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November 27, 2020 at 8:06 am

Pandemic pushes Peru’s vital peasant farmers to the brink VIEW

PISAC, Peru (AP) — Under a punishing Andean sun, Nazario Quispe digs his plow into the soil where he is growing dozens of different potato...

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November 17, 2020 at 12:38 pm

Peruvians get 3rd president in a week amid cautious hopes VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru swore in its third president in just over a week Tuesday in a televised ceremony that residents of the fraught...

A caravan of demonstrators on motorcycles ride as they wait for news on who will be the country’s next president, in Lima, Peru, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Manuel Merino announced his resignation following massive protests, unleashed when lawmakers ousted President Martin Vizcarra. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) ABD109 ABD109

November 15, 2020 at 9:23 pm

Peru’s Congress selects centrist lawmaker to be new leader VIEW

The Latin American nation’s political turmoil took a chaotic turn Sunday when interim leader Manuel Merino quit and Congress couldn’t decide on his replacement. That...

November 14, 2020 at 10:23 pm

Peru’s interim president resigns as chaos embroils nation VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s interim president resigned Sunday as the nation plunged into its worst constitutional crisis in two decades following massive protests unleashed...

November 13, 2020 at 9:03 pm

Peru president’s ouster sparks wave of youth-led protests VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — University student Yessenia Medina was trying to concentrate on her virtual psychology class when a stunning headline popped up on her...

November 13, 2020 at 6:08 pm

Peru president’s ouster sparks wave of youth-led protests VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — University student Yessenia Medina was trying to concentrate on her virtual psychology class when a stunning headline popped up on her...

November 11, 2020 at 12:22 pm

Peru ouster throws nation’s anti-corruption drive into doubt VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — When Peru’s legislature voted President Martín Vizcarra from office this week, they may have done more than just oust a popular...

November 9, 2020 at 9:04 pm

Peru’s swears in new leader as political turmoil hits nation VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru swore in a new president Tuesday who is unknown to most and was recently accused of trying to secure the...

November 9, 2020 at 4:27 pm

Congress votes to oust Peru’s president amid pandemic crisis VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Monday night to remove President Martín Vizcarra from office, expressing anger over his handling of the coronavirus...

October 1, 2020 at 9:41 am

Pandemic takes toll on business of pisco producers in Peru VIEW

ICA, Peru (AP) — In the house where for decades she has bottled pisco, the grape brandy of South America's Pacific coast, Rosa Grados has...