Peru

Archaeologists have found a pre-Hispanic mummy surrounded by coca leaves on top of a hill in Peru’s capital next to the practice field of a professional soccer club. A team from The Associated Press on Thursday viewed the skeleton with…

Peruvian anti-drug police seized 58 one-kilo packages of cocaine Thursday bearing a picture of a Nazi flag on the outside and the name Hitler printed in low relief. The discovery occurred in the port of Paita, on Peru’s northern Pacific…

Peru’s government is reopening some airports ahead of another attempt this week by congress to approve early elections to calm protesters and alleviate the country’s political crisis. The airport in Juliaca, in southern Peru, will resume…

The bodies of all four victims of a bus crash in the Machu Picchu tourist area arrived at Lima airport on Tuesday, along with an injured tourist who was taken for further medical attention. A minibus carrying 20 passengers plunged down a…

Peruvian Prime Minister Anibal Torres Vasquez has abruptly resigned, becoming the fourth premier to leave the job in the past year. Torres announced his resignation in a letter to President Pedro Castillo on Wednesday, attributing…

Peru President Pedro Castillo replaced four ministers amid a mining and fertiliser crisis and after lawmakers presented motions to censure some members of the cabinet. Alessandra Herrera was appointed mining minister after the government…

In this isolated jungle region about 1,200 km north of the capital, hundreds of people are still homeless after a massive earthquake last November triggered landslides and flooding. Communities along the turbulent Utcubamba and Maranon…

Peru's possible qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will create business opportunities for enterprises in different industries across the country. As Peru will take on either the UAE or Australia for a place at the tournament in…