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A man holds a sign that reads: "The Pope has eaten here. Blessed food, food with faith", outside "Las Americas" restaurant, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, who is a dual U.S.-Peruvian citizen, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda

In Peru's north, locals remember Pope Leo driving pick-up, playing tennis

The new head of the global Roman Catholic Church was born in Chicago, but spent decades in Peru. He first arrived in 1985 as a young missionary in the mostly impoverished north, spending many of...

Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize winner, dressed in the traditional attire of French Academicians, leaves following the ceremony during which he was inducted into the Academie Francaise (French Academy) as an 'immortal' member at the Institut de France in Paris, France, February 9, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa dies aged 89

Saul Luciano Lliuya, who is pursuing a lawsuit against German energy utility RWE, whose emissions he says have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, swelling a lake above his hometown to dangerous levels, is pictured in his home, in Huaraz, Peru March 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Angela Ponce/File Photo

Peruvian farmer takes German energy giant RWE to court in landmark climate case

A drone view shows cranes at a megaport in Chancay, Peru October 24, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Angela Ponce/File Photo

Peru's economy seen growing 4% this year with stable inflation

Peru's conservative Keiko Fujimori addresses the media in Lima, Peru July 19, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo

Peru judge throws out Keiko Fujimori's money laundering trial

The headquarters of Petroleos del Peru (Petroperu), a state company dedicated to the refining, distribution and marketing of fuels, is seen at the district of San Isidro in Lima, Peru, May 4, 2017. Photo: REUTERS

Peru declares environmental emergency after oil spill

A specimen of spiny mouse (Scolomys sp.), a species discovered on a Conservation International Rapid Assessment expedition into the Alto Mayo Landscape in Peru, is pictured, June 16, 2022. Conservation International/photo by Ronald Diaz/Handout via REUTERS

'Amphibious mouse' among 27 new species discovered in Peru's Amazon

Peru's President Dina Boluarte welcomes Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, in Lima, Peru November 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Angela Ponce

Peru, Japan strengthen ties with defence and mining agreements

Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, APEC Summit, Lima, November 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis

Xi says he will work with Trump team as he meets Biden in Peru

US President Joe Biden waves as he walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Woodside, California, US, November 15, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque//File Photo

Biden, China's Xi to meet on Saturday in Peru: US officials

A view shows cranes at the new megaport being built by China's state-owned Cosco Shipping, promising to shorten sea routes to Asia for Peruvian and some Brazilian goods, in Chancay, Peru October 24, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Angela Ponce/File Photo

In South America, Trump already losing a trade battle with China

Peru footballer killed after lightning strikes pitch during match, five others injured in tragic incident

Peru footballer killed after lightning strikes pitch during match, five others injured in tragic incident

'Cholita' a Spectacled bear walks on a tree at the dry forest of the Chaparri Natural Reserve in Peru's northern region of Lambayeque October 19, 2014. Picture taken October 19, 2014. Photo: REUTERS/Mariana Bazo/File Photo

Record wildfires ravage Peru's ecosystems and wildlife