Peruvian Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela told reporters that Mexico’s decision to grant Peruvian former Prime Minister Betssy ...

Peru’s landscape tells three stories — the towering Andes Mountains, the endless Pacific deserts, and the lush Amazon ...

In the heart of the Amazon Basin, where the borders and cultures of Peru, Colombia and Brazil converge, a tiny, shape-shifting island has become the unlikely setting for a diplomatic tug of war.

Beyond Machu Picchu, these destinations reveal a side of the country that most visitors miss—from volcanic cities and canyon villages to sacred lakes and jungle getaways. As an alternative to visiting ...

Peru's newly appointed President José Jerí meeting with heads of security forces [Photo: Presidency of the Republic of Peru] Celebrations that erupted in Lima over last Friday’s sudden ouster of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Peru’s lawmakers swore in Congress chief Jose Jeri as the country’s new president less than an hour after unanimously voting to remove President Dina Boluarte, as anger mounted over rising crime and ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. On October 10, Peru’s deeply unpopular congress impeached the country’s even more ...

Lima, Peru — Peru's Congress voted unanimously early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation. Lawmakers had set up a ...

Dina Boluarte, the president of Peru, was removed from office on Thursday after a late-night congressional vote in which parties across the political spectrum called for her ouster. Boluarte has been ...

Growing outrage over crime and political scandals eroded support for President Dina Boluarte, the country’s most unpopular leader in recent history. By Mitra Taj and Genevieve Glatsky Mitra Taj ...