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US confirms Peru purchase of 12 jets

LIMA – US defense group Lockheed Martin on Thursday (Friday, Manila time) confirmed the purchase by Peru of 12 F-16 fighter jets in a...

Peru ministers quit over jet deal

LIMA, Peru – Peru’s foreign and defense ministers resigned on Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time) in protest over the interim president’s decision to stall a...

Peruvians protest over election, delays

LIMA – At least 3,000 Peruvians demonstrated in Lima on Sunday (Monday, Manila time) to demand their votes be counted in Peru’s presidential elections,...

Peru presidential vote results delayed

LIMA – Results from the first round of Peru’s presidential election won’t be released until mid-May, an official said Saturday, after a chaotic vote...

Runoff looms as Fujimori leads troubled Peru vote

LIMA – Right wing candidate Keiko Fujimori led exit polls following Peru’s troubled presidential election Sunday, but failed to avoid a runoff after a...

Train crash near Peru’s Machu Picchu hurts 40

LIMA—A head-on collision between two trains on the line that services Peru’s Machu Picchu killed one person and injured at least 40 others, authorities...

Peru breaks off ties with Mexico

LIMA—Peru’s government said Monday (Tuesday Manila time) it had cut off diplomatic relations with Mexico for granting asylum to a former prime minister being...

Peru to impose emergency in Lima following violence

LIMA – Peru’s new government said Thursday that a state of emergency will be declared in the capital Lima, after weeks of anti-government protests...

Peru marks second day of violent anti-gov’t rallies

LIMA, Peru – Hundreds of anti-government demonstrators in Peru’s capital Lima took to the streets again on Sunday (Monday Manila time) following clashes that...

Tourists back at Peru’s Machu Picchu

LIMA – Tourists were back at Peru’s ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu Wednesday, officials said, after a protest by residents forced the evacuation...

Peru protests strand 1,400 tourists

PERU – Peru evacuated some 1,400 tourists overnight from the train station that serves the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, while about 900 others...

Peru to build prison for wild inmates

LIMA – Peru, battling a wave of violent crime, said Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) it would build a prison for its most dangerous offenders...

Sand, dust storm sweeps across southern Peru

LIMA – Strong winds from a South Pacific anticyclone triggered a massive sand and dust storm in southern Peru on Thursday, catching residents in...

One dead, 36 injured after 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Peru

Lima, Peru—A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Peru on Sunday, leaving one person dead and 36 injured as the tremor triggered landslides, officials said. The quake hit shortly...
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