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/ 25 April 2024

BHP makes takeover bid for Anglo American

The proposal entails Anglo significantly lowering its exposure to South Africa by demerging its holdings in beleaguered Anglo American Platinum and Kumba Iron Ore

By Anathi Madubela

Opinion

/ 10 September 2022

A new current of hope surges across Latin America

Seven right-wing governments have been defeated, while Brazil is set to join the wave of liberation next month

By Jeremy Daphne

Article

/ 17 April 2020

It’s our diplomatic duty to bring South Africans back home — Dirco

South Africans stuck abroad are told to be patient while the government is negotiating with different countries and working on ways to bring them back home

By Tshegofatso Mathe

Article

/ 31 March 2020

South Africans stuck in Peru lockdown told to ‘hang in there’

Two women who travelled to South America for a friend’s wedding were told by the South African government to wait until Peru’s state of emergency ends. Now they could be coming home

By Tshegofatso Mathe

Article

/ 18 July 2019

‘Christ of Theft’ statue poses dilemma for Peru

The 37-metre acrylic and concrete structure, which cost $800 000, is viewed by some as a symbol of corruption

By Luis Jaime Cisneros

Article

/ 20 August 2018

Brazil sends troops after clashes at Venezuela border

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have crossed the border into Brazil over the past three years as they seek to escape the crisis in their country

By Paula Ramon

Article

/ 27 June 2018

Critics leap on goal-shy Socceroos

National broadcaster ABC said that "Australian football needs clarity, ambition, direction, rejuvenation".

By Agency

Article

/ 26 June 2018

Australia bow out as Peru claim World Cup consolation victory

Peru were already out before this game but they still had a huge travelling support, clad in the country’s distinctive white and red colours

By Andy Scott

Article

/ 4 April 2018

Women ran things in ancient Peru, a new study argues

A new book reveals how women in ancient Peru, far from being marginalised and invisible, were political and economic decision-makers

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 29 September 2015

Fast forward to modern arts destination Lima

Food has been at the forefront of Lima’s cultural renaissance, which has given its people creative confidence.

By Will Coldwell

Article

/ 30 July 2015

Peru hostages rescued after 25 years

The 13 adults and 26 children had been used as slaves in remote mountain communities.

By Jonathan Watts

Article

/ 28 January 2015

The meat and potatoes of Peru’s ‘exotic’ dishes

A search for South America’s tuber that comes in a variety of colours and sizes leads to discovering in Lima a chef’s culinary playground.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 30 September 2011

Fusion par excellence

Most Peruvian cuisine is centred on the native aji chilli pepper.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 30 September 2011

Peru laps up gastro boom

The South American nation is enjoying a gastronomic boom that is putting it on the A-list of global cuisine.

By Dan Collyns

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Article

/ 22 June 2011

‘New’ indigenous tribe discovered in the Amazon

An indigenous tribe which has had no contact with the outside world has been located in Brazil’s Amazon near the Peruvian border.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 26 January 2010

Peruvian doctors amputate wrong leg, then right one

Peruvian doctors amputated the healthy leg of an 86-year-old man, then amputated the other leg when they realised their mistake.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 23 November 2009

Court to review Fujimori’s 25-year sentence

Peru’s Supreme Court on Monday begins a three-day review of former president Alberto Fujimori’s 25-year prison sentence for human rights violations.

By Roberto Cortijo

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/ 8 April 2009

Fujimori’s wife blasts Lima ruling as ‘witch trial’

The wife of Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori accused a Lima court on Wednesday of conducting a medieval-style ”witch trial”.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 3 April 2009

Peru farmer hospitalised with eight-day erection

A Peruvian farmer underwent an operation after complaining of severe pain from an eight-day erection, said a doctor at a hospital in Sullana.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 13 December 2008

Shining Path expands role in cocaine trade

The Shining Path rebel group, which led a bloody civil war in the 1980s, has expanded its foothold in Peru’s cocaine trade to run lucrative drug labs.

By Diego Ore and Terry Wade

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/ 21 November 2008

Bush hounded till bitter end

US President George W Bush may be a lame duck, but protesters and aspiring US rivals are still dogging him with a passion on his last foreign trip.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 11 October 2008

Peru’s leader accepts resignations of entire Cabinet

Peruvian President Alan Garcia accepted the resignations of his entire Cabinet on Friday in the face of a brewing corruption scandal.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 22 June 2008

Secret of the ‘lost’ tribe that wasn’t

Amazing pictures showed a handful of warriors from an ”undiscovered tribe” on the Brazilian-Peruvian border. Or so the story was told and sold.

By Peter Beaumont

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/ 23 August 2007

Peru quake seriously damaged tourist sites

Historic churches and colonial-era haciendas along Peru’s southern coast suffered serious damage in last week’s earthquake, which also halted boat trips to an offshore wildlife reserve. In a statement, Peru’s Foreign Trade and Tourism Ministry lamented ”significant damage” to old churches and other important tourist sites.

By Frank Bajak

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/ 20 August 2007

Rescuers end search as Peru’s quake toll rises

Rescue teams in Peru’s shattered earthquake zone headed home on Monday as search operations were replaced by stepped-up aid efforts and security patrols against looters. Wednesday’s powerful 8,0-magnitude temblor killed at least 503 people, and the final toll "could reach 540", civil defence officials said. About 1 600 people were injured.

By Marc Burleigh

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/ 19 August 2007

Authorities fight disease, looting in quake-hit Peru

Health authorities in Peru on Sunday battled the spread of infectious diseases in the wake of a devastating earthquake as President Alan Garcia threatened a curfew to stop looting. Aftershocks continued to keep people on edge. Peru’s geophysical institute reported more than 400 tremors following the quake.

By Cesar Sabogal

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/ 18 August 2007

Peru quake survivors loot, fight for food

Peruvians frustrated over slow emergency aid looted pharmacies and scuffled in food lines on Friday as rescuers picked through rubble for survivors two days after a massive earthquake killed at least 510 people. A powerful aftershock renewed panic on Friday and some people sprinted away from food lines in Pisco.

By Jean Luis Arce

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/ 17 August 2007

Strong aftershock hits Peru quake area

Peruvian rescue teams scrambled on Friday to find survivors in the disaster zone of a powerful earthquake that killed about 500 people and where an aftershock of 6,0 magnitude struck on Friday, the United States Geological Survey and witnesses said. The main quake of 8,0 magnitude hit on Wednesday.

By Mail Guardian Online Reporter, Sapa Author and Mail & Guardian Online reporter, Reuters and Sapa

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/ 17 August 2007

Peru earthquake kills 500, bodies in streets

Peruvians pulled hundreds of dead from the rubble of homes and churches on Thursday and bodies piled up on street corners after a huge earthquake ravaged the country’s central coast. CNN reported that 510 people were killed and 1 500 injured in the 8,0-magnitude quake on Wednesday night.

By Jean Luis Arce

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/ 16 August 2007

Hundreds dead in massive Peru quake

A massive earthquake hit Peru on Wednesday evening and officials said more than 330 people were dead in the rubble of collapsed homes and a church as rescuers searched for victims early on Thursday. Emergency workers said the coastal province of Ica south of Lima was the hardest-hit region.

By Jean Luis Arce

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/ 16 August 2007

Powerful earthquake strikes Peru

A powerful, 7,9-magnitude earthquake, the strongest to rock Peru in decades, killed at least 115 people and injured nearly 1 000 others on Wednesday, with many more casualties feared. The quake, which lasted for almost two minutes, sent people fleeing into the streets and prompted tsunami warnings.

By Leslie Josephs

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/ 19 February 2007

Inca ruins cede to gastro-tourism in Peru

Throughout their history of poverty and political turmoil, Peruvians have been fiercely proud of their elaborate, spicy food and new superstar chefs are now a magnet for culinary tourists. Lima used to be no more than a one-night stopover for international tourists — many of them backpackers and budget travellers.

By Andrei Khalip