Alberto Fujimori, Peru's controversial former president, buried after 3 days of national mourning
Controversial former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has been buried after three days of national mourning.
Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted of human rights abuses, dies at 86
Alberto Fujimori, whose decadelong presidency began with triumphs righting Peruโs economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in autocratic excess that sent him to prison, has died.
Peru's struggling president marks his first year in office
Like many in her Peruvian Andes community, Marรญa Acevedo voted for Pedro Castillo for president last year, drawn in part by the possibility of seeing the nation led by someone with rural roots like her own.
Peru court orders ex-President Fujimori freed from prison
Peru's Constitutional Court has approved the release from prison of former President Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year sentence for murder and corruption charges.
Leftist teacher, political novice, is Peru's president-elect
A teacher in one of the poorest communities in the Andes who has never held office is now Peruโs president-elect after officials in the South American country declared him the winner of a runoff election held last month.
Leftist teacher inches toward victory in disputed Peru vote
Peru has finished tallying votes in the countryโs tight presidential contest but no winner has been declared, with electoral authorities saying they are scrutinizing a small number of ballots amid unproven claims of possible vote tampering leveled by the apparent loser.
Students' struggles pushed Peru teacher to run for president
As schools across Peru closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pedro Castillo tried to find a way to keep classes going for his 20 fifth- and sixth-grade students.
Ecuador picks conservative for president; Peru sets runoff
Ecuador will be led for the next four years by a conservative businessman after voters rebuffed a left-leaning movement that yielded an economic boom and then a recession since taking hold of the presidency last decade.
Ecuador goes with conservative banker in presidential vote
Voters in Ecuador appear to have turned to a conservative businessman in their presidential runoff election, rebuffing a leftist movement that has held the presidency for over a decade while ushering in an economic boom and then a yearslong recession.
Ecuador, Peru to elect presidents amid strengthened pandemic
A surging pandemic that has brought new lockdown measures has pushed the upcoming elections to the background for many weary voters in the neighboring South American nations of Ecuador and Peru.