A United Nations panel has determined former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo's detention is "arbitrary" and called for his ...

After being besieged relentlessly throughout his 16 months in office, Pedro Castillo was removed from the presidency on December 7 by Peru’s national Congress after he announced a gutting of the ...

LIMA, Peru — A teacher in one of the poorest communities in the Andes who had never held office is now Peru’s president-elect after officials in the South American country declared him the winner of a ...

A judge in Peru has lengthened the duration of former President Pedro Castillo’s pre-trial detention from 18 months to 36, as the disgraced head of state faces charges stemming from his attempt to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chela Ordoñez travelled nearly 1,000km from Peru’s northern Piura province to the capital Lima when she heard ...