カテゴリー: Peru
Interim president José Jerí voted out by country’s congress amid scandal concerning secretive meetings Peru’s interim president has been forced out of office in an “express impeachment” after a political scandal over his secretive meetings with Chinese…
Opposition lawmakers say they will seek to impeach José Jerí over undisclosed meetings in Lima’s ChinatownPeru’s interim president, José Jerí, has denied lying to the country and claimed he was the victim of a plot to discredit him amid a growing polit…
There have been a series of unprecedented protests in the global south led by gen Z, the demographic cohort born between 1997 and 2012. These uprisings have led to deadly crackdowns, scores of arrests and new leaders coming into power. From Nepal to M…
Interior minister says ‘they were waiting for’ official who was shot at point-blank range outside his home in killing that has shocked PeruPeru’s government has said the fatal shooting of an Indonesian embassy official in Lima on Monday night was likel…
Officers say they found 1.4kg of drug inside toy in woman’s underwear and also accused her of hiding ecstasy pillsA Peruvian woman has been arrested in Bali after allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine into the Indonesian resort island using a sex toy and…
President of Peru who at first oversaw economic growth in the country, but was later jailed for human rights crimesFew people in Peru had heard of Alberto Fujimori, an agricultural engineer and university rector, when he stood for the presidency in 198…
Malaysian foreign ministry says 43 of its citizens were freed in Lima after being forced to take part in ‘Macau scam’More than 40 people from Malaysia have been rescued by police in Peru after they fell victim to a human trafficking syndicate operating…
Weather event also caused flooding, heavy rain and gusts of over 100mph this weekAn unusually deep area of low pressure moved into California late on Tuesday. The low deepened quickly, reaching the threshold for “rapid cyclogenesis”, when a low deepens…
From upcycled school benches in India to plant pots in Peru, people are finding enterprising and ingenious solutions to a perennial problemWhen it rains in Uganda, plastic waste clogs street drains. For Faith Aweko, growing up in a slum in Kampala, the…
Volcanic eruption caused spill, described as the worst ecological disaster to hit country in recent history, at refineries operated by Spanish oil giant RepsolPeru has demanded compensation from the Spanish oil giant Repsol after freak waves from a vol…
A large underwater volcano in Tonga has sent huge swells around the world affecting countries bordering the Pacific Ocean. The tsunami waves caused damage to boats as far away as New Zealand and large swells were seen in California and Japan but did no…
More than 20 Peruvian ports closed while TV images show seawater flooding homes and businesses in country’s centre and north Two people have drowned off a beach in northern Peru, local authorities say, after unusually high waves were recorded in severa…
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