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Lawmaker Presses Luxury Designer After Reports of Exploiting Indigenous Workers

A freshman congressman is demanding answers from the fashion house Loro Piana, which sources wool from his native Peru and…

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Move Over, Machu Picchu: There’s More to See in Peru

In recent years, Peru has engaged in a grass-roots effort to elevate Huchuy Qosqo, Waqrapukara and other archaeological sites that…

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Gabriela Wiener Does Not Care if You Don’t See Her Writing as Literature

When the Peruvian writer Gabriela Wiener was a child, she dreaded school trips to museums in Lima, the capital. As…

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Two Former Peruvian Leaders Share the Same Jail. Another May Soon Join Them.

Alejandro Toledo, who ruled Peru two decades ago, will be extradited from the United States. He has been charged in…

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Peru’s Foreign Minister Concedes There’s No Evidence Criminals Are Behind Protests 

In an interview, Foreign Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi acknowledged “we don’t have any evidence” that weeks of protests were being…

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‘We Have to Come Here to Be Seen’: Protesters Descend on Lima

They marched through the streets of Peru’s capital, carrying signs that said “I’m not a terrorist” and waved rainbow-colored flags…

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Death Toll in Peru Rises to 46 Amid Extraordinary Violence

“What happened yesterday was really a massacre,” said one human rights activist.

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As Peru’s Unrest Chases Away Visitors, Many in Tourism Fear for Their Livelihood

In Cusco, the gateway to Machu Picchu and other ancient sites, tourist operators and hotel owners fear what the loss…

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In Heart of Peru’s Protest, a Pause to Mourn the Dead

AYACUCHO, Peru — Beyond the burning tires and roadblocks guarded by angry protesters, after the justice palace had been set…

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Death Toll in Peru Protests Rises as New Leader Struggles for Control

Two government ministers resigned after the new president, Dina Boluarte, deployed the military to crack down on the demonstrations that…

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