Peru charges illegal loggers in Amazon deaths for first time
Authorities in Peru have charged five men in the timber industry with the 2014 murders of four indigenous activists who had battled illegal logging in the Amazon jungle. Two timber executives and three loggers have been charged with the shooting deaths of the activists, said ...
Peru to boost Ecuador border security after stricter entry rules for Venezuelans
Peru plans to beef up security at its border with Ecuador to prevent illegal immigration, after stricter entry requirements for Venezuelans led to a 90 percent drop in legal crossings, a government official said on Monday. More than 850,000 Venezuelans have fled their homeland for ...
Brazil's neighbors call for meeting and Amazon pact as fires rage
Peru and Colombia called on Tuesday on fellow Amazonian countries to attend a presidential meeting next month on the forest fires raging in Brazil and Bolivia and to forge a pact to protect the world's largest tropical forest. The meeting is scheduled to take place ...
Globe-trotting Japanese cyclist dies in road accident in Peru
A Japanese man traveling around the world by bicycle died of a head injury after being hit by a truck Sunday in northwestern Peru, according to local news reports. The accident took place on Sunday in the La Libertad region. The man was later confirmed ...
Princess Mako paid a visit to Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra on Thursday in Lima during her trip to mark the 120th anniversary of the start of Japanese immigration to the South American country. "I feel Japanese Peruvians are treated very well in Peru. I'm grateful ...
Princess Mako praises Japanese Peruvians during ceremony in Lima
Princess Mako showed her respects to Peruvians of Japanese descent at a ceremony in Lima on Wednesday to mark the 120th anniversary of the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in the country. The ceremony, part of events for the princess during her stay in ...
Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of Crown Prince Akishino, left Japan on Tuesday for an official visit to Peru and Bolivia to mark the 120th anniversary of the start of Japanese emigration to the South American countries. The 27-year-old princess will attend commemorative ceremonies during ...
As Peru tightens its border, desperate Venezuelans cling to asylum lifeline
Thousands of Venezuelans crossed into Peru despite a crackdown on migrants without passports or visas meant to stem the flood of immigration from their crisis-stricken nation, as many lacking those documents filed asylum requests instead. Venezuela's economic collapse under President Nicolas Maduro has unleashed the ...
Strong M8.0 earthquake hits Peru's Amazon basin, leaving at least one dead
A powerful 8.0-earthquake struck northern Peru in the early hours of Sunday, killing one person and injuring 18 others as the shock-wave extended into neighboring Ecuador. The force of the quake brought down many old houses in Yurimaguas, a town near the epicenter in a ...
Venezuela's neighbors accuse Nicolas Maduro of protecting 'terrorist groups' in Colombia
The Lima Group regional bloc on Friday accused the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of protecting "terrorist groups" in Colombia, keeping up pressure days after an attempted military uprising failed to dislodge Maduro from power. The bloc, a dozen countries in the Americas that ...
Embattled ex-Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski undergoes heart surgery
Peru's former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who is under arrest in connection with the Odebrecht corruption scandal and has been hospitalized for heart problems, underwent emergency surgery Saturday to install a pacemaker, his brother said. "He has come out of a fairly long operation ... ...
Odebrecht boss tells prosecutors of payoffs to Peruvian politicians
Prosecutors said a top former executive of Brazilian multinational Odebrecht gave details Wednesday of multimillion-dollar payoffs to Peruvian politicians, including a top aide of former President Alan Garcia, who committed suicide last week. Jorge Barata, Odebrecht's former chief in Peru, provided details of "money routes" ...
