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Eight rescued from landslide in Peru, 15 still missing

The mountain that collapsed completely buried at least 60 and 70 homes

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After fourth cabinet reshuffle, Peru's controversial new PM promises to support free-markets

"Our policy is the free market, but with the participation of the state," Torres told reporters

Politics

Peru's socialist president sacks PM, prepares for fourth cabinet reshuffle in six months

"I have decided to recompose the cabinet," Castillo said in a television address

Politics

Peru's latest PM under fire for domestic abuse

A congressional block of the PM would force Castillo to name yet another cabinet

Opinion & Reviews

OPINION: Will Peru be the next country to abandon its market-friendly constitution?

"From the executive's side we've been fulfilling what the president promised during the campaign, which is to create a constitution-making moment for a new constitution," the new prime minister told reporters

Politics

Peru's far-left president to replace prime minister in cabinet shakeup

Castillo, a member of the Marxist Perú Libre party, must now seek the confirmation of his new cabinet from the opposition-led Congress. When he presented a far-left cabinet to the nation in July, Peru’s currency hit record lows amid investor concerns

Health

Peru says oil spill caused by Tonga explosion is an ecological disaster

The spill harmed animals and plant life in protected areas

Coronavirus

Peruvians block highway over new vaccine mandates

As the protests raged, "The COVID-19 virus does not exist,” and “it’s all made up,” could be heard shouted by the unmasked crowds

Coronavirus

Record number of Peruvians get vaccinated after government imposes vaccination passport requirements

Politics

Susana Higuchi, ex-wife of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, dies at 71

Higuchi also served two terms as a member of the Peruvian Congress from 2000 to 2006