Colombia's health ministry yesterday declared a public health emergency owing to the circulation of yellow fever in several ...

The amendment eliminates the requirement that landowners or companies get state authorization before converting forested land ...

Ecuador re-elected President Daniel Noboa to a four-year term. What to know about the pro-President Donald Trump conservative taking on cartel violence.

Public transportation workers in Lima, Peru, went on strike to protest against rising crime. The government advised remote work and schooling as thousands were stranded. Crime rates, particularly ...

In one of the most poverty-stricken areas of Lima, Peru, where hopelessness has long prevailed, a man who once rejected the ...

Murders in Peru spiked by more than a third to 2,059 in 2024 from ... according to witnesses and the police. The government ...

Ari Caramanica, Vanderbilt University (THE CONVERSATION) Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first ... has awarded the Emergency Food Network with a $150,000 grant. The Hearst Foundations has ...

According to an indictment by Peru’s public prosecutor’s office, Álvarez extorted, threatened and ordered the assassination ...

Extortion is rife across Latin America but has grown to colossal proportions in Peru, where local gangs and transnational ...

Announcing a state of emergency to deal with the crime wave ... After the murder of Flores, the culture ministry of Peru took a moment to honor the singer, posting a picture of him on Twitter.

Peruvian lawmakers voted on Friday to oust the country's interior minister, Juan Jose Santivanez, who has faced criticism amid a spike in crime in the South American country.

The UK government has issued a warning to travellers visiting Peru after the country declared a state of emergency amid a recent crime surge. The emergency comes after weeks of escalating violence ...