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Two people were killed when protestors worried about possible pollution due to expansion of the massive Las Bambas mine in Peru clashed with police,...
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The “Chapa tu choro” or “Catch your thief” movement took off in August, when Cecilia Rodriguez, a journalist from the town of Huancayo created...
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Prosecutors announced they have reopened a money laundering investigation against Peru’s first lady Nadine Heredia. Heredia, the wife of President Ollanta Humala, is accused...
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Some forty people, mostly foreign tourists, were held overnight Wednesday by indigenous Peruvians protesting the halt in construction of a highway through an area...
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The notorious former number two of a Peruvian guerrilla group that achieved international infamy when it stormed a Japanese ambassador’s residence was released from...
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A Peruvian man was being held in custody in Japan over a suspected killing spree after six people were found stabbed to death in...
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A massive 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck the center of Chile, leaving at least two people dead and triggering the evacuation of coastal areas and warnings...
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Renata Flores Rivera has teenage cuteness, a velvety voice and a mission: to revive the Quechua language with songs like “Chaynatam ruwanki cuyanaita” —...
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Argentina will return thousands of stolen archaeological pieces to South American neighbors, President Cristina Kirchner said Saturday. “We are doing something unusual, really special:...
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For nearly a century the carcass of a small, reddish-brown monkey from South America gathered dust in a windowless backroom of the American Natural...