STORY: After a week of violent protests following the ouster of former president Pedro Castillo, Peru's defense minister on Wednesday announced a nationwide state of emergency. The 30-day declaration ...

Castillo has four identities. Together, they make him a very unusual president. Castillo is a peasant farmer from a northern region of Peru called Cajamarca. There are very important gold mines there, ...

Peru’s recent impeachment of President Pedro Castillo represents an opportunity for the U.S. to reset its geopolitical and economic relations with one of its most important allies in Latin America.

Peru's president-elect, Pedro Castillo, waves as he leaves his home in Lima on Thursday. (Sebastian Castaneda/Reuters) Peru’s fragile democracy was subjected to an extreme test last month when a ...

Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte ruled out early elections on Thursday, her first day in office following the dramatic ousting and arrest of her predecessor Pedro Castillo. Boluarte became Peru’s ...

Peru’s ousted former president Pedro Castillo will remain in pretrial detention for 18 months, the country’s Supreme Court ordered on Thursday, as crowds of his supporters protested outside the ...

Rural teacher-turned-political novice Pedro Castillo on Monday became the winner of Peru's presidential election after the country's longest electoral count in 40 years. Castillo, whose supporters ...

Dina Boluarte became Peru’s first female President on Wednesday, capping off a dramatic day which saw her predecessor arrested for the alleged crime of rebellion and impeached by lawmakers. Boluarte, ...

LIMA/TACABAMBA, Peru, June 7 (Reuters) - Peruvian socialist Pedro Castillo widened his lead against right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori in the country’s presidential vote on Monday, but she said she will ...

WHEN HE TOOK office as Peru’s president on July 28th, the bicentenary of the country’s independence, Pedro Castillo declared that he would not govern from the presidential palace. Built on the site of ...

LIMA, June 15 (Reuters) - Peruvian socialist candidate Pedro Castillo claimed victory in the presidential election on Tuesday after clinging on to a narrow lead as the lengthy vote count ended, ...