Abstention and blank votes, the undisputed winners of Peru’s elections
More than six million Peruvians stayed home in a vote marked by fragmentation and distrust, and over three million ballots were cast null
A room of one’s own on Wikipedia: The editors who have been doing justice to women on the internet for over a decade
The initiative seeks to correct biases and show the protagonists of history beyond their role as daughters or wives
With 37% of ballots counted, Keiko Fujimori leads Peru’s presidential race and is set to advance to runoff
In an election marred by logistical problems, the leader of Fuerza Popular and daughter of former autocratic leader Alberto Fujimori has garnered 17.17% of the vote, according to early counting
From Roberto to Leo: 35 years of friendship shape a Peruvian’s view of the Pope
Armando Lovera, a Peruvian biblical scholar based in Valladolid, talks to EL PAÍS about the pontiff who married him, baptized his daughters, and has never failed to reply to his messages despite his busy schedule
Alberto Fujimori, the farewell of another Latin American strongman
An enigmatic and deeply divisive figure, he was not a dictator per se, but he ruled in an authoritarian and populist manner, broke all the rules, and was convicted of violating human rights with death squads
Former Peruvian intelligence chief gets 19 years in prison for 1992 massacre of farmers
A former military officer and a lawyer for drug traffickers in the 1980s, Vladimiro Montesinos became intelligence chief after Fujimori was elected president in 1990
With his back to the institutions, Milei presses ahead with dismantling the Argentine state
The authoritarian drift of the president and the radical nature of the announced measures are taking their toll on the far-right: the social climate is effervescent and he has fallen in the polls
December, a cursed month for Peru
The release of Alberto Fujimori, the anniversary of Pedro Castillo’s self-coup, the suspension of the nation’s top prosecutor and Dina Boluarte’s first year in power have sparked a new cycle of protests
Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori released from prison
The president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights had requested Peru not to carry out the order to release the 85-year-old, who was convicted of crimes against humanity
Fujimori’s release sparks diplomatic dispute between Peru and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
The government of Dina Boluarte will follow the Constitutional Court ruling that calls for the former Peruvian president, who is convicted of crimes against humanity, to be released from prison
Peruvian constitutional court orders release of former President Alberto Fujimori
Fujimori had been accused of being the mastermind behind the slayings of 25 Peruvians by a military death squad during his administration from 1990 to 2000, while the government fought the Shining Path
Victims of forced sterilization in Peru take their case to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
More than 270,000 women had their tubes tied without their consent during the Fujimori regime
US declassifies documents chronicling 20 years of conflict in Peru
The National Security Archive says the current political crisis ‘demonstrates that the problems and legacies of Peru’s violent past are still very present today’
Peru’s Pedro Castillo gets 36 more months of ‘appropriate and proportionate’ pretrial detention
The former president is accused of being the leader of a criminal organization. This legal decision comes on top of the 18-month preventive prison term for the alleged crime of rebellion
10 presidents of Peru, more than 20 years of instability
With the exception of a couple of interim presidents who held office briefly, the rest of the country’s modern leaders have suffered tragic fates, including jail terms, exile, or death by suicide
Violence aggravates Peru’s political crisis
Two ministers have resigned following the deaths of 21 protestors, while the Peruvian Congress voted down a proposal hold early elections
Peru’s Pedro Castillo to remain in pretrial detention for another 18 months
The death toll from street protests continued to rise while a judge granted prosecutors’ request to extend jail time for the impeached president
Defiant Castillo insists he remains Peru’s leader from prison cell
Arrested following a failed coup attempt, the former president is convinced he is a victim of political persecution and will be reinstated despite facing up to 50 years in jail
The 180 minutes that made Peru tremble
Pedro Castillo ended up under arrest and charged with rebellion after his failed attempt to dissolve Congress and install an emergency government
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