Peru’s Congress has voted to remove the interior minister from office after deciding that he had failed to adequately handle rising violent crime in the Andean country.

Pedro Castillo, who was overthrown by the right-wing Congress in December 2022, has called the ongoing trial a sham and ...

Interior Minister Juan José Santiváñez has 72 hours to resign following the no-confidence vote, which passed with 78 votes in ...

The residents of Lima were told to expect added security on their journeys into work after Peru’s government declared a state ...

Santiváñez insisted that he had worked hard alongside police ... in 2023. Protesters gather to demand the government provide security against the rising violence in Lima, Peru, Friday, March ...