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Trump’s ‘narco-terrorism’ war in Latin America evokes Reagan – then as now, it’s more about fighting leftists than drug runners

More than any other U.S. president in decades, Donald Trump has aggressively pursued military interventions in Latin America.

The Conversation · Jun 11

Peru's Election Could Be Decided Abroad: How Millions of Immigrant Voters in the U.S. and Other Countries May Choose the Next President

Peru's next president may be chosen not only in Lima, Cusco or the Andean highlands, but also in New Jersey, Madrid, Santiago, Buenos Aires and Tokyo. With Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez locked in a razor-thin runoff, the vote from abroad has become one of the most watched pieces of…

Latin Times · Jun 9

Peru enacts amnesty for military and police accused of human rights abuses

Families of victims and advocacy groups condemn law that covers internal armed conflict from 1980 to 2000

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025

Alberto Fujimori, Peru's Deeply Divisive Former Strongman Leader

Peru's Alberto Fujimori, who died Wednesday at the age of 86, was a one-time university dean who rose to wage a bloody campaign against insurgents as president in the 1990s -- but ended up jailed for atrocities.

International Business Times · Sep 12, 2024

Alberto Fujimori To Stand In 2026 Peru Elections

President from 1990 to 2000, the elder Fujimori, 85, ruled Peru with an iron fist, leading a military campaign that largely defeated the Shining Path, a Maoist guerrilla group.

Latin Times · Jul 15, 2024

Peru's Congress approves statute of limitations for crimes against humanity committed before 2002

The Peruvian Congress has approved a law establishing a statute of limitations for crimes against humanity committed before 2002, a decision that human rights organizations have warned could encourage impunity and thwart investigations into serious abuses

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2024

Peruvian soldiers found guilty of rapes committed during civil war in historic verdict

‘Landmark’ case is first to deal with use of sexual violence in state’s conflict with Shining Path rebels four decades ago

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2024

Decades after the country’s internal conflict, Peruvians lay murdered family members to rest – a photo essay

When the brutal conflict between Shining Path and government forces during the 1980s and 1990s ended, so did a bloody chapter for most Peruvians. But the families of the victims had to wait up to 40 years to bury their dead

The Guardian - US · Jan 18, 2024

Mayor closes museum of memories in battle over story of Peru’s violent past

Far-right mayor claimed Lima institution peddled false narrative of 1980-2000 conflict in which guerrillas and army killed 70,000

The Guardian - US · Apr 7, 2023

Peru's Boluarte vows to crush 'narcoterrorism' after deadly police ambush

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte pledged a crackdown on "narcoterrorism" on Monday, speaking at the funeral of seven police officers gunned down in an area where drug traffickers operate in alliance with remnants of Shining Path militants.

Reuters · Feb 13, 2023