On Wednesday, October 23, a mass strike took place against the government of President Dina Boluarte and the Peruvian ...

Those fearing an impending dictatorship underestimate the robustness of our institutions and overstate the power of any ...

It’s been nearly three months since the Venezuelans went to the polls on July 28, and there is still contention domestically and abroad regarding the ...

Peru’s forced sterilisation policy could constitute a crime against humanity, a United Nations committee has said. More than ...

The policy of forced sterilisation in Peru, which took place during the 1990s’, amounted to sex-based violence and intersectional discrimination, particularly against Indigenous, rural, and ...

A UN committee urged Peru Wednesday to compensate women who were forcibly sterilised in the 1990s, ruling that the state policy could constitute a "crime against humanity".

GENEVA - The policy of forced sterilisation in Peru, which took place during the 1990s', amounted to sex-based violence and intersectional ...

Alberto Fujimori, Peru’s controversial former president, buried after 3 days of national mourning Gutiérrez, who himself was never disciplined, told reporters in 2015 that liberation theology as a ...

He memorably faxed in his resignation, but was arrested years later in Chile and sent back to Peru for trial. Fujimori was released from prison on humanitarian grounds in December last year while ...

as in the Fujimori and Toledo cases. Toledo is the first former president to be sentenced in this chapter of Peru’s Odebrecht investigation. Two other former presidents — Pedro Pablo Kuczynski ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Controversial former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was buried Saturday after three days of national mourning in which thousands of supporters lined up outside a museum in ...

A Peruvian court on Monday sentenced former president Alejandro Toledo to more than 20 years in prison for accepting ...