Latin American players hold almost 50% of the all-time scoring records among all 29 MLS franchises.

His first goal of the 2024 MLS season takes him to 79 goals for the Sounders in all competitions, tying Freddy Montero for the team record.

During the "mega-operation," around 700 officers conducted raids on houses and offices in four districts of the capital Lima, as well as in the Tumbes, Cajamarca, and Piura regions along Peru's border with Ecuador.

Ecuador and Haiti experienced some of the largest surges in violence, whereas El Salvador and Peru were among the countries where rates dropped the most

Venezuelans living in Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Brazil have, on average, higher levels of education than locals

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According to local media reports, Tejada collapsed during a pick-up game near his hometown of San Miguelito, Panama.

Vladimiro Montesinos pleaded guilty to charges related to the 1992 massacre of six farmers who were accused of being members of a rebel group. They were taken from their homes by soldiers and executed.

Central Reserve Bank of Peru projected previously that the inflation rate in 2023 would close at 3.8%. However, recent data shows that the country has the lowest inflation rate since 2020.

Once brimful, the lakes dotting this mountainous region -- some 4,700 meters above sea level -- are now depressingly dry -- a "rain deficit" caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, said Luis Romero, climate change advisor for the NGO Save the Children.

As per the new ruling, the court has ordered the state prison agency to release Alberto Fujimori "on the same day."

Boluarte became the president after Pedro Castillo's ouster last December, which resulted in social unrest and several protests across the country, leading to the death of at least 49 citizens.

From 2016 to 2020, Peru lost 6% of these high mountain glaciers, adding that many of them have disappeared from the Ancash region.

Peru is the world's second-largest producer of copper. However, the country is currently experiencing a decline in private investment due to the El Nino weather phenomenon.

President Boluarte and Joe Biden are expected to talk about the "full-frontal fight against drug trafficking, along with the country's efforts to garner larger and better investments."

Giving the poor a better life and spurring economic growth while also curbing planet-harming emissions is one of the major challenges facing world leaders meeting for COP28 climate talks next month in the United Arab Emirates.

"I'm not going to attend the San Francisco (summit) because we do not have relations with Peru," the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador said.

While the Peruvian president is currently in New York City to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly, she was virtually present during the announcement of the emergency.

Dressed in colorful ponchos, a group of Peruvian shamans tie up an effigy of Neymar as they seek to "neutralize" him ahead of Tuesday's World Cup qualifying match against Brazil.

The 40 cm (16 inch) reptile was first discovered in May 2022 in the jungle mountains of Otishi National Park, San Marcos National University said Wednesday.

Approximately 2,000 people reside in the affected area surrounding the volcano, facing the impact of the ongoing volcanic activity.

Following a court-issued order, Betssy Chavez, the former prime minister, was arrested at her residence located in Tacna, a city in the southern region of Peru.

Peru has declared National Emergency as dengue has killed more than 200 people, and hospitals are struggling to treat patients.

Rural and indigenous south witnessed intense violence during nationwide protests, seen as coastal elites' further neglect of their concerns.

The miners were working about 100m (330ft) below the surface when the blaze broke out.

Peru's former presidential candidate Daniel Urresti was sentenced to jail on Thursday for a journalist's murder in 1988.

At least six people have died in Peru as a powerful cyclone, Yaku, hit the country last week.

The soldiers tried to take "an alternative route" by crossing a river but were swept away by the current.

The bandaged mummy was described as "a kind of spiritual girlfriend" by the man who claimed to have been sleeping in the same room.

Castillo is charged with offenses such as organized crime, influence peddling, and being an accomplice to collusion that occurred under his watch.