The nation’s massive copper deposits are key to meeting growing global demand. A battle has emerged over who gets to mine and ...

Hidden within the Amazon Rainforest are rare, carbon-rich ecosystems known as peatlands, a type of swamp forest that’s key to ...

Ever since the Upamayo Dam on Peru’s Lake Chinchaycocha was built in 1932, floods have become a frequent occurrence in the ...

Peru’s Congress has voted to remove the interior minister from office after deciding that he had failed to adequately handle rising violent crime in the Andean country.

Peru’s congress fired the nation’s minister in charge of police on Friday, days after the murder of a popular singer once again raised alarm about a rise in deadly extortion rackets.

Peruvian lawmakers voted on Friday to oust the country's interior minister, Juan Jose Santivanez, who has faced criticism amid a spike in crime in the South American country. Santivanez was removed ...

In the bone-dry hills overlooking Lima, the luxury of running water is just a dream for thousands of Peruvians who get theirs ...

Soldiers were deployed to the streets of Lima, Peru, on Tuesday (March 18), a day after Peru's government declared a state of ...

Troops to patrol the capital after shooting of popular cumbia singer in extortion attack on bus provokes public outrage.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Commuters and residents in Lima were facing new security measures on Tuesday after Peru ’s government ...

The Supreme Court recently observed that once a slum area is declared as 'censused slum' i.e., the slums located on land belonging to government or municipal undertaking, than such slums are ...

“The pursuit of justice continues,” said human rights lawyer Leila De Lima, who was imprisoned and targeted by the administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte for exposing human rights ...