Peru News » Ayacucho News Peru » Ayacucho: Peru asset seizure office in Ayacucho leads confiscations under controversial Extinction of Domain Law
Peru’s public prosecutor announced Monday that its Extinction of Domain prosecutor in Ayacucho is the office with the highest number of rulings uner the country’s controversial asset forfeiture law.
News Peru » Ayacucho: Peru earthquake LIVE: Lima, Ica, and Cusco rocked by 7.2 tremors sparking avalanches
A huge earthquake has rocked Peru as the city of Ica faces the brunt of the 7.2 magnitude tremors. The quake struck at a depth of 66km, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), and 38km ...
News Peru » Ayacucho: Peruvian families demand reparations for protester deaths amid reminders of a painful past
“If something happens to me, don’t cry,” Leonardo Hancco told his wife, Ruth Barcena, the morning of December 15 in Peru’s southern city of Ayacucho. The 32-year-old taxi driver and father of a ...
News Peru » Ayacucho: A royalist revolt split Peru’s Spanish army, giving Bolívar’s forces an opening at Ayacucho
The struggle for independence in Peru reached a turning point as royalist forces fractured over a revolt within their own ranks. The video traces how this division reshaped the campaign while ...
News Peru » Ayacucho: ‘They Shot Them Down Like Animals’: Massacre at Peru’s Ayacucho
On December 15, 2022, while helicopters flew overhead, members of Peru’s national army shot down civilians with live bullets in the outskirts of the city of Ayacucho. This action was in response to a ...
News Peru » Ayacucho: Peru's disappeared: Dozens look for relatives lost to violence. A woman who knows their sorrow helps
AYACUCHO, Perú — The easiest thing might have been to let go. To refresh the flowers at her husband’s grave and find comfort in retrieving his bones, a milestone in a country where 20,000 people ...
News Peru » Ayacucho: High risk yet home to thousands: the makeshift towns at the mercy of landslides and floods in Peru
Ayacucho's informal neighbourhoods balance precariously on steep mountain slopes that surround the city. Photograph: Douwe den Held Like many informal settlements, communities that have sprung up on ...
News Peru » Ayacucho: Peruvian Handicrafts: Ayacucho “Retablos” on display in Helsinki’s historic center
Residents and tourists in Helsinki now have the opportunity to view a selection of Peruvian handicrafts—specifically “retablos” (altarpiece-style boxes) from the Ayacucho region- at an exhibition ...
News Peru » Ayacucho: Peru Earthquake Update: Tremors Cut Power to 9,000 Properties and Damage Ayacucho Region Hospitals
A Peru earthquake update details power cuts to properties and damage to Ayacucho region hospitals after a magnitude 6.7 tremor injured three and affected dozens of homes and schools Cristian Crespo F.