Shamans in Peru gathered for an annual New Year's ritual on Monday where they made predictions for the year to come, including illness for U.S. President Donald Trump and the downfall of Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro.

The Central Reserve Bank of Peru says the country has the potential to double copper production in coming years driven by mining project.

Following the 6.2 magnitude earthquake, there were no immediate reports of major injuries or severe damage to infrastructure.

At least 34 candidates have registered to compete in Peru's 2026 presidential election, the electoral office said on Wednesday, a record number for a country that has been defined by political volatility in recent years,

Ecuador restricted most of its border crossings with Colombia and Peru for "national security reasons," leaving only two international crossings open.

In late December effigies of officials new and old dangle from market stalls near parliament and the presidential palace in Lima, the capital. Slogans on dummies of Jóse Jerí, the interim president, are particularly rude.

LIMA, Peru — Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo on Monday was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which became synonymous with corruption across Latin America, where it paid ...

The shamans made the prediction as they gathered for an annual New Year's ritual. They carried large posters of world leaders, over which they crossed swords, burned incense and some of which they stomped on.

Deep within the cloud forests of the San Martín region of Peru lie two places so high, cold and remote that they remained virtually unexplored for decades. In 2022, and again in 2025, monitors from three Indigenous and local associations guided a team of scientists from Peru and France on a series of expeditions to