Peru: Presidency highlights potato's importance in food and nutritional security

This message was shared by the Presidential Office on the X platform on Friday. "The International Day of the Potato, promoted by Peru at the UN, is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of this tuber in food and nutritional security, as well as …

Peru's President Dina Boluarte has an approval rating of just two percent

Her husband is getting deported. She plans to leave Anchorage to meet him in Peru

Paola Jimenez attends a protest outside the Department of Homeland Security office in Anchorage on May 29, 2025. Jimenez’s husband, Cristian Ibanez Velasquez, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers last week. (Marc Lester / ADN) …

From Sri Lanka to Peru: 7 New and Exciting Charter Hubs for Your Next Yachting Adventure

Across the Mediterranean and Caribbean, milk runs will always the driving force of summer and winter charters. That’s the term captains give to itineraries that move between the most popular ports where charter yachts invariably end up, competing for …

Peru Two's Michaella McCollum reveals the hell that could await Brits accused of drug trafficking abroad - and why she ...

Michaella McCollum has vivid memories of prison paella, and the maggots lurking within. ‘I remember how I’d lay all the rice out, to see which grains I could eat and which were maggots. Back home, it was reported that I’d gone on hunger strike, but I hadn’ …

The Power Of The Human Spirit Comes Alive In Peru

When Nicole and her family left their home in Venezuela, she thought all hope was lost. Through the support of a UNICEF program delivered with funding from Education Cannot Wait, Nicole is back in school and thriving in Peru. After immigrating from …

Mongabay reporting spurs government action on forest crime in Peru

Forest crime in Latin America is increasingly driven by organized cross-border criminal networks. This has not only led to a surge in violent attacks on Indigenous peoples and local communities and made the work of journalists more difficult and dangerous, …

President: New airport turns Peru into a world-class logistics hub

"Peru, a land of millenary history and indomitable spirit, today becomes a world-class logistics hub. The US$2.4 billion investment in this airport not only represents a leap in infrastructure and technology but also confirms Peru as an attractive and …

The world's most unpopular president? Peru's leader clings to power

With an approval rating of just two percent, Peru's President Dina Boluarte may be one of the most unpopular politicians in the world. Yet, she has survived a string of scandals, protests and investigations. Protests greeted Boluarte's rise to …

Homeless man sleeping rough with Brit backpacker in Peru has died days after she was rescued

A homeless man in Cusco, Peru, who stayed with British backpacker Hannah Almond while she was stranded there after being robbed of her belongings has died. 32-year-old Brit Hannah had travelled to Peru for a yoga retreat, but became stuck there after she …