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Human Rights Are Under Threat in Peru's Election
The presidential runoff pits a hard right dictator’s daughter against a dissident union leader with an old school Soviet agenda. Both dislike the free press, LGBT and gender rights.
COVID Is Threatening the World’s Rarest Indigenous Languages
From the Amazon to Siberia, COVID-19 is killing off tribal elders who are the last speakers of tongues that help us better understand how our brains work.
Peru’s Leading Presidential Candidates Have a Lot of Sexual Hangups
One front runner has been accused of sexual harassment and wants to ban porn. The other is a celibate who thinks raped minors should be forced to complete their pregnancies in “five star hotels.”
Did A Chinese Pharma Company Bribe Peru's Elite with Early Vaccines?
The doctor who oversaw the early jabs to Peru’s powerful said: “This is not about privileges. It’s just the way things work.”
He Gave Away Oxygen to Thousands of COVID Sufferers. Criminals Burned Down His Home
Profiteers are taking advantage of the fact that a second wave of COVID-19 is ravaging Peru, and there isn't enough oxygen to go around.
COVID Test Forgery Schemes Are Popping Up Around Latin America
Some customers are being duped, but others are in on schemes that print out fake negative test results for COVID-19.
She Exposed Sexual Abuse in a Catholic Kids Camp. Now She’s Facing a Prison Sentence
The work of Peruvian journalist Pao Ugaz has made her the target of a string of legal actions.
Sinaloa Cartel May Have Dug a Prison Tunnel to Bust Out a Serbian Drug Lord
The tunnel was 600 feet long and began in a house several blocks from the Castro Castro prison.
Peru Is About to Appoint Its Third President in 8 Days
Manuel Merino, who was interim president for five days, is under investigation for the violent repression of protesters.
A Notorious Rebel Leader Just Got Peru's President Impeached From Prison
Martín Vizcarra was fighting corruption hard. It got him fired.
A Giant 2,000-Year-Old Cat Drawing Was Accidentally Found by Workers In Peru
The outline of a cat dates back to about 200 BCE, which means it predates the Nazca culture that created most of Peru’s ancient geoglyphic designs.
Country With Highest COVID Death Rate Has Been Using a Dangerous 'Stone Age' Treatment
Peru's government backed down from using the medicines for inpatients, but is still recommending it for COVID sufferers who have not been hospitalized.