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The Mennonites being accused of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon

A brush with the law has alarmed the community of about 100 families who fear losing the land they have made their home

The Guardian - US

Peru's new foreign minister resigns in latest blow to president

Peru's foreign minister, Miguel Rodriguez, has resigned after just one month in office, the country's foreign ministry said on Friday, after public clashes between the official and leftist president Pedro Castillo.

Reuters

Peruvian lawmakers oust head of Congress following govt pressure

Peruvian lawmakers on Monday ousted Lady Camones, the head of Congress, just a day after the country's prime minister publicly demanded her removal over leaked audio that showed her discussing how to use the legislature to benefit her party.

Reuters

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Challenges mount against Peru's president, his family

President Pedro Castillo’s surprise election brought hopes for change in Peru’s unstable and corrupt political system, but the impoverished rural teacher and political neophyte has found himself so engulfed in impeachment votes and corruption allegations that his presidency has become an exercise in political survival

The Independent UK

New sub-lineages of monkeypox virus emerge

Despite a slow decline in cases globally, monkeypox cases continue to rise rapidly in Latin America

The Hindu

Peru prosecutors to probe transgender man's death in Bali

Prosecutors in Peru have opened an investigation into the death of a Peruvian transgender man who died this month after being detained on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali

The Independent UK

Peru opens torture investigation over trans man's death in Indonesia

Peruvian prosecutors have opened an investigation for alleged torture over the death in Indonesia last month of a trans Peruvian man who died while in custody in the tourist island of Bali, the country's public ministry said on Thursday.

Reuters

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Trans Harvard student who died in Bali police custody ‘was tortured’, mother says

Ana Ventosilla told the Harvard Crimson that Indonesian police asked for $200,000 for the release of her son

The Independent UK

LGBTQ activists in Peru demand autopsy for death in Bali

LGBTQ rights activists in Peru have rallied outside the prosecutor’s office to demand an autopsy be performed on a Peruvian transgender man who died earlier this month after being detained on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali

The Independent UK

U.S. to return to Peru funds seized from ex-president in Odebrecht case

The United States will return to Peru about $686,000 seized from a former president of the country who had received bribes from the Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Venezuelan migration picks up, reaches about 6.8M

About 6.8 million Venezuelans have left their homeland since economic crisis took hold in earnest for the country of some 28 million people

The Independent UK

The Gold Machine review – Iain Sinclair confronts imperial ancestors in Peru trek

In the film of Sinclair’s book, the writer ends up rerouting the story of his great-grandfather’s expedition to the Amazon to its own psychogeographic musings

The Guardian - UK

A nightmare choice for Peru’s Indigenous leaders

When drug traffickers approached Herlin Odicio, he had to make a choice, join them or run, writes Simeon Tegel

The Independent UK

Family demand answers after transgender Harvard student dies in Bali police custody on honeymoon

Rodrigo Ventosilla, of Lima, Peru, was detained on 6 August at Denpasar Airport

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Andean Community nations push for Venezuela, Chile to return to bloc

Representatives of the Andean Community bloc of nations - made up of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, said on Monday that they would like to bring Venezuela and Chile back into the group, as much of South America shifts left.

Zenger

Tourists Riot At Peru’s Ancient Machu Picchu Site

Police and local authorities had to close off the wonder to the hundreds of waiting tourists.

The Independent UK

Peru judge: preventative prison for president's relative

A Peruvian judge has ordered President Pedro Castillo’s sister-in-law to be held in prison up to 2.5 years while she is investigated for her participation in an alleged money laundering scheme involving the president and first lady

Reuters

Peruvian judge sends Castillo's sister-in-law to jail over corruption allegations

The sister-in-law of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was given 30 months of pre-trial detention on Sunday, the most serious escalation so far of a host of criminal investigations that have targeted the leader's inner circle.

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The Guardian - US

Latest death by Indigenous tribe highlights rising tensions in Peru

Gean del Aguila’s body was recovered after he disappeared last Sunday when he encountered the Mashco-Piro tribe while fishing

Nottingham Post

Nottingham man caught up in riot after sightseers scammed at Machu Picchu in Peru

"It was pretty chaotic, I didn't eat all day"

Reuters

Peru government proposes 9% budget increase for 2023

LIMA - The Peruvian government presented its 2023 budget plan to Congress Friday, proposing a 9% increase from this year's initial budget to 215 billion soles ($55.93 billion).

Daily Mirror

Russian honeytrap spy 'charmed way into NATO command posing as socialite jeweller'

A Russian agent infiltrated NATO command offices in Naples appearing to be a social climber who set up a jewellery design business and had German and Peruvian parents, according to an investigative report

Reuters

LGBT activists question Peru's response to trans man's death in Indonesia

LGBT activists in Peru held a protest on Friday questioning how their government handled the death of a Peruvian transgender man in Indonesia earlier this month who was detained at the airport upon arriving to celebrate his honeymoon.

Reuters

Protesters block Peru's Interoceanic Highway after clashes with police

Hundreds of miners blocked a stretch of Peru's Interoceanic Highway near the border with Brazil on Friday, after a clash between police and protesters the day before left at least one dead and more than a dozen injured.

The Guardian - UK

Socialite who charmed Nato staff in Naples was Russian spy, say investigators

GRU officer spent decade posing as Peruvian jewellery designer, say investigative journalists

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