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...
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‘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...
Marina Hyde on the ‘brave’ inciters of Britain’s race riots; lightning struck my plane and I plunged 3,000m; the delights of the dead hang – podcast
Where are you Tommy and Elon? Marina Hyde finds that those provoking the race riots are far, far away; the dead hang delight – how...
Crisis at Tres Fronteras: how criminal syndicates threaten Amazon’s future
At the lawless triple border between Brazil, Colombia and Peru, drug trafficking, illegal logging and gangs jeopardise the ecological and social fabric of the rainforest...
Uncontacted tribe seen in Peruvian Amazon where loggers are active
Mashco Piro sighted coming out of rainforest more frequently, apparently moving away from loggers Rare images of the Mashco Piro, an uncontacted Indigenous tribe in...
US mountaineer buried by avalanche 22 years ago found preserved in ice, police say
William Stampfl tried to climb Mount Huascarán in 2002 with two friends, one was found and one is still missing Police have found the well-preserved...
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 Ten soldiers have been...
