Meet ‘Porky,’ Lima’s Right-Wing Mayor Embracing Trump’s MAGA Movement

By embodying President Trump’s brash style, Rafael López Aliaga has become a leading candidate to be Peru’s next president.

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War of Words Erupts Between Colombia and Peru Over Island in Amazon

Both nations claim Santa Rosa de Yavarí, a tiny island of just 3,000 people that sits in the Amazon River, more than a thousand miles from their capitals.

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Takeaways From a Times Investigation of the Pope’s Legacy on Sex Abuse

As a bishop in Peru, Pope Leo XIV’s handling of two abuse cases was a study in contrasts, siding strongly with victims in one and accused of failing them in the other.

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Peru Celebrates Pope Leo XIV and Claims Him as Their Own

From delivering help to flood-ravaged regions to singing Christmas songs to blessing babies, Pope Leo XIV tried to be a cleric of the people in Peru.

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Peru rejoices over the new pope and claims him as their own.

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Peru rejoices over the new pope and claims him as their own.

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13 Workers Found Killed at Gold Mine in Peru

The men were killed in a region that has seen growing conflict over access to ore in recent years. The mine has also been a hotbed of illegal gold mining.

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Peru’s Former First Lady Flees as She and Ex-President Are Sentenced to Prison

Former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, were sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in prison for money laundering. Brazil granted her diplomatic asylum, officials said.

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Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peruvian Novelist, Dies at 89

Mr. Vargas Llosa, who ran for Peru’s presidency in 1990 and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010, transformed episodes from his personal life into books that reverberated far beyond the borders of his native country.

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