Peru President's Kin Create Headaches
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If U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton ever thought their brothers caused them public relations headaches, they might feel lucky compared to Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo.
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He suffered a heart attack shortly after being taken ill during a working holiday in the city of Cuzco, Peru, with his wife Sheila.
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600 ill as authorities probe mystery buried object The Peruvian authorities are warning people not to visit the site of a suspected meteorite strike in a remote area of the Andes after 600 people succumbed to "headaches, vomiting and nausea" caused by inhaling gas at the scene.â¦
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Peru recently made a decision that appears destined to result in the equivalent of a global &quot;no smoking&quot; sign, a development that spells yet more trouble for tobacco companies.
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Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori acknowledged on Friday that human rights abuses happened under his rule and apologized to families whose loved ones were killed in a war against leftist insurgents.
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Just nine months into President Evo MoralesÂs term, heightening tension is once again threatening to tip Bolivia into turmoil.
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Days before Peru&#039;s presidential runoff, the headquarters of the country&#039;s oldest and most disciplined political party is buzzing with furious campaign activity. Come election day, its old-fashioned, spread-the-wealth politics could return Alan Garcia to power.
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A meteorite that struck a remote part of Peru made a crater that is emitting noxious odours and making villagers ill, according to local press reports.
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The Chilean ruling on Peruâs former president, Alberto Fujimori, could set a precedent for human rights cases.
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Peru's President Toledo faces a backlash after TV audiences hear him harangue and insult a presenter by telephone.
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Peruvian Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo accuses former President Alberto Fujimori of ordering his kidnapping.
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Disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori arrived in Peru for the first time in seven years under armed guard on Saturday to face charges of abusing human rights and stealing public money during his decade-long rule in the 1990s.
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By Jude Webber LIMA, Peru  - Peru has separated the top twoleaders of Shining Path after more than a decade in jail,moving Abimael Guzman's longtime lover to a different prison asit gets tough with rebels who made a mockery of their retrial.
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CALLAO NAVAL BASE, Peru, Nov. 12 -- Peru's retrial of Shining Path rebel leader Abimael Guzman turned into a farcical mud-slinging Friday as one judge quit the case and the prosecutor called on the two other justices to resign.
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The walk through the decaying seaside mansion is a grim reminder of the political carnage that wracked Peru over two decades and killed nearly 70,000 people. The photos stare from peeling walls in a stark chronicle of the bloodbath.
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The protests in Santiago, Chile, during President Bush&#39;s visit for an Asia-Pacific summit last month are a symptom of far deeper troubles in Latin America.
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LIMA, Peru  - Accountant Lucia Puelles, lies in  agony in a hospital bed, her legs destroyed by a bus crash that  should have been a straightforward journey to take her on  vacation to Peru's southern Andes.