Peru's Congress has passed a law granting "humanitarian" amnesty to nearly 900 military and police officers convicted or ...

Human Rights Watch has warned that Peru's Congress is seriously undermining the judicial system's ability to combat organized crime by passing laws that weaken judges, prosecutors and key institutions ...

After a tense 43 days since its runoff election, Peru has a new president-elect. Pedro Castillo has been declared the winner by a tiny margin of just 44,000 votes out of a total of 17 1/2 million ...

LIMA -Peru's Pedro Castillo has won a long and tense presidential election battle. Now he needs to heal the wounds of a starkly divided nation, split between support for his socialist reforms and ...

Castillo named president-elect in Peru, Fujimori concedes The 51-year-old former rural teacher has promised to create a fairer and more equitable country.

Pedro Castillo has been declared president-elect of Peru, weeks after winning the popular vote in a tightly-contested run-off election.

The clash in Peru over the election result continues The fight threatens to undermine democracy Jul 8th 2021 | 4 min read ...

As Peru awaits the final results, NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Peruvian journalist Pao Ugaz about the aftermath of the country's presidential elections.