Japan to expand entry ban to include U.S., China and most of Europe
Japan is planning to place an entry ban on foreign nationals who have recently been to the United States, China, South Korea and most of Europe in an effort to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, government sources said Monday. The measure would apply ...
New Peruvian political power broker leads secretive Christian group
In Peru's capital, a group dressed in biblical-style robes, veils and sandals gathered one recent Sunday night to celebrate an unlikely victory: their congregation had overnight become a major force in Congress. One by one, a dozen of those who had run for office paraded ...
Javier Perez de Cuellar, Peruvian diplomat and U.N. chief, dies at 100
Javier Perez de Cuellar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 and who in later life came out of retirement to help re-establish democracy in his Peruvian homeland, died Wednesday, Peru's foreign ministry said. He ...
Peruvian whose arm was broken at Osaka immigration bureau sues Japan
A Japanese Peruvian sued the state on Thursday, alleging that security guards broke his arm while detaining him at the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau in 2017. The man, 46, filed the suit with the Osaka District Court, demanding about ¥2 million ($18,000) in damages. According to ...
Peru's Keiko Fujimori vows aggressive 'response to political persecution' as she's jailed again
As Peruvian authorities detained opposition leader Keiko Fujimori on Tuesday night for a new 15-month jail term, the politician published a pre-recorded video alleging "persecution" and vowing to "end her silence" on the case. A judge on Tuesday afternoon ordered her detention as prosecutors continue ...
Peru Congress fragmented by Fujimori opposition's collapse
The opposition's crushing defeat in Peru's legislative elections has left a fragmented Congress without a dominant party — but with a surprising newcomer threatening to become a serious player. Keiko Fujimori's Popular Force lost dozens of seats Sunday in the Congress it had dominated since ...
Peru's government promised on Thursday to protect the Machu Picchu sanctuary and other Inca ruins when building a new airport to serve the ancient civilization's capital of Cuzco. Machu Picchu and the Inca road system are UNESCO World Heritage sites, and the U.N. agency has ...
Indigenous Peruvians win suit to block oil exploration in their Amazon region
A Peruvian judge ruled that the government exclude an indigenous region of the Amazon near the border with Brazil from any oil exploration and exploitation, a legal group said on Wednesday, in a win for native communities that have long fought against oil and ...
Tourists who damaged Machu Picchu deported and barred from Peru
Five tourists accused of damaging Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site were deported to Bolivia on Thursday and barred from returning to the country for 15 years, police and immigration officials said. Peru Migration said in a statement the tourists — two Brazilians, an Argentine, a ...
Peru highway crash involving bus kills at least 16, including two Germans
At least 16 people, including two Germans, died in a crash in southern Peru on Monday after a bus collided with other vehicles and rolled over, local police said. The accident also left 42 others injured, including two Brazilians and two Americans, Col. Carlos Lopez, ...
12-year prison term sought for Peru's Kenji Fujimori over alleged vote-buying
Peruvian prosecutors are seeking a 12-year prison term for former lawmaker Kenji Fujimori on charges of attempting to buy votes in a plot to keep ex-President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski from being impeached. Prosecutor Bersabeth Revilla accused the son of jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori of bribery ...
Two workers at Lima McDonald's killed by defective soda machine
A defective soda vending machine was responsible for the deaths of two McDonald's cleaners in Peru, the general manager for the Lima franchise told a local news station on Saturday night. Carlos Campos, 19, and Alexandra Porrasa, 18, died late Dec. 15 as they cleaned ...
