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Peru

Indigenous Guard across the Amazon unite forces to protect their territories

Indigenous guards participate in a recreational activity during a meeting of guards from communities across the region, who aim to defend the natural resources of the Amazon from exploitation, in Sinangoe, Ecuador, December 3, 2025. REUTERS/Karen Toro
Indigenous guards participate in a recreational activity during a meeting of guards from communities across the region, who aim to defend the natural resources of the Amazon from exploitation, in Sinangoe, Ecuador, December 3, 2025. REUTERS/Karen Toro

Peruvian presidential candidates to get bulletproof vests after gun attacks

A general view of the the National Congress  in Lima, Peru November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
A general view of the the National Congress  in Lima, Peru November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

Peru landslide sinks boats in Amazon region river, killing 12

Peru's president to declare border state of emergency to prevent entry of undocumented migrants

Venezuelan migrants seeking to leave Chile amid anti-immigrant rhetoric from far-right Chilean presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast return to Arica from the Chacalluta Border Complex after failing to cross into Peru, where President Jose Jeri plans to declare a state of emergency and deploy troops at border crossings, in Arica, Chile, November 28, 2025. REUTERS/Alexander Infante
Venezuelan migrants seeking to leave Chile amid anti-immigrant rhetoric from far-right Chilean presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast return to Arica from the Chacalluta Border Complex after failing to cross into Peru, where President Jose Jeri plans to declare a state of emergency and deploy troops at border crossings, in Arica, Chile, November 28, 2025. REUTERS/Alexander Infante

Peruvian court sentences former President Castillo to over 11 years in prison for rebellion

Peru’s former leftist President Pedro Castillo gestures at a court hearing during his trial for rebellion and conspiracy against the state, following his failed attempt to dissolve Congress and assume broad powers in late 2022, in Lima, Peru, November 27, 2025. REUTERS/Luis Julian
Peru’s former leftist President Pedro Castillo gestures at a court hearing during his trial for rebellion and conspiracy against the state, following his failed attempt to dissolve Congress and assume broad powers in late 2022, in Lima, Peru, November 27, 2025. REUTERS/Luis Julian

Peru orders arrest of ex-prime minister under Mexico asylum in Lima

Police officers stand outside Mexico's embassy after Peru's Supreme Court ordered the arrest and five-month preventive detention of former Prime Minister Betssy Chavez, who is currently under asylum at the embassy, ​​in Lima, Peru, November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda
Police officers stand outside Mexico's embassy after Peru's Supreme Court ordered the arrest and five-month preventive detention of former Prime Minister Betssy Chavez, who is currently under asylum at the embassy, ​​in Lima, Peru, November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda

Can Peru reboot its Amazon oil? Pollution fallout and local opposition loom

Indigenous Urarina leader Wilmer Macusi walks on a pipeline running through a pool of stagnant water that links the Block 8 oilfield to the government-owned North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP), in Santa Rosa, in Peru's northern Amazon, July 12, 2025. REUTERS/Angela Ponce
Indigenous Urarina leader Wilmer Macusi walks on a pipeline running through a pool of stagnant water that links the Block 8 oilfield to the government-owned North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP), in Santa Rosa, in Peru's northern Amazon, July 12, 2025. REUTERS/Angela Ponce

37 dead after bus plunges into ravine in southern Peru

Officials working at the scene of the accident in the mountainous Arequipa region of southern Peru.
Officials working at the scene of the accident in the mountainous Arequipa region of southern Peru.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 10, 2025

The director-general of Britain's BBC, Tim Davie, said his resignation was "entirely my decision".
The director-general of Britain's BBC, Tim Davie, said his resignation was "entirely my decision".

Mexico’s top diplomat leaves Peru amid row over asylum for former Peruvian prime minister

A Mexican flag flutters at Mexico’s embassy in Lima, after Peru broke off diplomatic relations with Mexico, following former Prime Minister Betssy Chavez’s decision to seek asylum there, in Peru, November 5, 2025. REUTERS/Gerardo Marin
A Mexican flag flutters at Mexico’s embassy in Lima, after Peru broke off diplomatic relations with Mexico, following former Prime Minister Betssy Chavez’s decision to seek asylum there, in Peru, November 5, 2025. REUTERS/Gerardo Marin

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2025 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.