The Latest Breaking News from Peru

Peru police carry out second day of evictions at halted Las Bambas mine

Peruvian police on Thursday are carrying out a second day of evictions at MMG's Las Bambas copper mine, seeking to remove a remaining indigenous community that had camped inside company property in a protest, a community adviser told Reuters.

Reuters · Apr 28, 2022

Peru govt declares state of emergency near MMG’s Las Bambas mine as stand-off continues

The Peruvian government on Wednesday declared a state of emergency near MMG Ltd's Las Bambas copper mine, where production has been halted for a week due to indigenous communities camped inside.

Reuters · Apr 27, 2022

Exclusive-China-owned Las Bambas mine weighs plan to evict protesting communities

Chinese-owned MMG Ltd's huge Las Bambas copper mine in Peru is considering a plan to evict indigenous communities that have camped on the property and forced a production halt, according to an executive and a document seen by Reuters.

Reuters · Apr 27, 2022

Peru's Castillo renews unlikely push to redraft the constitution

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo said on Friday that he will seek to ask citizens in October whether they want to rewrite the country's market-friendly constitution, renewing a campaign promise that he had all but abandoned in office.

Reuters · Apr 22, 2022

Paintings, stone axes repatriated to Peru in LA ceremony

U.S. officials have repatriated 16 cultural items to the Peruvian government, including paintings, historical documents and stone axes

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2022

Analysis-Peru's Castillo hardens stance on mining protests as economy stumbles

Peru's leftist President Pedro Castillo has signaled a tougher stance on protests against mining companies that are roiling the Andean nation, the world's second largest copper producer, mobilizing the army in a sharp tactical shift from a previous conciliatory approach.

Reuters · Apr 21, 2022

Where is Michaella McCollum of the Peru Two now - from prison horror for drug smuggling to mother of twin boys

Michaella, now 28, is a single mother to adorable twin boys who are nearly four-years-old

Irish Mirror · Apr 21, 2022

Crime And Punishment: Peru President Proposes Chemically Castrating Rapists After Girl, 3, Assaulted

Pedro Castillo made the announcement after a three-year-old girl was abducted and raped in the city of Chiclayo last week.

Zenger · Apr 21, 2022

Peru seeks to punish pedophile rapists with chemical castration

Peru's government will present a bill to allow for chemical castration as a penalty for raping a minor, Cabinet members told reporters on Wednesday, following national outrage over the rape of a 3-year-old girl.

Reuters · Apr 21, 2022

Peru inflation protests grip tourist capital Cuzco, gateway to Machu Picchu

Peruvians were protesting rapidly rising prices in the Andean city of Cuzco on Tuesday, in spite of a truce agreement that will see embattled President Pedro Castillo travel to the city later in the week to try to find ways to reduce costs.

Reuters · Apr 19, 2022