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Takanakuy, The Andean 'Fight Club' That Clears The Air For A New Year

The fighting begins and ends with a hug, part of a singular ritual that has residents of the Peruvian Andes punching and kicking in a year-end fight competition known as Takanakuy.

International Business Times

Peru Launches Debt ETF: A Promising Investment Opportunity in January!

Peru gears up to launch an exciting new exchange-traded fund (ETF) debt instrument in January, bringing transparency and versatility to investment opportun...

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Jesus Pinedo reflects on wild 2023 PFL season: Championship win, $1 million prize, securing fight vs. Patricio ‘Pitbull’

2023 was a wild year for Jesus Pinedo. The newly crowned PFL champion looked back on it all.

USA Today Sports Media Group

'We Need Information' Plead Peru Farmers Battling Drought, Climate Change

A light rain barely moistens the soil in the drought-stricken region of Junin in central Peru.

International Business Times

Peru braces for protests after former President Fujimori's release from prison

The release from prison of the former authoritarian leader has triggered uproar in the Andean country. He had been serving a 25-year sentence for directing death squads against supposed subversives.

WEKU

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori freed from prison on humanitarian grounds

Fujimori, 85, was serving a 25-year sentence in connection with the slayings of 25 Peruvians by death squads in the 1990s.

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Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is freed from prison on humanitarian grounds

Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori has been released from prison on humanitarian grounds, despite a request from a regional human rights court to delay his release

The Guardian - US

International court urges Peru not to release ex-president Fujimori from jail

Country’s highest court orders freeing of Alberto Fujimori as Inter-American court points to conviction of human rights crimes

The Independent UK

What happened to Natalee Holloway? Mystery murder by Joran van der Sloot explained

It took nearly two decades to convict Joran van der Sloot as the person who killed Natalee Holloway. Joe Sommerlad explains the case

Latin Times

Peru Court Orders 'Immediate' Release Of Imprisoned Ex-President Fujimori

As per the new ruling, the court has ordered the state prison agency to release Alberto Fujimori "on the same day."

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UNESCO To List Ceviche, Opera As 'Intangible Heritage'

Dozens of global traditions are candidates for inscription as intangible global heritage by UNESCO this week, ranging from Italian opera singing and Bangladeshi rickshaw art to the Peruvian delicacy of ceviche.

WEKU

Peruvian constitutional court orders release of former President Alberto Fujimori

The court ruled in favor of a 2017 pardon that had granted the 85-year-old former leader a release on humanitarian grounds but that later was annulled.

France 24

Peru's Constitutional Court orders release of ex-president Alberto Fujimori

Peru's Constitutional Court ordered the release of ex-president Alberto Fujimori, 85, serving a 25-year prison sentence for crimes against humanity and corruption, according to a court document published on Tuesday.

International Business Times

UNESCO To List Ceviche, Opera As 'Intangible Heritage'

The Independent UK

Nine killed and at least 20 injured after armed men attack Poderosa mining company in Peru

Seven people have been arrested

The Independent UK

Peruvian rainforest defender from embattled Kichwa tribe shot dead in river attack

A Kichwa tribal leader has been shot to death in an area of the Peruvian rainforest that’s seen high tension between Indigenous people and illegal loggers

USA Today Sports Media Group

Video: Jesus Pinedo gets hero’s welcome in Peru after 2023 PFL Championship win

Now PFL champion, Jesus Pinedo got quite the reception in his arrival to Peru.

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