A UK Foreign Office spokesperson said it was “supporting a British man who was arrested in Peru” and was “in contact with the local authorities”.
Four other former Peruvian presidents currently face corruption investigations. They are Ollanta Humala (president from 2011 to 2016), Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-18), Martin Vizcarra (2018-20) and...
His departure sparked violent protests against Boluarte that left more than 50 dead and hundreds injured.
The Maoist group emerged in 1980 when it launched a “people’s war” against the government. The ensuing two decades of clashes with the army left a...
Numerous artisanal mines are located in the area, and officials fear some people may have been trapped in makeshift tunnels.
The demonstrations are driven by poor southern, Indigenous Peruvians who perceive Castillo, who is also from humble origins and has Indigenous roots, as an ally in...
Boluarte herself berated Castillo’s dissolution plan, describing it on Twitter as “a coup that aggravates the political and institutional crisis that Peruvian society will have to...