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Peru: Former President Alberto Fujimori Pardoned

Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori has been pardoned by current President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on health grounds in a move…

7 years ago

Barack Obama to Challenge Donald Trump After Leaving Office

President Barack Obama has said he may speak out, against tradition, after leaving office if he feels Donald Trump is…

8 years ago

Argentina Returns 4,000 Stolen Artifacts to Peru and Ecuador

Argentina has announced it will return more than 4,000 archaeological artifacts to Peru and Ecuador. The artifacts had been stolen…

9 years ago

Peru bus crash kills at least 36 people near Huarmey

A multiple pile-up in Peru has killed at least 36 people on the Pan American Highway near Huarmey, about 200…

10 years ago

Peru: Pillpinto mayoral election decided by coin toss

The mayoral race in a small town high in the Peruvian Andes was decided by a coin toss after two…

10 years ago

Peru extends snow state of emergency to more regions

Peru’s government has decided to extend to nine more regions a state of emergency called to cope with unusually cold…

11 years ago

Florindo Flores: Peru’s Sendero Luminoso leader jailed for life for terrorism

A court in Peru has sentenced Florindo Flores, the last of the original leaders of the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path)…

11 years ago

Colombian drug lord Jacinto Nicolas Fuentes German arrested in Peru

Jacinto Nicolas Fuentes German, who is suspected of being a leader of Colombia's Urabenos criminal gang, has been arrested in…

12 years ago

More than 16,000 dried seahorses seized in Peru

More than 16,000 dried seahorses which were to be exported illegally to Asian countries have been seized by police in…

12 years ago