Lima

  • The New King of Coke (Part 5)

    In the final part of the five-part series, VICE News travels to Washington, DC, to see how both sides of the US war on drugs view the global shift in cocaine production from Colombia to Peru.

  • The New King of Coke (Part 4)

    In part four of the five-part series, VICE News meets foreigners who have served time in Peruvian prisons for drug trafficking, who are now stuck in Peru on parole.

  • The New King of Coke (Part 3)

    In part three of the five-part series, VICE News spends the night with a Peruvian cocaine producer as he cooks the drug in an underground lab in Lima.

  • The New King of Coke (Trailer)

    Peru is now the world's leading producer of cocaine. VICE News traveled there to find out how this new title is forcing the military to ramp up, and the government to crack down.

  • VICE News Capsule - Tuesday, December 2

    UN suspends food aid program to Syrian refugees over lack of funding, Hungarian rights groups criticize police-produced video against sexual violence, Moldovan youth organize protest calling for reunification with Romania, and more.

  • MUNCHIES Presents: Nikkei

    With the intent of recreating their homeland dishes using local ingredients, Japanese immigrants in Peru informally created Nikkei cuisine, a fusion popularized worldwide by Nobu Matsuhisa's empire.

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  • How-To: Make Ceviche with Javier Wong

    Javier Wong is arguably the top ceviche-maker in Peru—some even call him the godfather of ceviche. In this how-to video for MUNCHIES, he shares his ridiculously simple but perfect recipe.

  • Nikkei Is the Beautiful Love Child of Peru and Japan

    Nikkei cuisine is gastronomic natural selection at its finest, a flawless spawn of epicurean intercourse. It breeds two master culinary races, both of which possess an age-old history and flaunt superior native ingredients.

  • The World Is Finally Realizing That Peru Has Always Been a Culinary Destination

    Don't say that Peru is in the midst of a culinary boom—it's always been a culinary destination rich with ingredients hard to find elsewhere. But Peruvians have had to convince themselves that their cuisine deserves to be recognized by the rest of the...

  • Being Frank: Peru, Part 1

    In the first half of Being Frank's Peru adventure, The Franks introduce viewers to Virgilio Martinez and Gastón Acurio, two of Latin America's best chefs.

  • Even Peru's Top Chefs Are Addicted to Fast Food

    The executive chef of Lima’s El Señorío de Sulco, Flavio Solórzano is helping to reclaim and spread awareness about Peru's wide and varied culture in both his restaurant and the wildly popular Mistura festival. But that won't stop him from hitting up...

  • Surfing Peru with Balaram Stack

    We followed 22-year-old pro surfer Balaram Stack as he traveled from his hometown on Long Beach, New York, to meet up with his buddy and fellow pro Christobal de Col in Lima, Peru.