Peru’s government said Saturday it will push a new round of measures at Machu Picchu aimed at keeping tourism growth from outpacing conservation, signaling a more tightly managed phase for the country ...

National Board of Justice president Aldo Vasquez, center, and members of the fledgling institution. Source: Andina The National Board of Justice swore in its seventh member this week, finally ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization issued a report 18 years ago warning that a planned aerial cable car system seriously threatened the authenticity and integrity of ...

President Dina Boluarte appointed Pedro Angulo as president of her council of ministers Saturday afternoon, three days after taking office. The swearing-in ceremony was held in the government palace ...

The linguistic landscape of Peru is a story of resilience. Since the Spanish conquest in 1532, efforts to erase indigenous languages like Quechua were relentless. Yet, despite centuries of suppression ...

While Europe’s 19th-century surgeons struggled with a 50% survival rate for skull surgeries, the ancient Incas had been quietly achieving 90% success with similar procedures for thousands of years—a ...

Applying Trumpian logic, pit vipers cause more than six times as many human fatalities in Peru as stings by the “Trumpapillar,” a nickname for the venomous flannel moth caterpillar (family ...

Former first lady Lilia Paredes and her children, Alonso and Alondra, at Mexico City’s airport. The family has been granted asylum in Mexico. Source: Marcelo Ebrard, Twitter Ex-President Pedro ...

A Peruvian court has ruled in favor of a lesbian couple who sued the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status for refusing to register their marriage, which took place in Miami. Susel ...

We arrived in Chiquián in the dark and it was still pouring with rain. As soon as the truck stopped, people began climbing over each other in search of their luggage; while outside, men in brown ...

Investigations led by the World Monuments Fund at Gran Pajaten have revealed a sprawling network of circular stone structures far exceeding the 26 buildings first documented in the 1960s. Source:WMF ...

When I opened Peru: The Cultural Gem of South America, I had the Almost Famous moment — when Ben Fong-Torres realizes the seasoned rock and roll writer on the other end of the line is actually a ...