The Peruvian National Emergency Operations Center, which said the earthquake was a 6.1 magnitude, announced the number of injured rose to 43 on Monday, June 16, citing the Health Ministry in a post on ...

Local authorities were tipped off about the artifacts and worked with archaeologists to identify the objects, officials said.

Peru's government has abandoned a plan that reduced the size of a protected area around the country's ancient Nazca Lines, it ...

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a 5,000-year-old fire altar, offering insight into the life of the ancient Caral ...

Peru's government has significantly reduced the protected area around its famed Nazca Lines, a move critics and archaeologists fear could leave the ancient geoglyphs vulnerable to hundreds of nearby ...

Peru has acknowledged that miners operating in an area once protected around the famed Nazca Lines can now begin the process of legalizing their activities after the government reduced the buffer ...

After public and expert backlash, Peru reversed a controversial decision and restored full protection to the ancient Nazca ...

Each year on May 25, Peru celebrates the Day of the Clown in honor of Tony Perejil known as the “Clown of the Poor" PBS suing Trump administration over defunding, three days after NPR filed ...

The People's Republic of China has expressed its willingness to cooperate with Peru in its fight against crime and organized criminality, contributing technologies and management experience that have ...

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Gangs are preying on local businesses, demanding money and unleashing violence if they refuse. A surge in extortion has ...