Peru News News Peru: Brookfield to cease operating troubled Peru toll roads on Wednesday
Brookfield Asset Management will cease operating a series of troubled roads in Peru’s capital city at the end of Wednesday, after running out of cash due to court orders that suspended collection of ...
News Peru: New migration restrictions in Peru spark conflict at border with Chile
Chile and Peru's foreign ministers met virtually on Monday to coordinate a response to a rise in irregular migration along their shared border, after Peru's interim president, José Jerí, ordered the ...
News Peru: Peru to declare a state of emergency as migrants leaving Chile trigger backlash
Residents in Chile’s northern border towns reported growing chaos as crowds of people who left Chile but lacked permission to enter Peru were stranded in limbo. On Friday, Jerí convened his Cabinet to ...
News Peru: Minnesota man dies after being struck by lightning on Peru mountain
Yuri Botelho, 36, a Brazil native, worked for the city of St. Louis Park and recently became an American citizen.
News Peru: Search for missing continues after strong wave caused by landslip causes boats to sink in Peru
At least 12 people died on Monday after two passenger boats capsized when a block of earth on the bank of one of the main rivers in the Peruvian Amazon collapsed into the water, causing a strong wave, ...
News Peru: Peru's jumbo flying squid fishery starts path toward MSC certification
Peru's jumbo flying squid fishery has been accepted into the Marine Stewardship Council's Improvement Program (MSC-IP), starting the fishery on the path toward MSC certification.
News Peru: Peru sentences ex-President Vizcarra to 14 years in prison for corruption
A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Martin Vizcarra to 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of taking bribes years before he took office, adding to a list of former leaders ...
News Peru: Peru sentences former President Pedro Castillo just a day after another presidential conviction
A court in Peru sentenced former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo to more than 11 years in prison on Thursday. In a two-to-one vote, the Special Criminal Chamber of Peru’s Supreme Court found him ...
News Peru: Prosecutors progressing school food program probe in Peru
Prosecutors in Peru are continuing to investigate potential crimes related to the 2024 school food program. The Prosecutor's Office for Corruption of Officials carried out raids on 13 properties in La ...
News Peru: Pinellas teacher struck by lightning while biking in Peru over Thanksgiving holiday
A Palm Harbor Middle School teacher was critically injured after lightning struck him and his friend while they were mountain biking in Peru over the Thanksgiving holiday.
News Peru: Minnesota man dies after being struck by lightning on trip to Peru
A Minnesota man has died after being struck by lightning in Peru.A Facebook post cited by GoFundMe states that Yuri Botehlo was mountain biking with a friend when they were both struck by ...