LIMA, Peru (AP) – Renato Nuñez was looking for a fight after drinking seven bottles of beer with his friends. When he found his fight partner, Nuñez stood face-to-face with him before taking ...

SANTO TOMAS, Peru - Before heading into a new year, the people who inhabit the highest peaks in Peru’s Andes Mountains make sure there are no lingering grievances holding them back by fighting ...

CHUMBIVILCAS, Peru – Most Christmas ceremonies would be ruined if attendees threw a punch. But in Peru’s mountainous south, participants of one Dec. 25 festival have exactly that in mind.

Christmas Day in Santo Tomás, Peru, starts off as families make their way to church. But later that morning, and into the afternoon, is the time for Takanakuy, a series of organized fistfights.

LIMA, Peru — Are hard times threatening your Christmas dinner? If so, Peru has the answer: guinea pigs. Officials in the coastal Peruvian province of Callao on Monday hailed the Andean rodent as ...

While this cute guinea pig may look like like a cuddly companion to Americans, for natives of Peru, the guinea pig, or "cuy," is a traditional meal. Peruvians have domesticated and eaten guinea ...

It’s only a week until Christmas, and Mechelle Lutsko is holding onto hope that her daughter, one of the hundreds of tourists stranded in Peru, will make it home in time.

A woman in Peru wanted to name her baby after a professional soccer player. But when the baby came on Christmas Day, she changed her mind. The mother's name is Virgen Maria Huarcaya. She named her ...

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