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Peru Opened Machu Picchu Just for This One Tourist
He waited to enter the UNESCO World Heritage Site for seven months after it was closed to visitors due to the pandemic.
13 Clubbers Flouting Lockdown Killed in Police Raid, Stampede in Peru
Officials called the incident "willful homicide motivated by profit,” but survivors questioned police tactics during the raid.
Lack of Scientists Thwarts COVID Response in One of the World's Worst Hit Countries
By some counts, Peru’s COVID-19 per capita death tally is the highest in the world.
'We Are Living In Fear': COVID-19 Further Isolates Peru's Andean Women
“How will I get to a hospital if I am sick and cannot walk,” asked one woman, “and with what money will I pay for it?”
Peru Just Fired Its Whole Cabinet in the Middle of a COVID-19 Surge
The Congress members' motive could be more about their ties to lucrative but low-quality private universities.
Please Don't Poop in a Sacred Temple at Machu Picchu
Six tourists were arrested after authorities found feces inside the UNESCO World Heritage Site's Temple of the Sun.
Scientists Uncovered 143 More Huge Ancient Drawings In Peru
With the help of satellites and AI, researchers spotted a trove of new 'geoglyphs' depicting animals, people, and objects.
Peru’s ex-president shot himself in the head as cops came to arrest him
He asked for a moment to make a phone call.
Watch a Massive Tarantula Drag an Opossum Around Like It's Nothing
“A surprising amount of death of small vertebrates in the Amazon is likely due to arthropods such as big spiders and centipedes."
8,000 Barrels of Oil Spill Into the Amazon After Locals Attack Pipeline
There have been 15 attacks on the major Peruvian pipeline in the last two years as indigenous communities faceoff against oil companies.
Fighting Corruption in Peru with Perra Vida's Hardcore Feminist Punk
"The incredibly high number of femicides, rapes, and sexual exploitation—in conjunction with many other horrible things, it makes you want to collapse and cry. But it can also motivate you to actually do something."