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.

LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian lawmakers voted on Friday to oust the country's interior minister, Juan Jose Santivanez, who has faced criticism amid a spike in crime in the South American country.

The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency on Monday in the provinces of Lima and Callao to stem a rise in crime, ...

The UK government has issued a warning to travellers visiting Peru after the country declared a state of emergency amid a ...

Movies, plays, exhibitions, festivals are being canceled. The reactionary and conservative right wing is increasingly ...

Peru’s Congress has passed a controversial reform expanding the powers of a government agency which oversees international ...

The UK government has issued a warning to travellers visiting Peru after the country declared a state of emergency amid a recent crime surge. The emergency comes after weeks of escalating violence ...

More than a year after Panama’s Supreme Court halted operations at a huge copper mine because its government concession was ...

The Peruvian Private Investment Promotion Agency (ProInversión) and the British Embassy signed a Memorandum of Understanding ...

President Dina Boluarte also floated the possibility of extending the use of the death penalty in Peru to address the country’s security problems. The declaration and Boluarte’s statements ...