Trump is driving China and South America’s relationship to its ‘best moment’
The US is targeting its own allies and its withdrawal from the region has left a power vacuum for China to fill in While Donald...
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Statue of Spanish conqueror Pizarro returns to Peru amid controversy
Bronze statue put in back in Lima 22 years after removal in apparent attempt to rehabilitate Francisco Pizzaro’s legacy An imposing bronze statue of Francisco...
Peru prosecutors pursue whiff of scandal over president’s secret nose job
Dina Boluarte, who didn’t appoint a caretaker president for two-week absence, accused of abandoning her post The Peruvian president, Dina Boluarte, has appeared before prosecutors...
Latin America’s rise in tuberculosis linked to imprisonment rates
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...
Severe drought puts nearly half a million children at risk in Amazon – report
Warming climate has caused rivers used for transport to dry up, leaving children with little food, water or school access, says Unicef Two years of...
UN rules forcible sterilizations of women in Peru ‘crime against humanity’
Country ordered to compensate victims of programme that affected more than 300,000 women in 1990s A UN committee has urged Peru to compensate women who...
‘Transformative, for better and for worse’: what’s the legacy of Peru’s Alberto Fujimori
Despite his convictions for corruption and human rights abuses, many see the president who has died at 86 as the country’s greatest leader At 11.45...
Alberto Fujimori, authoritarian former president of Peru, dies aged 86
Ex-leader was jailed in 2009 for corruption and human rights abuses but granted a humanitarian pardon last year Alberto Fujimori, Peru’s former strongman leader throughout...
Two loggers shot dead with arrows in clash with Indigenous group in Peruvian Amazon
Two more people missing and one injured after attack by ‘uncontacted’ Mashco Piro in rainforest At least two loggers have been shot dead with arrows,...
Could a £2-a-day basic income be the key to protecting rainforests?
Pilot scheme in Amazon communities of central Peru aims to help people choose a more sustainable way of living Read more stories in the Alternatives...
