijuana and cocaine in drugs raid

Dressed as the iconic TV character El Chapulín Colorado (The Red Grasshopper), a Peruvian police officer helped carry out a surprise drug raid in Lima, arresting five suspects and seizing marijuana and cocaine.

The Independent UK

1,000-year-old pre-Inca mummy discovered just half a metre below a street in Lima

While laying gas pipes in Lima’s Puente Piedra district, workers uncovered a 1,000-year-old pre-Inca mummy just half a metre underground.

Euronews

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025: Who takes the top spot - and how does Europe fare?

European restaurants make up three of the Top 5 spots on this year's World's 50 Best Restaurants list. However, Spain's Disfrutar, in Barcelona, has been dethroned as the highest ranked restaurant in the world...

Euronews

Utility workers uncover 1,000-year-old pre-Inca mummy in Peru's capital

Utility workers excavating trenches to expand the network of natural gas pipelines in Peru’s capital have uncovered a pre-Inca mummy approximately 1,000 years old, barely half a meter from the surface

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The Conversation

What Peru’s Virgen de la Puerta represents about unity and inclusion

Leo XIV, the first pope born in the United States, is also claimed by the Peruvian people whom he served for over two decades as one of their own.

The Conversation

Farewell to Mario Vargas Llosa, the end of an era for Latin America’s literary luminaries

The death of Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa (Arequipa, 1936 - Lima, 2025) marks the end of a Golden Age of Latin American literature. Just as there will not be another generation in Spain like that of Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, Tirso de Molina, Góngora and…

Radio France Internationale

Nobel prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa dies aged 89

Peruvian authorities on Monday declared a day of mourning with flags to fly at half mast on government buildings following the death of the Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.

The Conversation

Peru is losing its battle against organised crime

The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, declared a state of emergency in the capital city, Lima, on March 18. The decree, which came amid a wave of violence, gives the police and military full control of the security situation there for a period of 30 days.

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International Business Times

Peruvian Schoolkids Living In Fear Of Extortion Gangs

First they came for shop owners and bus drivers, ordering them to pay protection money on pain of death.

The Independent UK

UK government issues travel warning for Peru after country declares state of emergency

Updated travel advice for South American nation comes amid surge in violence

The Independent UK

Troops on the streets of Lima as Peru's government calls state of emergency to tackle crime wave

The residents of Lima were told to expect added security on their journeys into work after Peru's government declared a state of emergency in the capital city to tackle a crimewave and increasing violence

Euronews

Peru declares state of emergency after killing of popular singer

Paul Flores was shot dead in Lima on Sunday morning amid a recent surge in violence.

International Business Times

Peru Farmer In German Court Battle With Energy Giant

A Peruvian farmer faces off in a German court Monday in a "David and Goliath" battle against an energy giant, demanding the firm pay for climate change damage.

The Independent UK

Peruvian farmer’s case against German energy giant RWE could reshape global climate accountability

A groundbreaking climate lawsuit heads to trial in Germany next week, as Peruvian farmer Saúl Luciano Lliuya challenges German energy giant RWE

The Guardian - US

Midwestern cities fear fallout of Trump revoking Haitian residents’ status

Looming end of TPS could wreak havoc in Ohio urban areas revitalised by immigrants from the Caribbean country

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