The Latest Breaking News from Peru

The cargo trapped for months at the Dutch port of Rotterdam was so precious that the United Nations intervened to mediate its release. The World Food Programme chartered a ship to transport it to Mozambique, from where it’s being taken by truck through the interior to its end destination, Malawi.

Mexico’s foreign ministry said it “regretted” Peru’s decision to permanently withdraw its ambassador to the North American nation, but that it would nevertheless maintain diplomatic operations in the South American country.

Mexico says it regrets the decision by Peruvian President Dina Boluarte to withdraw her country’s ambassador to Mexico in response to criticism from Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador

Mexico's foreign ministry said on Saturday the country will maintain its diplomatic and consular representation in Peru and vowed to keep communication channels open, while regretting Peru's decision to remove its ambassador from Mexico.

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has announced the withdrawal of her ambassador to Mexico in response to criticism from Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, whom she reproached for hurting ties in order to “privilege ideological affinities.”

Peru's President Dina Boluarte announced on Friday the return of the country's ambassador in Mexico in response to comments from her Mexican counterpart branding her government as unconstitutional.

All day and sometimes into the night, buses and vans pull up to three state-funded medical screening centers near California’s southern border with Mexico. Federal immigration officers unload migrants predominantly from Brazil, Cuba, Colombia and Peru, most of whom await asylum hearings in the United States.

Peruvian protesters have temporarily lifted blockades of a key mining highway in the country's south, sources told Reuters on Wednesday, a boost for activity at major copper mines that saw activity hit in recent weeks as supplies were choked off.

Toledo, who was Peru’s president from 2001 to 2006, is accused of taking bribes in extensive corruption scandal.

LIMA, Peru — Peru’s attorney general’s office on Tuesday said that the U.S. State Department had granted the extradition of former President Alejandro Toledo, to be tried in Lima over graft allegations.

Peru's attorney general's office said on Tuesday on Twitter that the U.S. State Department had agreed to extradite former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo on corruption charges.