Peru News » Ayacucho News Peru » Ayacucho » People: Ayacucho 1824 turned Peru’s independence fight into collapse
In 1824, the war for Peru was hanging by a thread, with revolutionaries short of money, food, and loyal troops. Simon Bolivar had to hand the campaign to Antonio de Sucre just as the royalists were ...
News Peru » Ayacucho » People: Peru: People of the Altiplano
Host Dave Yetman meets Quechua people and learns about their past and present. In cities such as Ayacucho, Huancavelica, and Huancayo and hosts of villages continue to farm and produce handicrafts ...
News Peru » Ayacucho » People: She lost her partner in the protests. Then her twins. She’s still at it.
AYACUCHO, Peru — It was nearly two days after the bullet tore into Leonardo Hancco Chacca’s abdomen. Now his organs were failing. The heavy machinery operator had been shot while protesting the ...
News Peru » Ayacucho » People: Una pausa en las protestas de Perú para honrar a los muertos
Hasta el momento, 25 personas han perdido la vida y cientos han resultado heridas en los choques entre manifestantes y autoridades. La tensión en la ciudad andina de Ayacucho está a tope. La procesión ...