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Lima, Peru — Keiko Fujimori is increasingly closer to becoming Peru’s first female president, inching ahead in what is her fourth presidential bid since 2011. With only 300 ballots…
It’s been nine days since the runoff election between conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sánchez and Peruvians are still awaiting a definitive result in…
Roberto Sánchez, a left-wing congressman and former minister, campaigns wearing a hulking straw hat — one that is not his own. It once belonged to Pedro Castillo, the jailed former…
In yet another polarized Latin American election, Peru’s June 7 runoff pits two ideological opposites against each other. Keiko Fujimori, the conservative daughter of former…
As the global sustainable forestry industry grows, long-term conservation projects in Latin American countries like Peru are taking off. The post Slalom Foundation supports…
Lima, Peru — Peru’s general election, held Sunday, April 12, has been thrown into uncertainty following a series of logistical failures, contested tally sheets, and newly reported…
Corruption ranks among Peruvians’ top concerns, only second to insecurity, as the country heads into a general election on Sunday. Since 2016, Peru has suffered from severe…
Over 27 million Peruvians are set to vote in the first round of highly unpredictable presidential elections and elect a new Congress on 12 April. With a record number of 35…
Lima, Peru — A pipeline explosion in southern Peru last week has triggered an energy crisis, exposing a structural vulnerability little known outside the country: Peru relies…
In a dramatic last-minute reversal that underscores Peru’s political instability, President José María Balcázar swore in economist Denisse Miralles as prime minister on Tuesday,…
Economist Hernando de Soto has been appointed prime minister by interim President José María Balcázar, in a surprise move that reshapes Peru’s fragile political transition with…
São Paulo, Brazil – José Maria Balcázar was elected president of Peru’s Congress on Wednesday following the removal of José Jerí and will assume leadership of the transitional…