The most violent period in Peru’s history still brings sorrow among the thousands who lost loved ones between 1980 and 2000.

Thousands of people have disappeared in Latin America during decades-long conflicts. Many have never been found, presumed to ...

Peru is facing its worst public safety crisis in recent memory, with top government officials blaming transnational criminal organizations for the chaos and violence that’s also roiling neighbors ...

Gaston Medina previously told the Committee to Protect Journalists he received death threats related to his reporting.

Dubai's DP World and global miner Anglo American are looking to expand their operations in Peru, the government said on Wednesday, adding that DP World had indicated it could invest $1 billion.

LIMA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Paleontologists in Peru on Monday unveiled the 9-million-year-old fossil of a relative of the great white shark that once inhabited the waters of the southern Pacific ...

It was enormously influential in Peru and has its U.S. base in Denver. But former members complained to the Lima archdiocese in 2011 about abuses by its founder, Luis Figari, and other claims date ...

Peru declared a state of emergency on Monday, following the detonation of explosives attacking the Public Ministry of Trujillo. Monday’s incident marks the second attack in Trujillo this year. In the ...

In Peru, a murder marks a new low for what may already be the least popular legislative body in the world Detectives immediately knew they were dealing with a professional hit. The criminals had ...

FILE - Vatican investigators Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, right, from Spain, and Archbishop Charles Scicluna, from Malta, walk outside of the Nunciatura Apostolica during a break from meeting with ...

Peru is experiencing severe sea conditions with waves reaching up to 13 feet, causing significant impact on the fishing and tourism industries. 91 out of 121 ports have been shut down until January 1.

Massive waves of up to 13 feet (four meters) are pummeling the coasts of Ecuador and Peru, leaving scores of ports closed and at least one person dead on Saturday, authorities said. Jetties and ...