His positions on the economy and illegal immigration, plus a sense that a strong leader was needed are some of the reasons.

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 ...

On Wednesday, October 23, a mass strike took place against the government of President Dina Boluarte and the Peruvian ...

Those fearing an impending dictatorship underestimate the robustness of our institutions and overstate the power of any ...

Peru’s forced sterilisation policy could constitute a crime against humanity, a United Nations committee has said. More than ...

A UN committee urged Peru Wednesday to compensate women who were forcibly sterilised in the 1990s, ruling that the state policy could constitute a "crime against humanity".

Michael Evans, who took over the role of president of the small college in ... working together to ensure the continued success of Peru State,” Evans said in the news release.

Alberto Fujimori, Peru’s controversial former president, buried after 3 days of national mourning Gutiérrez, who himself was never disciplined, told reporters in 2015 that liberation theology as a ...

But the foibles and failures of President Dina Boluarte ... by just 50,000 votes over Keiko Fujimori, the daughter and political heir to former dictator Alberto Fujimori. In a country still ...

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori left office in 2000 when he became ... He memorably faxed in his resignation, but was arrested years later in Chile and sent back to Peru for trial. Fujimori ...

The late Alberto Fujimori, who governed from 1990 ... Toledo is the first former president to be sentenced in this chapter of Peru’s Odebrecht investigation. Two other former presidents ...

Peru's former president Alejandro Toledo appears in court for sentencing during his trial on charges of corruption related to the Brazilian company Odebrecht, in Lima, Peru, October 21 ...