Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the Kakataibo Indigenous Guard patrols their ancestral land armed with spears, machetes and a drone — risking their lives to keep cocaine producers out of the forest.
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Peru: Chicha Cumbia, the electric pulse of Lima
Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.
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Peru’s Congress removes President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country
Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to swiftly remove Peru’s first female president shortly after midnight, marking yet another leadership shake-up in a nation rocked by violence and political turmoil.
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Colombia’s lone Amazon port faces drying river and rising tensions with Peru
Colombia’s only Amazon port town could soon be cut off from the river that keeps it alive. As drought and a shifting river spark a tense border dispute with Peru, locals are scrambling to adapt—and politicians are raising flags, literally.
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Peruvian farmer loses landmark climate case against German energy giant
A Peruvian farmer has lost a decade-long legal climate case against Germany energy giant RWE. Saúl Luciano Lliuya claimed the company’s emissions had contributed to glacial melt threatening his Andean hometown.
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Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian author, dies at age 89
A giant of Latin American culture, Llosa used powerful imagery and sometimes fantastical storytelling to explore issues of male violence, societal disruption and authoritarian politics.
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Peru’s ex-president Toledo gets more than 20 years in prison in case linked to corruption scandal
Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving construction giant Odebrecht that became synonymous with corruption in Latin America.
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U.S. arrests reputed Peruvian gang leader wanted for 23 killings in his home country
Gianfranco Torres-Navarro, the leader of “Los Killers” who is wanted for 23 killings in Peru, was arrested in Endicott, N.Y. He is being held at a detention facility pending an immigration hearing.
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The body of a climber buried by an avalanche 22 years ago in Peru is found in the ice
Police said they recovered Bill Stampfl’s body from the mountain where he was buried by the avalanche in 2002, when the 58-year-old was climbing with two friends who were also killed.
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Can a picture make you happy? We asked photographers and here’s what they sent us
For International Day of Happiness, photographers sent us pictures of a Syrian boy who finds joy caring for farm animals, Ukrainian girls on a trampoline, music lovers grooving to the blues and more.
