When wild-caught Angelfish from the Rio Nanay in Peru started appearing in shops from the 1990s onwards, their brownish colouration and rather tall body shape immediately called to mind the Altum ...

A court in Peru has sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in jail for corruption and money-laundering. Prosecutors say he took $35m (£27m) in bribes from a ...

LIMA, Peru — The Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian theologian and father of the social justice-centered liberation theology that the Vatican once criticized for its Marxist undercurrents ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutierrez speaks during a press conference at the Vatican, Tuesday, May ...

Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, the Peruvian Dominican priest considered the ”father” of liberation theology, died Oct. 22 at the age of 96. The Dominican Province of St. John the Baptist of Peru ...

A wave of extortions pushed Peru's government last month to declare a state of emergency in much of the capital of over 10 million people, but organizers of Wednesday's strike say the widely ...

Over the past 20 years, macroeconomic stability, trade openness, and a favorable international environment have enabled Peru to become an upper-middle-income economy. GDP per capita jumped from ...

Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo was sentenced Monday to serve more than 20 years in prison on corruption charges, after years of legal proceedings that began with his arrest in ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo on Monday was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which became ...

LIMA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Peruvian former President Alejandro Toledo was convicted of taking bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht and sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison on ...

Peruvian ex-President Alejandro Toledo has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison, the latest Latin American leader to be jailed in connection with the Odebrecht construction firm ...

LIMA, Peru — Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo on Monday was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which became ...