By Poppy Tollemache ✐ Peruvian Times Contributing Writer Though born in Chicago, Pope Leo XIV—formerly Robert Prevost—spent ...

All foreign visitors to Machu Picchu will soon have to hire an official guide to enter the Inca Citadel, follow one of three predetermined routes through the complex and face time limits at specific ...

While Europe’s 19th-century surgeons struggled with a 50% survival rate for skull surgeries, the ancient Incas had been quietly achieving 90% success with similar procedures for thousands of years—a ...

An ambitious master plan for Machu Picchu calls for a dramatic "reconceptualization" of the Inca Citadel, backed by a proposed $14.6 million makeover of its tourist infrastructure.

President Dina Boluarte appointed Pedro Angulo as president of her council of ministers Saturday afternoon, three days after taking office. The swearing-in ceremony was held in the government palace ...

Ex-President Pedro Castillo's wife, Lilia Paredes, and their two children arrived in Mexico City today, after seeking asylum at the Mexican embassy in Lima last week. Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico's Foreign ...

The Vilcabamba area, and Espiritu Pampa –known for its Inca history and where recent excavations have unearthed the tomb of an earlier Wari leader– has attracted both archaeological and geographical ...

Seven Greenpeace activists sneaked giant banners into Machu Picchu yesterday on the eve of UN Climate Summit (COP20) and unfurled a message urging world leaders to adopt a new course toward 100% ...

National Board of Justice president Aldo Vasquez, center, and members of the fledgling institution. Source: Andina The National Board of Justice swore in its seventh member this week, finally ...

More than 100 cases of Guillain Barré syndrome have been reported in Lima and several other regions of the country, prompting the Health Ministry to issue a 90-day emergency health warning and ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization issued a report 18 years ago warning that a planned aerial cable car system seriously threatened the authenticity and integrity of ...

By Paarth Mathur Peruvian Times Contributing Writer ☄ The linguistic landscape of Peru is a story of resilience. Since the Spanish conquest in 1532, efforts to erase indigenous languages like Quechua ...