Lima

Children stand in front of the building of the Peruvian Congress as part of a call to demand accountability for cancer patients in Peru, September 2023.
Health & Medicine
Desperate cancer patients in Peru look for options across the Atlantic
Indigenous activists run through the streets of Lima during a recent protest against Dina Boluarte's goverment. 
Protest
‘Our people have always struggled:’ Peru’s Indigenous groups aim for more power in Congress
The Inca temple of Sacsayhuamán gets only a handful of visitors per day now, as tourists cancel their trips to Cusco amid protests taking place in Peru.
Protest
Protests across Peru are keeping tourists away from the country’s top travel destinations
protest
Peru protests reveal ethnic and regional divides
Workers move a box of freshly caught squid in Pucusana, Peru, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021.
Business, Economics and Jobs
A state-owned company from China is building a massive commercial port in Peru
Melina León at her Lima apartment with some of the awards she got for her debut film, “Song Without a Name.”
Arts, Culture & Media
Peruvian filmmaker Melina León boosts Peru’s film industry with strong female leads
Free Peru party presidential candidate Pedro Castillo, from left, daughter Alondra, son Arnold and wife Lilia Paredes, pray before eating breakfast, in their home in Chugur, Peru, April 16, 2021. Castillo, a rural teacher, who has proposed rewriting Peru'
Elections
Peru polarized by two social conservatives in presidential runoff
Veronica Gomez, who was traveling with her partner and her son, receives backpacks from a humanitarian worker on Oct 1. The backpacks included energy bars, toiletries and ski masks, for the cold weather.
Migration
Amid pandemic, Venezuelans hit the road again in search of work
venezuelans gather outside their embassy in lima
Conflict
Dozens of Venezuelans in Peru seek to return home despite crisis
women at a prison
Lifestyle
As opioids land more women in prison, Ohio finds alternative treatments
Siervas
Music
The ultimate supergroup: Rockin’ nuns from Peru
Lima Peru construction
Culture
This construction site in Peru has banned catcalling women
Denise, Yefri, & Angie from "Virgenes de la Puerta."
Arts
These photos show the courage and tragedy of LGBTQ life in Peru
Mariana Bazo/Reuters
Global Politics
You think the US presidential season is crazy? Check out what’s happening in Peru
A sign marking the base of the Uritorco hill is seen in the Argentine city of Capilla del Monte, in Cordoba province, December 20, 2012. The mountain is popular among UFO spotters in Argentina.
Science
The rise and fall of Argentina’s real-life X-Files unit
A municipal worker fumigates the Petare slum in Caracas to help control the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, February 3, 2016.
Health
There’s a chance Venezuela’s Zika outbreak is worse than Brazil’s
Vultures, the unsung heroes of the skies?
Environment
Vultures with GoPros —yes, real vultures — are helping clean up Peru
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Environment
Lima taps ancient Andean canals to help fight its water shortage
Greenpeace message next to Peru's Nazca Lines.
Environment
Greenpeace names activists behind a failed stunt at Peru climate talks
Activists wearing masks depicting Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, China's President Xi Jinping and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi d
Environment
194 countries make a historic climate deal, but it may not be worth much
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the end of their news conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 12, 2014.
Environment
The US-China climate pact is driving progress toward a wider deal
Cuy (guinea pig) with yucca cream at Maido, a restaurant in Lima, Peru
Food
Immigration fuels a hot Asian fusion food scene in Lima
cuy
Arts, Culture & Media
How guinea pig, an Andean delicacy, is making its way onto dinner plates in the US
A green tamale -- filled with chicken and cilantro -- made by Karina Medina, and sold on the street in Lima.
Arts, Culture & Media
Here’s why some Peruvians are giving up jobs as lawyers and accountants to become chefs
Global Scan
In Syria, 2014 looks to be more of the same
A Peruvian hairless dog at Alfredo Janneau's kennel in Lima.
Arts, Culture & Media
Peru has a new love affair with its hairless dogs
A small group of people from the Japanese community recently gathered at the temple in Lima to chant and make offerings to their deceased relatives. On the altar were plates of sandwiches and cakes; even a bag of Lay’s potato chips.
Lifestyle & Belief
Lima’s stressed-out are turning to Zen Buddhism
Fernando Palazuelo
Business, Economics and Jobs
This Spanish developer helped rebuild Lima and now he’s betting big on remaking Detroit
Development & Education
Video: The Breast Club
Development & Education
Are volunteer programs empowering — or exploitative?
A bartender at a Lima restaurant whips up one of Peru's signature pisco cocktails
Lifestyle & Belief
A New York writer heads to Peru in search of a real ‘pisco sour’
The Huscar Park in a working-class neighborhood of Lima is a public park, but you have to pay admission. It's extra for things like using the basketball courts and making a video.
Lifestyle & Belief
In Peru, this is why people lock public streets and pay to use public parks
Students at a D1 dance competition in Lima, Peru. The group started with kids who did backflips on the street for spare change.
Arts, Culture & Media
A passionate ballerina turns at-risk kids in Peru into professional dancers
Arts, Culture & Media
Peruvian-born, American-bred author tells stories through the lens of his native land
Blanca Alva, Peru's historian in charge of protecting the country's "cultural patrimony," confiscating illegal handicrafts.
Arts, Culture & Media
A woman dodges rocks and Molotov cocktails to protect Peru’s ancient sites
Chicken Wilson competing in Peru's "Lucha Libro" - writing a story story in five minutes.
Arts, Culture & Media
Peru makes book writing into a spectator sport and invites aspiring writers into combat
Development & Education
Peru government urges couples to wed, makes it easier with mass ceremonies
Global Politics
Lima Officials Urging Marriage, Many Getting Hitched at Mass Ceremonies
Environment
Peru’s president orders environmental clean-up in Amazon oil region
Development & Education
Peruvian researchers studying power, potential of native crops
Arts, Culture & Media
Peruvian-born rapper helps Afghan orphans
Conflict & Justice
Peruvians Protest Against Poverty and Corruption
Arts, Culture & Media
Summer in the Global Village: What Does ‘Latin Alternative’ Mean in 2013?
The Breast Club
Environment
Dead Pelicans Wash Up on Peruvian Coast
Global Hit
La Sarita: Rock ‘n’ Roll from Peru
Arts, Culture & Media
Researchers & Restaurateurs Work to Save Peru’s Food Diversity
Arts, Culture & Media
Climate Change Spurs Revival of Ancient Incan Agriculture
Peru’s political divide
Waiting for Water
Blog: Lima’s Brown Coast
Blog: Lima’s Future Water Shortage
Arts, Culture & Media
The tradition of chewing coca
Business, Economics and Jobs
Peruvian fog nets
Arts, Culture & Media
Global Hit