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July 1, 2020 at 2:06 pm

Peruvians fill streets as lockdown ends despite infections VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Blocks-long lines formed at bus stops, food markets and shopping centers in Peru's capital Wednesday as people left their homes en...

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June 24, 2020 at 1:31 pm

Peru giving up on virus measures in face of sinking economy

LIMA, Peru (AP) — On the same day that the Peruvian government announced another grim increase in the number of coronavirus infections, thousands of people...

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June 19, 2020 at 4:46 pm

Barber offers hope in Peruvian barrios devastated by virus VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Once a week, barber Josué Yacahuanca makes his way up the dusty hills of Peru's capital, heading into its poorest neighborhoods...

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June 19, 2020 at 6:04 am

Hungry neighbors cook together as virus roils Latin America VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Clara Arango wakes at 4 a.m. daily and checks on the ingredients for breakfast. Eighteen pounds of oats, 13 pounds of...

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June 14, 2020 at 12:54 pm

In Peru, thousands of faces at Mass — none now alive VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Archbishop Carlos Castillo on Sunday looked out over a catheral full of faces — none of them now alive. The cleric...

June 2, 2020 at 6:49 am

AP PHOTOS: Peru’s dead mourned at barren cemetery for poor VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The cemetery on a remote hill outside Peru’s teeming capital does not have granite tombstones, a green lawn or even paved...

May 28, 2020 at 11:35 am

Peruvian families bury multiple members amid pandemic VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The men panted from exertion as they climbed the mist-covered hill carrying a coffin with another body in Peru’s largest cemetery,...

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May 20, 2020 at 9:03 pm

As virus swamps Peru, Venezuelan migrants collect the dead VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Faustino López was terrified after his wife, Angélica, was hospitalized with the coronavirus last month. Deeply shaken by seeing her so...

April 18, 2020 at 11:01 am

Fear meets fortitude in Peru hospital hard hit by COVID-19 VIEW

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Seated in a wheelchair at one of Peru's oldest hospitals, 84-year-old Emma Salvador struggled for each breath, aided by an oxygen...

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April 10, 2020 at 9:28 pm

Crime drops around the world as COVID-19 keeps people inside VIEW

CHICAGO (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic that has crippled big-box retailers and mom and pop shops worldwide may be making a dent in illicit business,...

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