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Feature, Politics
Alberto Fujimori, Divisive Former President, Honored with National Mourning
Former President Alberto Fujimori, who died Wednesday at age 86 after a long battle with cancer, is being honored with flags at half-staff on all public buildings and three days of mourning. His coffin will lie in state at the Museum of the Nation until his funeral on Saturday. As […]
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Politics
Violent Protests lead to National Emergency for 30 Days
President Dina Boluarte declared a 30-day state of emergency nationwide on Wednesday. After a meeting with the National Security and Defense Council, at the general army headquarters, Boluarte said dialogue between all factions is the only way forward. A week of increasingly violent protests, especially in southern Peru, have resulted […]
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Feature, Politics
President Boluarte appoints a cabinet of professionals
President Dina Boluarte appointed Pedro Angulo as president of her council of ministers Saturday afternoon, three days after taking office. The swearing-in ceremony was held in the government palace but in a more austere hall instead of the traditional Salon Dorado, or gilded hall. President Boluarte had also added an […]
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Politics
Virtual Tie in Castillo-Fujimori Election Results Leads to Call of Fraud
The run-off in Peru’s presidential elections has led to a virtual tie between the socialist candidate Pedro Castillo of Peru Libre and Keiko Fujimori of the conservative party Fuerza Popular. Castillo is in the lead with 50.22% of the votes, while Fujimori comes in a very close second with 49.77% […]
Politics
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Ex-President Castillo’s wife and children granted asylum in Mexico
December 21, 2022Ex-President Pedro Castillo’s wife, Lilia Paredes, and their two children arrived in Mexico City today, after seeking asylum at the Mexican embassy in Lima last week. Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s Foreign Relations [...]
- President Castillo declares auto-coup but is removed from office
- Merino government crumbles following two deaths in protest marches
- General Elections to be held April 2021
Archaeology
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Ancient Inca Neurosurgery: Challenging Western Medical Narratives
February 28, 2025By Paarth Mathur ✐ While Europe’s 19th-century surgeons struggled with a 50% survival rate for skull surgeries, the [...] -
A Stairway to Heaven – Ruins with a View
July 5, 2018By Gary Ziegler ✐ The Andean Research Expedition Report 2018 ☄ “Steve, bail out!” I shouted. Horrified, I [...] -
Drones Help Discover Desert Drawings in Palpa, near Nazca
April 9, 2018Aerial photographs of over 50 ancient drawings in the desert near Nazca have been made public, following the completion of a [...]
- The Road to Ruins
- Peru’s Tourism on a Roll
- Archaeological Homecoming: Largest Recovery of Antiquities Returns to Peru
Travel / Tourism
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Cusco — Landslides force temporary closing of the Inca Trail
January 24, 2020Authorities at Machu Picchu yesterday closed the Inca Trail network temporarily, following mud and rock slides caused by heavy [...] -
Romance and chivalry take a beating from consumer protection institute
October 29, 2019La Rosa Nautica, Lima’s iconic pier restaurant in Miraflores, was slapped with a S/ 210,000 fine (about $65,000) by the [...] -
Gracias a la Vida — Part Three: The Cordillera Huayhuash
October 9, 2019Peru Thirty Years On: 1989-2019 — By Natascha Scott-Stokes © — We arrived in Chiquián in the dark and it was still [...]
- Gracias a la Vida — Part Two: The Callejón de Huaylas
- Court orders Cusco hotel to be demolished
- Gracias a la Vida: Peru Thirty Years On
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