In one of his first acts as interim president of Peru, José Jerí has led raids on prisons holding gang leaders nationwide.

As the lights turn red, Cindy Novoa launches herself, ball in tow, into one of the busiest intersections in Lima. She brings the ball around the world, then rests it on her forehead, in a sped-up imitation of the legendary Maradona clip. She finishes just ...

LIMA, PERU — Each afternoon, in the Santa Rosa slum built into the steep hillside surrounding Lima, a group of 15 women meet to knit. Surrounded by spools of alpaca yarn, they take up their needles and piece together scarves and ponchos in a rainbow of ...

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.

The two women and girl were tortured and killed on a social media group of 45 users as a "warning" over an alleged drug theft, officials said

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Brought to you by the editors of People en Español. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. The Miss Peru beauty pageant took an unexpected turn on Sunday when the contestants took a stand against violence toward women. The contestants, who ...

LIMA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Fourth World Conference on Women hosted by China in 1995 was "a milestone" for the world, said former Peruvian Congress president Martha Chavez, who praised the remarkable progress Chinese women have made since then.

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LIMA, Peru (AP) — A famed restaurant in Peru’s capital is learning an expensive lesson when it comes to giving women menus that don’t include prices. The pricey seaside La Rosa Nautica restaurant is being fined $62,000 for its practice of handing a ...