Peru

Peruvian man arrested for making more than 150 bomb threats to US schools

Suspect, arrested in Peru, allegedly threatened schools after failing to ‘sextort’ nude photos from schoolchildren

Gloria Oladipo

28, Sep, 2023 @8:40 PM

Hugo Blanco obituary

Campaigner endlessly supportive of the struggle of Peru’s rural workers to better their lives

Phil Gunson

21, Aug, 2023 @4:23 PM

The Guardian view on murder in Ecuador: a tide of violence reaches new heights | Editorial

Editorial: The killing of a presidential candidate has highlighted soaring homicide levels, as the cocaine trade booms in Latin America

Editorial

11, Aug, 2023 @5:25 PM

Newly discovered whale species could have been heaviest animal ever

Fossils found in Peru from extinct species show it may have had body mass of 85-340 tonnes – heavier than blue whales

Gabriella Sotelo

02, Aug, 2023 @3:00 PM

Hair loom: the Peruvian wigmakers weaving a new trade for women in the Andes

When Kiara Kulisic developed alopecia, she was inspired to create ethical wigs in a region where a lack of jobs and a macho culture prevent many women from earning a living

Sarah Johnson. Photographs by Leslie Osterling

31, Jul, 2023 @11:00 AM

Avian flu may have killed millions of birds globally as outbreak ravages South America

Virus has spread around the world, with 200,000 wild birds dead in Peru alone and concerns Australia could be next

Phoebe Weston

22, Jul, 2023 @10:00 AM

The big picture: a celebration of life in the Peruvian rainforest

The result of three years immersed in the Amazon, Arguiñe Escandón and Yann Gross’s photographs capture the communities and rituals they encountered

Tim Adams

02, Jul, 2023 @6:00 AM

Amazon facing ‘urgent’ crime crisis after gutting of protections, says drugs tsar

Brazilian government warning comes as UN report says that flourishing organized crime groups are driving a boom in environmental devastation

Tom Phillips and Ana Ionova in Belém

28, Jun, 2023 @9:30 AM

Lima’s Central restaurant named world’s best in boost for Peruvian cuisine

Peruvian eateries have been a fixture in top 50 list for close to a decade and now one has claimed the crown

Dan Collyns in Lima

23, Jun, 2023 @4:00 AM

Peru violated rights of 13-year-old girl repeatedly raped by father, UN rules

Authorities denied pregnant Indigenous girl her legal right to an abortion and ‘re-victimised’ her, UN child rights committee says

Dan Collyns in Lima

16, Jun, 2023 @11:49 AM

Hundreds of families mourn in Peru as children fall victim to dengue outbreak

Death toll mounts in northern Piura region after torrential rain and floods lead to worst ever epidemic

Dan Collyns in Piura

13, Jun, 2023 @5:30 AM

‘I feel safe here’: the people leaving everything behind to seek refuge in US

Political dysfunction and economic calamity are pushing people from many nations in the western hemisphere in what Biden has called the ‘largest migration in human history’

Lorena Figueroa in El Paso, Texas

26, May, 2023 @10:00 AM