News on Peru

Humala alienates Peru's left, may lose sway in Congress

2011-12-13T08:00:10Z

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian leftists who supported President Ollanta Humala for years are leaving the government and may stop supporting him in Congress, saying his emerging authoritarian tone amounts to a further drift to the right.

At least two high-profile leftist aides who felt betrayed have quit their posts and more ...

Peru president signs indigenous consultation law

2011-09-06T18:30:12Z

Peru's President Ollanta Humala signed into law a measure requiring that indigenous people be consulted before any mining, timber or petroleum projects are begun on their traditional lands.

"What we want to do with this law is have the voice of indigenous people be heard, and have them treated like citizens, not little children who are not consulted about anything," the leftist Humal...

Ollanta Humala sworn in as Peru's president

2011-07-28T17:30:23Z

Leftist former army officer Ollanta Humala was sworn in Thursday as president of Peru, aiming to confront the high poverty plaguing his Andean nation despite its solid economic growth.

"We want to erase the word 'social exclusion' from our vocabulary and our reality forever," the 49-year-old said in a speech shortly after taking office.

The new government would have "a market e...

Analysis: "Lulismo" appeals in Latin America but hard to copy

2011-06-22T09:30:15Z

RIO DE JANEIRO/LIMA (Reuters) - It was a political pilgrimage that surprised no one.

Within days of winning Peru's presidential election, Ollanta Humala flew to B...

Victory in sight for Peru's leftist Humala

2011-06-05T20:30:25Z

Leftist ex-military man Ollanta Humala looked set to win Peru's presidency, according to first estimates, after a tight battle with Keiko Fujimori, heir to a jailed, authoritarian ex-president.

Supporters of the 48-year-old former lieutenant colonel Humala, who just lost out in the 2006 election, cheered as the first result...

Leftist ex-soldier leads Peru presidency race

2011-04-11T05:30:17Z

Leftist ex-soldier Ollanta Humala led the first round for Peru's presidency Monday as Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the jailed ex-president, and liberal Pedro Pablo Kuczynski fought to join him in a runoff.

Humala, 48, who just missed out on the 2006 pre...

Nationalist tones down image and leads Peru presidency race

2011-04-09T20:30:20Z

Peru prepares to vote Sunday in a volatile race for the presidency, with nationalist Ollanta Humala nurturing a surprise lead, a new image, and promises to share the resource-rich nation's record growth.

Many voters in the misty coastal capital Lima remained undecided just one day before the election in which at least four candidates were fighting it out.

"The poll...

Leftist Humala woos ethnic vote, widens lead in Peru

2011-04-09T07:30:23Z

AREQUIPA, Peru (Reuters) - Leftist front-runner Ollanta Humala, seeking to shore up the crucial ethnic vote, on Friday urged poor Peruvians with indigenous roots to back him in Sunday's presidential election.

Humala, who has widened his lead over three rivals backed b...

Leftist favored in Peru vote but run-off expected

2011-04-06T07:30:18Z

LIMA (Reuters) - Left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala is set to win the first round of Peru's presidential election on Sunday as poor voters rally behind him, but he may struggle in a run-off against one of three rivals backed by big business.

Humala, a former army officer who fav...

Political process

2010-11-29T14:58:50Z

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NY couple accused in spy ring shared leftist ideas

2010-07-01T00:45:23Z

NY Spanish-language columnist, husband suspected in Russian spy ring shared leftist views

Before Vicky Pelaez became a columnist for one of the United States' best-known Spanish-language newspapers, she was a scrappy television reporter in her native Peru who turned her kidnapping by a leftist guerrilla group int...

Peru court grants parole to U.S. citizen Berenson

2010-05-25T14:45:30Z

LIMA (Reuters) - A Peruvian court granted parole on Tuesday to U.S. citizen Lori Berenson after she served 15 years of a 20-year sentence in Peru for aiding leftist guerrillas.

She was jailed after being arrested on a bus in Peru in 1995 on charges of being a lead...

Trade Barrier

2010-10-16T07:59:55Z

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Peru Bank Robbery

2010-12-04T11:30:32Z

Members of Peru's police special weapons and tactics operations unit, SUAT, carries a hostage rescued after taking control of the BBVA Banco Continental agency in Lima, Peru, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. According to police, one thief, who was robbing the bank and holding 18 hostages, was killed by police officers. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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Peru Chile Pinera

2010-11-27T11:01:22Z

Peru's President Alan Garcia, left, and Chile's President Sebastian Pinera laugh during welcome ceremony at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2011. Pinera is in Lima for a one-day official visit. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Obama

2010-11-23T12:01:56Z

President Barack Obama reaches to shake hands with supporters after he arrived on Air Force One at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Peru, Ind., Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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Peru Lori Berenson

2010-11-05T17:03:23Z

US citizen Lori Berenson attends an audience at a courthouse in Lima, Peru, Friday, Nov. 5, 2010. A Peruvian judge has ordered that Berenson be released from prison on parole again. She had been paroled in May after serving three-quarters of a 20-year sentence but was returned to a Lima woman's prison in mid-August on a technica...

Infinity of Nations

2010-10-22T04:31:39Z

This undated photo provided by Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in New York, Wednesday Oct. 20, 2010, shows a Moche–Huari tunic, possibly Campanario, Peru, part of their Infinity of Nations exhibit. (