PERU CRISIS
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Crime & Justice
Peru Prosecutor’s Office raids 18 lawmakers’ offices, ex-PM’s house
Lima, Mar 24 (EFE) .- The home of the former prime minister of Peru, Betssy Chavez, and the offices of…
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Objects, insults hurled at gov’t officials in 2 Peruvian regions
Lima, Mar 13 (EFE).- Peru’s energy minister and deputy health minister were targets of verbal and physical aggression Monday by…
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Crime & Justice
Judge orders Peru’s Castillo held 36 months in corruption case
Lima, Mar 9 (EFE).- Ousted President Pedro Castillo, who has been in custody since Dec. 7, can be held in…
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Conflicts & War
5 Peruvian soldiers missing in river after fleeing from protesters
Lima, Mar 5 (EFE).- Five Peruvian soldiers remain missing after having been dragged by the current of a river on…
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Conflicts & War
The lives blighted by Peru’s crisis
By Carla Samon Ros Lima, Feb 24 (EFE).- “They shot to kill,” Juan Jose Flores says of the Peruvian police…
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Politics
Peru declares Colombian president ‘persona non grata’
Lima, Feb 17 (EFE).- The Peruvian Congress Friday declared Colombia President Gustavo Petro “persona non grata” in response to his…
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Conflicts & War
Amnesty Int’l highlights “grave” human rights crisis in Peru
Lima, Feb 16 (EFE).- Amnesty International sounded the alarm Thursday about the criminalization of peasants and indigenous people by Peruvian…
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Conflicts & War
Keiko Fujimori insists on early elections after Boluarte meeting
Lima, Feb 15 (EFE).- Peruvian conservative leader Keiko Fujimori insisted Wednesday on her request to advance general elections in her…
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Conflicts & War
Stalemate dampens hopes of early exit from crisis in Peru
By Carla Samon Ros Lima, Feb 14 (EFE).- With a sterile debate in Congress on early elections and a transitional…
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Conflicts & War
Steely determination apparent on both sides amid violent Peru protests
By Paula Bayarte and Pablo F. Cermeño Lima, Feb 10 (EFE).- Tear gas bombs and rocks have flown in opposite…
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