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1 week, 4 days ago

Perú niega haber discutido dejar el Pacto de San José tras propuesta de ampliar pena de muerte

LIMA — El primer ministro del Perú, Gustavo Adrianzén, negó el miércoles que el Gobierno haya discutido la posibilidad de dejar la Convención Americana de Derechos Humanos o Pacto de San José, tras el planteamiento de la presidenta Dina Boluarte de ampliar la pena de muerte a violadores de niños; en caso que la propuesta se aprobara, Perú violaría la …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

With Joe Biden handing over to Donald Trump, world leaders are jockeying for position, especially Xi Jinping

ABC

With Joe Biden about to step off the world stage, the jockeying for position has began, with China's Xi Jinping taking an early lead. Sitting opposite Xi, Albanese could be forgiven if he didn't at first believe the words coming out of the Chinese leader's mouth: Without a drop of irony, Xi urged Albanese to oppose protectionism, to support free …

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1 month, 1 week ago

APEC leaders hold Lima summit as Trump prepares to return to office

Associated Press

LIMA, Peru — Leaders of Pacific Rim countries including the U.S. and China gathered Friday in Peru for an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, the first major global summit since U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory. Leaders of Pacific Rim countries including the U.S. and China gathered Friday in Peru for an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, the first major global summit …

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1 month, 1 week ago

With Peru in the global spotlight for APEC, so is one of the world’s least popular presidents

Associated Press

LIMA, Peru — It was a big day for Peru’s accidental president, Dina Boluarte, whose official schedule has been blank for months. On Thursday, the high-profile Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima thrust Boluarte — among the world’s least popular presidents, with a mere 4% public approval rating — into the bright lights of a convention center packed with world …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Partnership set to deepen

China Daily

President Xi Jinping and his Peruvian counterpart, Dina Boluarte, attend the opening ceremony of the Chancay Port via video link in Lima, Peru, Nov 14, 2024. "We're witnessing not only the flourishing of the Belt and Road Initiative in Peru, but also the birth of a new land-sea corridor connecting Asia and Latin America in the new era," Xi said, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Partnership set to deepen

China Daily

President Xi Jinping and his Peruvian counterpart, Dina Boluarte, attend the opening ceremony of the Chancay Port via video link in Lima, Peru, Nov 14, 2024. "We're witnessing not only the flourishing of the Belt and Road Initiative in Peru, but also the birth of a new land-sea corridor connecting Asia and Latin America in the new era," Xi said, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Xi holds talks with Peruvian President Boluarte

China Daily

President Xi Jinping holds talks with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Lima, Peru, Nov 14, 2024. Xi says China ready to build new land-sea corridor between China, Latin America President Xi said China is ready to work with Peru to build a new land-sea corridor between China and Latin America with Chancay Port as a starting point, adding that the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

China’s president unveils a megaport in Peru, but locals say they’re being left out

Associated Press

CHANCAY, Peru — On the edge of Peru’s coastal desert, a remote fishing town where a third of all residents have no running water is being transformed into a huge deep-water port to cash in on the inexorable rise of Chinese interest in resource-rich South America. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print From …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Alberto Fujimori, Peru’s controversial former president, buried after 3 days of national mourning

Associated Press

LIMA, Peru — Controversial former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was buried Saturday after three days of national mourning in which thousands of supporters lined up outside a museum in Lima to visit the politician’s casket. But Boluarte did not speak about Fujimori, a divisive figure who ruled Peru for a decade, and whose eldest daughter is now one of the …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Peru's president seeks stronger ties

China Daily

Visiting Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Zegarra has expressed her hope to further strengthen the bond between Peru and China, which began in the 19th century, and seek more investment and cooperation opportunities with the world's second-largest economy. Regarding trade and investment, one of the issues high on her agenda during the visit, Boluarte said Peru seeks to promote the diversification …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Peru’s president interrogated by prosecutors for hours amid expanding ‘Rolexgate’ probe

LA Times

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte testified to prosecutors behind closed doors Friday as authorities investigate whether she illegally received hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and jewelry. Peruvian President Dina Boluarte was interrogated by prosecutors for five hours Friday as authorities investigate whether she illegally received hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, luxury watches and jewelry. “She has no …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Peru’s President Boluarte avoids impeachment effort over Rolex watch probe

Al Jazeera

Boluarte replaced impeached President Pedro Castillo in a country where ‘moral incapacity’ ousters have become common. Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has avoided the latest attempt to impeach her on corruption charges related to a luxury Rolex and jewelry collection that experts estimate is valued at nearly half a million dollars. Congress had already rejected two prior motions to dismiss Boluarte, …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Pressure mounts against Peru’s president as lawmakers submit request to remove her from office

Associated Press

LIMA, Peru — Pressure mounted against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Monday as lawmakers submitted to Parliament a request to remove her from office for “permanent moral incapacity” three days after police broke down the front door of her residence to search for luxury watches tied to an investigation. To remove Boluarte, the move requires 87 votes from the 130-seat …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Peru President Dina Boluarte’s home raided in luxury watch investigation

Al Jazeera

Dozens of officers involved in operation to locate Rolex watches President Boluarte has reportedly not disclosed. The home of Peru’s President Dina Boluarte has been raided as part of a continuing corruption investigation linked to undisclosed luxury watches, police said. Televised images showed government agents from an investigative team breaking into the president’s residence with a sledgehammer, The Associated Press …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Peru’s PM Alberto Otarola quits amid claims of influence peddling

Al Jazeera

Alberto Otarola denies allegations that he attempted to improperly influence government contracts to help love interest. Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otarola has resigned following the release of audio recordings that allegedly featured him using his influence to help his love interest get government contracts. En relación al informe difundido por Panorama, que aclararé cuando pise suelo peruano, comunico que, como …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Through K-pop and Quechua, singer Lenin Tamayo celebrates his Andean roots

Al Jazeera

A new viral music sensation is drawing on Andean traditions to create songs that showcase a marginalised identity. “I want to inspire others,” said Tamayo, who sings in Quechua, an Indigenous language spoken by the Incas and still used by an estimated 10 million people across South America. “I want love to unite us, to unite our people.” Tamayo’s music, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Six killed in Peru in clash between military and Shining Path rebel group

Al Jazeera

Remnants of the Maoist rebel group once focused on overthrowing the government have turned to drug trafficking. At least four soldiers and two alleged members of the Shining Path rebel group have been killed in a clash in a region of Peru known for coca production. The region has also gained a reputation as the last remaining outpost for the …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Peru’s Boluarte denounces protests as ‘threat to democracy’

Al Jazeera

President Dina Boluarte has faced criticism for her government’s heavy-handed response to anti-government protests. Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has denounced a series of protests scheduled to begin this week as a “threat to democracy”, as tensions continue to simmer in the South American nation. Boluarte’s remarks came on the eve of what is being called the third “Toma de Lima” …

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1 year, 5 months ago

All the prison's presidents: Peru's special jail for ex-leaders is all full up

NPR

All the prison's presidents: Peru's special jail for ex-leaders is all full up Enlarge this image toggle caption Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg via Getty Images LIMA, Peru — So many former presidents in Peru have run afoul with the law that the country has set up a special penitentiary for them — and it's full. toggle caption John Otis …

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1 year, 5 months ago

In Peru, President Boluarte's government is blamed for human rights abuses

NPR

In Peru, President Boluarte's government is blamed for human rights abuses President Dina Boluarte took over from her impeached predecessor, and now she herself is under fire for alleged human rights abuses. The latest chapter came in December when, after just 17 months in office, Peru's left-wing president, Pedro Castillo, was impeached and arrested after he tried to dissolve Congress …

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1 year, 6 months ago

South America’s presidents gather in Brazil for first regional summit in 9 years

Associated Press

BRASILIA, Brazil — South America’s leaders will gather in Brazil’s capital on Tuesday as part of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s attempt to reinvigorate regional integration efforts that have previously floundered amid the continent’s political swings and polarization. First established 15 years ago in Brazil’s capital during the second presidential term of Lula, a former trade unionist, the regional …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Amnesty report finds racial bias in Peru’s protest crackdown

Al Jazeera

The report comes as Peru declares Mexican President Lopez Obrador a ‘persona non grata’ after he criticised the protest response. Almost all of them were from poor, Indigenous and campesino backgrounds, suggesting a racial and socioeconomic bias in the use of lethal force.” The report is the latest to find that Peru’s government wielded disproportionate violence and targeted people from …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Rights group denounces ‘brutal’ protest crackdown in Peru

Al Jazeera

Human Rights Watch has issued a report condemning Peru’s reaction to protests that erupted after a presidential impeachment. Lima, Peru – Peru’s police and military have violently suppressed recent anti-government protests, resulting in deaths that likely amount to “extrajudicial or arbitrary killings” under international law, according to a new 107-page report from the nonprofit Human Rights Watch. “We have found …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Autopsies show 30 people died from gunfire in Peru protests

Associated Press

LIMA, Peru — In autopsy after autopsy, Peruvian anti-government protesters share the same cause of death: “firearm projectile.” Crhistian Armando Mamani, a 22-year-old musician, was protesting in a southern city when a bullet entered the left side of his torso and pierced both of his lungs. Human rights groups — including the United Nations — have called on the Peruvian …

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Perú niega haber discutido dejar el Pacto de San José tras propuesta de ampliar pena de muerte

With Joe Biden handing over to Donald Trump, world leaders are jockeying for position, especially Xi Jinping

APEC leaders hold Lima summit as Trump prepares to return to office

With Peru in the global spotlight for APEC, so is one of the world’s least popular presidents

Partnership set to deepen

Partnership set to deepen

Xi holds talks with Peruvian President Boluarte

China’s president unveils a megaport in Peru, but locals say they’re being left out

Alberto Fujimori, Peru’s controversial former president, buried after 3 days of national mourning

Peru's president seeks stronger ties

Peru’s president interrogated by prosecutors for hours amid expanding ‘Rolexgate’ probe

Peru’s President Boluarte avoids impeachment effort over Rolex watch probe

Pressure mounts against Peru’s president as lawmakers submit request to remove her from office

Peru President Dina Boluarte’s home raided in luxury watch investigation

Peru’s PM Alberto Otarola quits amid claims of influence peddling

Through K-pop and Quechua, singer Lenin Tamayo celebrates his Andean roots

Six killed in Peru in clash between military and Shining Path rebel group

Peru’s Boluarte denounces protests as ‘threat to democracy’

All the prison's presidents: Peru's special jail for ex-leaders is all full up

In Peru, President Boluarte's government is blamed for human rights abuses

South America’s presidents gather in Brazil for first regional summit in 9 years

Amnesty report finds racial bias in Peru’s protest crackdown

Rights group denounces ‘brutal’ protest crackdown in Peru

Autopsies show 30 people died from gunfire in Peru protests