BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peru’s Congress has approved a controversial reform to the country’s international cooperation law which imposes sweeping restrictions on civil society organizations in a move ...

January 24 is the International Day of Education, which celebrates the key role that education plays in ensuring peace, development, gender equality, and human rights. For this year’s celebration, ...

July 9 (UPI) --Human Rights Watch has warned that Peru's Congress is seriously undermining the judicial system's ability to combat organized crime by passing laws that weaken judges, prosecutors and ...

Inspired by a global wave of protest, Peru’s youth protesters have turned social media outrage into mass mobilization against ...

Over the last year, Ecuador has repeatedly grabbed headlines due to the growing presence of organized crime in the country. Without more international attention, the next country to do so may be Peru ...

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.

"My responsibility is to maintain the stability of the country; that is my responsibility and my commitment," Jerí told the local press after visiting Peru's Parliament ... in the context of serious ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The Inter American Commission on Human Rights said Wednesday that Peru’s military and police forces used excessive force to quell violent anti-government protests, and that they ...

President Dina Boluarte took over from her impeached predecessor, and now she herself is under fire for alleged human rights abuses. The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, has defied the odds just by ...

State of emergency to be declared in capital as protests that led to last week’s ouster of former president intensify.

Inequality is average in global terms, but poverty is increasing. Almost 30% are classed as poor, 5.7% in extreme poverty. Regional differences are marked despite framework for redistributing tax ...