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Peru,, Peru is the 19th largest country in the world, and the third largest in South America. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - Peru's President Jose Jeri, left, and Economy Minister Denisse Miralles pose during a swearing-in ceremony for cabinet members at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerardo Marin, File)

Peru’s prime minister resigns ahead of congressional confirmation vote

Associated Press

Demonstrators celebrate after Congress voted to remove interim President Jose Jeri as he faces corruption allegations outside the site where lawmakers met in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peru’s Congress removes interim President Jeri as he faces a corruption probe

By Franklin Briceño and Manuel Rueda - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV greets people during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Catholicism shrinks in Latin America while more are religiously unaffiliated, Pew surveys find

By Luis Andres Henao - Associated Press

FILE - This image provided by the Forest Peoples Programme shows Indigenous Kichwa tribal leader Quinto Inuma Alvarado in Tarapoto, Peru, Oct. 11, 2019. Alvarado was shot and killed on Nov. 29, 2023. (Vicki Brown/Forest Peoples Programme via AP, File)

Five face trial in Peru in rare prosecution over the killing of an Amazon defender

By Steven Grattan - Associated Press

Peru's President Jose Jeri, left, and Chile's President-elect Jose Antonio Kast, right, wave to the press as Kast arrives at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

U.S. signs off on $1.5 billion deal to expand Peru’s naval base

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

People walk by a passenger bus after its deadly crash with another vehicle in Arequipa, Peru, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kiara Tapia)

Passenger bus plunges into a ravine in southern Peru killing at least 37

Associated Press

Police guard the Mexican Embassy in Lima, Peru, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, after the Peruvian government announced it was severing diplomatic relations with Mexico following the country's decision to grant asylum to former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chavez, who faces charges related to a 2022 coup attempt. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peruvian Congress votes to declare Mexico’s president persona non grata after asylum offer

By David Pereda Zavaleta - Associated Press

A soldier stands guard at a bus stop in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, after President Jose Jeri declared a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Military and police patrol streets of Peru’s capital as state of emergency begins

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FILE - A demonstrator waves a Peruvian flag as a cardboard doll burns in front of Congress during a protest against new President Jose Jeri in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Peru’s president refuses to resign after Gen Z protests leave at least 1 dead, 100 injured

By Franklin Briceño - Associated Press

Peru's former president of the Congress Jose Jeri, sings the national anthem after being sworn-in as the interim president in Lima, Peru, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/John Reyes)

Peru wakes up to 7th president in less than a decade after President Boluarte ousted by Congress

By Franklin Briceño - Associated Press

Bishop Miguel Ángel Cadenas attends an Amazon Water Summit in Iquitos, Peru, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Junior Raborg)

Gold demand puts Peru’s Amazon at greater risk from mercury poisoning, bishop warns

By Steven Grattan - Associated Press

FILE - Cut down trees lie within view of the Cordillera Azul National Park, seen in the background near Chambira community, in Peru's Amazon, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

As Amazon’s ‘flying rivers’ weaken with tree loss, scientists warn of worsening droughts

By Steven Grattan - Associated Press

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, right, gives a love symbol at children waving Indonesian and Peruvian flags as his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto looks on during a welcoming ceremony prior to their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Leaders of Indonesia and Peru hold talks on trade and economic ties

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro gives a statement during a forum on democracy and multilateralism at La Moneda palace in Santiago, Chile, Monday, July 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Colombia accuses Peru of fully annexing a disputed island in the Amazon river

By Manuel Rueda - Associated Press

Customs workers carry bags of mercury hidden in gravel-filled bags in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peru seizes record 4-ton mercury shipment in fight against illegal gold mining

By Steven Grattan - Associated Press