Category: Peru

Peru’s Humala Visits Brazil To Meet With Rousseff; Looks To Distance Himself From Chávez

Today in Latin America Top Story — Peru’s president-elect Ollanta Humala made a visit to Brazil Thursday, where he met with President Dilma Rousseff, as part of his South American […] Read More >

Peru’s Stock Market Plummets On News Of Ollanta Humala’s Victory

Today in Latin America Top Story — Peru’s stock exchange plummeted a record 12.5 percent and closed early after leftwing nationalist Ollanta Humala definitively won the country’s runoff presidential election Monday. […] Read More >

Ollanta Humala Expected To Win Peru’s Runoff Election

Today in Latin America Top Story — Leftwing nationalist Ollanta Humala held a very narrow lead as of late Sunday night over conservative Keiko Fujimori in Peru’s runoff presidential election, […] Read More >

Keiko Fujimori, “To Call Me Right-Wing Is a Lie” — An Interview

Keiko Fujimori is 35 years old and the daughter of ex-president Alberto Fujimori, jailed and sentenced for human rights violations in 2009. She became Peru’s first lady at 19 and […] Read More >

Mexico, Colombia, Peru & Chile Look To Integrate Their Economies And Expand Trade With Asia

Today in Latin America Top Story — Four of Latin America’s most pro-market governments signed an agreement Thursday to work toward integrating their economies and deepen their commercial ties with Asia. […] Read More >

Peru’s Ruins Highlight Battle Between Tourism And Conservation

TRUJILLO, PERU — It looks like a builder’s yard but what is now little more than a mound of dust and earth was once a significant structure, part of the […] Read More >

Mario Vargas Llosa Throws Support Behind Ollanta Humala In Peru’s Runoff Election

Peruvian Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, a political conservative famous for his criticism of Latin America’s far left, discarded the possibility of voting for rightwing candidate Keiko Fujimori in Peru’s […] Read More >

Peru’s Ollanta Humala Wins First-Round Presidential Election, Will Likely Face Fujimori In Runoff

Today in Latin America Top Story — Leftwing nationalist Ollanta Humala will probably face conservative Keiko Fujimori in a second-round election for the Peruvian presidency, scheduled for June 5. A […] Read More >

Nationalist Ollanta Humala Pulls Ahead In Peru’s Presidential Race

Today in Latin America Top Story — Left-leaning nationalist Ollanta Humala took the lead in Peru’s presidential race, according to a poll by CPI released Sunday. Some 21.1 percent of […] Read More >

Wikileaks Cable Alleges Peruvian Military Ties To Drug Trafficking & Reveals U.S. Fears Over Shining Path

Today in Latin America Top Story — A leaked United States diplomatic cable reports that Peru’s new military head was involved in drug corruption, a charge that the general adamantly […] Read More >