LIMA, Peru - Weeks-long protests that have killed dozens across Peru continued on Thursday, with escalating tensions in the Andean city Cusco prompting the government to preemptively close the tourist hub's airport. Supporters of ousted president Pedro Castillo have marched and barricaded streets...
Police officers stand guard outside their station in Puno, in southern Peru, as a precaution measure after hundreds of supporters of ousted president Pedro Castillo were spotted heading to this city by Lake Titicaca on January 9, 2023. (Juan Carlos CISNEROS / AFP) PUNO, Peru -- Peru on Tuesday...
A riot police line faces demonstrators blocking the Pan-American highway demanding the resignation of the President of Peru, Dina Boluarte at La Joya, Arequipa Region in southern Peru, on January 6, 2023. (Diego Ramos / AFP) LIMA, Peru – At least nine people were killed in Peru Monday during...
The number of Filipinos who got stranded in Peru as political protests erupted on Monday rose from one to three, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. One of the two new Filipinos who were unable to leave the country in the South American region was a tourist who was part of a group from...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States has called for political reform in Peru in the wake of the removal of leftist president Pedro Castillo, as Pope Francis urged dialogue to overcome the crisis and violent protests that have left at least 19 people dead. In a call to new president Dina...
A Filipino backpacker is now stranded in Peru after protests over the ousting of Peruvian former president erupted early this week. Ma. Teresita Daza, spokesperson of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), said Friday that the 24-year-old Filipino national got stranded in the historic site of...
LIMA, Peru -- Peru's new leader Dina Boluarte unveiled her cabinet Saturday as street protests ramped up on seeking new elections after Pedro Castillo's removal as president. Boluarte, Peru's first woman president, oversaw a ceremony in which 19 ministers -- eight of whom are women -- took the oath...
LIMA, Peru -- Peru's new President Dina Boluarte was under pressure Thursday to quell the political turmoil rocking the country, a day after the dramatic arrest of her predecessor, who stands accused of attempting a coup. Peru's new President Dina Boluarte speaks to the press in Lima, on December...
LIMA, Peru -- Peru's leftist president Pedro Castillo was ousted by lawmakers and arrested Wednesday after trying to dissolve the South American country's Congress in a move widely condemned as an attempted coup. eru's former President Pedro Castillo (C) is seen inside a police car as he leaves the...
Ellen Adarna and Derek Ramsay have tied the knot again. The sexy star shared the news herself via a recent post. On Instagram, she uploaded photos of them as taken during the ceremony. It read: "Today, we got married again @ramsayderek07 11.11." Recall that the couple is currently in Peru...
LIMA, Peru - Tourists have left footprints all over Peru's Paracas Candelabra, an enormous hillside carving that dates from some 2,500 years ago, according to officials who have launched a search for the culprits. Over the weekend, police found footsteps zigzagging over the Paracas ''geoglyph'' --...
Pokwang didn't let it slide when television director Rado Peru mentioned her in his recent Facebook post. The GMA director reposted Pokwang's tweet about billionaire businessman Elon Musk sealing a $44 billion deal for Twitter a few days ago. There, Elon pledges to defeat spam bots. She wrote:...
