The Latest Breaking News from Peru

Peruvian priest regarded as ‘the father of liberation theology’

With a gun in hand, Colonel Victor Revoredo and his team watched a small house where one of the most wanted criminals in Trujillo, the epicenter of extortion in northern Peru, could be hiding.

Dominican friar hailed as ‘prophet of the poor’ for belief that the church had political duty to end poverty

Movie producers had appealed for permission to create a replica of the official document

Government issues specimen document to Peruvian-born character, listing him as ‘Bear’ under its observations

A Peruvian court on Monday sentenced former president Alejandro Toledo to more than 20 years in prison for accepting multi-million-dollar bribes from scandal-hit Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht.

Former leader convicted of taking $35m in bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht

Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo has been sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which became synonymous with corruption across Latin America, where it paid millions of dollars in bribes to government officials and others

Extortion rackets killed seven people in less than 12 hours in Lima recently, despite a two-month state of emergency

Hopes for box office hit for another unlikely combo after disappointing summer

Third film to have new director and new cast member