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aespa's Lima Debut Tonight: What Fans Should Know Before Costa 21 — First Ever Peru Concert

aespa plays Lima for the first time tonight at Costa 21. Ticket prices, the likely setlist, and two 2026 award claims we had to correct.

Latin Times

What Ecuador and Peru Are Really Getting From Rubio's Visit

Rubio closes his South America tour Sept. 10 in Lima with Fujimori, after stops with Colombia's De la Espriella and Ecuador's Noboa. What's confirmed.

Latin Times

Watch: Archaeologists uncover 38 skeletons at ancient Peru citadel

Archaeologists have uncovered a tomb with the remains of 38 people and gold and copper objects at the ancient Chan Chan site in northern Peru.

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Rubio promises security cooperation to Colombia's new president

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Colombia's new president, Abelardo De La Espriella. They discussed enhancing security cooperation against drug trafficking and improving economic ties. Colombia seeks US assistance with aircraft, radar, and anti-money-laundering tools. Rubio also plans visits to Ecuador and Peru to meet aligned leaders. The…

The Economic Times

Peru’s monetary system would not work in Venezuela

As Venezuela's National Assembly debates how to kill the world's highest inflation rate, two economists argue that copying Peru would be a mistake.

Fortune

The Inca Trail Reopened After Deadly Storms — But DANA Storms, Not El Niño, Are Peru's Real Route Closure Risk

The Inca Trail reopened Sept. 5 after a deadly storm and two worker deaths. A record El Niño looms, but Cusco's real risk is a different storm.

Latin Times

Huachuma, the Andean psychedelic cactus, is drawing Western seekers and raising ethical questions

For at least two decades, thousands of Americans have been going to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil to look for ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew traditionally used in sacred ceremonies in South America. Ayahuasca contains the psychedelic compound DMT, N-Dimethyltryptamine, and researchers are studying its effects on several conditions, including depression…

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Peru's Food Supply Faces a 50% Hit From El Niño — Just as U.S. Remittances Slow Down

Peru faces up to 50% lower food output from an intensifying El Niño, just as U.S. remittances slow and a new 1% cash-transfer tax kicks in.

Latin Times

A shift swap on 9/11: The story of the World Trade Center restaurant staff who lost their lives

25TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11: A new documentary retells the story of the World Trade Center’s iconic top-floor restaurant, Windows on the World. For the surviving staff, its legacy rests not on how it ended but on the workplace they created for 25 years before that tragic day, Jasmine Fernández writes

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El Niño Just Hit a Record Threshold — Here's Every Country in Latin America Already Paying for It

NOAA gives 2026's El Niño 90%+ odds of hitting historic strength. Ecuador is now on red alert, Colombia risks blackouts, crops fail.

Latin Times

Sheinbaum Says Nicaragua Must Choose Its Own Fate. A Rights Group Asks: Choose With What Ballot?

WOLA challenges Sheinbaum's Nicaragua defense, noting Ortega's Assembly just barred 452 dissidents from ever running for office again.

Latin Times

Why Did Earthquakes Strike Colombia and Peru Almost Simultaneously Today, Saturday Sept. 5th?

A 3.8-magnitude quake hit Peru's La Libertad region and a 3.4 tremor shook Colombia's Santander state hours apart on Sept. 5, officials confirm.

Latin Times

The Inca Trail Reopens Today, Sept. 5 — Here's Why Peru's Last Reopening Never Actually Happened

Peru's Inca Trail reopens Sept. 5 after storm damage and a reversed August restart date. Here's what changed, and what's still unverified.

Latin Times

In 2008, Bosques Amazonicos SAC began training Ucayali farmers to grow food sustainably. 10 years later, hundreds of jobs were created and forest was regenerated in Peru

Bosques Amazónicos SAC initiated the Campo Verde Project in Peru's Ucayali region. This initiative focused on reforesting degraded lands with native tree species. The project also provided training and employment opportunities to local communities. Nearly two million native trees were planted across over two thousand hectares of land.

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It's Official: Pope Leo XIV Is Coming Home to Peru. Tour Dates for Nov. 11–17 Confirmed

Vatican confirms Pope Leo XIV's Nov. 11–17 Peru visit, his first trip there as pontiff, with stops in Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco and Pucallpa.

Latin Times

Peru Expands El Niño Phenomenon Emergency to 893 Districts — Here's How to Check Your Family's Town

Peru declared a 60-day emergency in 893 districts as El Niño odds hit 62%. Here's what it means for Peruvian families in the U.S.

Latin Times

Peru Sets Firm Date for Inca Trail's Return After Storm: Machu Picchu's Route Reopens Saturday, Sept. 5th

Cusco officials confirmed Saturday, Sept. 5 as the Inca Trail's reopening date, after storm damage, two workers' deaths and two missed deadlines.

Latin Times

Inside Keiko Fujimori's First Month: Mining Billions, Emergency Powers and a Fuel Revolt

A month into office, Peru's Fujimori has kept the central bank chief, sought decree powers, chased a $33B mining bet, and faced her first fuel revolt.

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Machu Picchu's Inca Trail Enters September Still Closed as Peru's Third Deadline Passes Quietly

Peru's Inca Trail missed a third reopening deadline Aug. 30. Still no date, plus new details on two workers' deaths and a stalled labor law.

Latin Times

Inca Trail Closure Drags On: Storms and Two Worker Deaths Push Machu Picchu's Reopening to a Third Deadline

A second Inca Trail reopening deadline has passed after storms and two porter deaths near Machu Picchu. A new decision on Routes 1-3 is due Aug. 30.

The Independent UK

Peru court hands lengthy prison terms in killing of Indigenous Amazon defender

A Peruvian court has convicted four men of murder-for-hire and sentenced them to between 15 and 35 years in prison for the 2023 killing of an Indigenous Kichwa leader and rainforest defender

Latin Times

Peru's Inca Trail Reopens Today — But the Real Question Is Who's Paying the Price

Peru reopens the Inca Trail today, but a porter's death has triggered a labor investigation and a senator's push to enforce a dormant 2022 law.

The Conversation

How Ecuador became a global cocaine hub

For decades, discussions about Latin America’s cocaine trade have tended to focus on the same places. Colombia and Peru produce much of the world’s coca, while Mexico’s cartels dominate trafficking into the US. But between these known parts of the supply chain, another country has quietly become important: Ecuador.

Euronews

Remains of 16th-century hospital that treated sailors discovered in Peru

Archealogists uncovered a colonial-era hospital and adjacent church in Lima that treated sick sailors. According to experts, the hospital dates back to the 1570s and operated until shortly before 1821.

The Independent UK

Peru court hands lengthy prison terms in killing of Indigenous Amazon defender

A Peruvian court has convicted four men of murder-for-hire and sentenced them to between 15 and 35 years in prison for the 2023 killing of an Indigenous Kichwa leader and rainforest defender

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