Peruvian judiciary authorities have launched the fifth active inquest into President Pedro Castillo Terrones' alleged involvement in acts of corruption, it was announced Friday in Lima, after ...

Castillo has four identities. Together, they make him a very unusual president. Castillo is a peasant farmer from a northern region of Peru called Cajamarca. There are very important gold mines there, ...

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones was sentenced on Thursday to 11 years, 5 months, and 15 days in prison for the crime of conspiracy to commit rebellion, stemming from his failed ...

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has ended a four-day hunger strike that he began in protest of his trial on rebellion and other charges, judicial authorities announced Friday. A judicial ...

Peru's president-elect, Pedro Castillo, waves as he leaves his home in Lima on Thursday. (Sebastian Castaneda/Reuters) Peru’s fragile democracy was subjected to an extreme test last month when a ...

Rural teacher-turned-political novice Pedro Castillo on Monday became the winner of Peru's presidential election after the country's longest electoral count in 40 years. Castillo, whose supporters ...

Pedro Castillo maintained a slim lead over rival Keiko Fujimori in Peru's presidential election on Thursday, with almost all votes counted, but with a chunk of contested votes yet to be scrutinized by ...

LIMA/TACABAMBA, Peru, June 7 (Reuters) - Peruvian socialist Pedro Castillo widened his lead against right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori in the country’s presidential vote on Monday, but she said she will ...

Dina Boluarte became Peru’s first female President on Wednesday, capping off a dramatic day which saw her predecessor arrested for the alleged crime of rebellion and impeached by lawmakers. Boluarte, ...

Peru’s ousted former president Pedro Castillo will remain in pretrial detention for 18 months, the country’s Supreme Court ordered on Thursday, as crowds of his supporters protested outside the ...

WHEN HE TOOK office as Peru’s president on July 28th, the bicentenary of the country’s independence, Pedro Castillo declared that he would not govern from the presidential palace. Built on the site of ...

LIMA, July 28 (Reuters) - Pedro Castillo on Wednesday said Peru's colonial wounds still ran deep and he would seek to heal them, while promising economic stability in his inaugural speech as president ...