The Latest Breaking News from Peru

The residents of Lima were told to expect added security on their journeys into work after Peru's government declared a state of emergency in the capital city to tackle a crimewave and increasing violence

Paul Flores was shot dead in Lima on Sunday morning amid a recent surge in violence.

Peru's president has ordered the deployment of soldiers to help address a surge in violence a day after the killing of popular singer Paul Flores

A German court has started hearing a Peruvian farmer’s case against major energy company RWE

The case has taken nearly 10 years to be heard with judges travelling to Peru to visit his village.

A Peruvian farmer faces off in a German court Monday in a "David and Goliath" battle against an energy giant, demanding the firm pay for climate change damage.

Experts say legislation will prevent vulnerable people from accessing justice in latest government-backed crackdown

A groundbreaking climate lawsuit heads to trial in Germany next week, as Peruvian farmer Saúl Luciano Lliuya challenges German energy giant RWE

When the first cases of COVID began to spread around the world in early 2020, people in Iquitos, a remote city in the Peruvian Amazon, weren’t unduly worried. They assumed their isolation would protect them. It didn’t. Peru, and Iquitos, were hit fast and hard.

Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon have urged the government to halt oil and gas projects that threaten their lands, presenting their case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)

The statue was unveiled in Newbury, West Berkshire, in October ahead of the film Paddington in Peru