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Protest sees Peru evacuate 1,400 people from Machu Picchu

Peru evacuated some 1,400 tourists overnight from the train station that serves the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, while about 900 others remained stranded as protesters blocked the railway tracks, officials said.

World • 16 Sep

men wearing hi visibility clothing clean up wreckage of a bus crash in Peru with forestry in the background

18 killed as bus plunges into ravine in Peruvian Andes

At least 18 people have been killed after a bus plunged into a ravine in the Peruvian Andes, health officials have said.

World • 26 Jul

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori won a third election in 2000

Peru's divisive former president Fujimori dies aged 86

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, who steered economic growth during the 1990s but was later jailed for human rights abuses stemming from a bloody war against Maoist rebels has died aged 86.

World • 12 Sep 24

Police arrested the men after stopping the rented Nissan they were in (File image)

Irish man arrested over cocaine seizure in Peru

An Irish man has been arrested in Peru after 55kg of cocaine was seized by police.

World • 14 Aug 24

The drug dealers were caught by a police officer in a teddy bear suit

Watch: 'Teddy' nabs Peru drug dealers in Valentine raid

Two Peruvian women accused of drug trafficking got more than they bargained for when a romantic gesture turned out to be a police raid leading to their arrests.

World • 15 Feb 24

Police officers stand guard after a bomb threat was received at El Playón de La Marín in Quito, Ecuador

Ecuador battles drug gangs behind surge of violence

Ecuador's president has declared war on drugs gangs holding scores of prison guards hostage in a wave of violence that saw the storming of a TV station on-air and explosions around the nation.

World • 11 Jan 24

Hundreds of soldiers patrol near-deserted streets in Ecuador's city's after the government and drug mafias declared war on each other

Ecuador 'at war' with drug gangs, says president

Ecuador President Daniel Noboa said that his country was "at war" with drug gangs after a string of violent incidents, including the on-air invasion of a TV station by gunmen.

World • 10 Jan 24

Machu Picchu is visited by up to 3,800 people per day

Peru shuts parts of Machu Picchu due to erosion

Peru announced it is suspending tourist visits to parts of Machu Picchu because of the erosion of certain stone structures that make up the Inca citadel.

World • 29 Sep 23

It was unclear how the man entered the premises

Man disguised as girl hiding in school arrested in Peru

Authorities at a school in the Peruvian city of Huancayo were horrified yesterday to find a man in his 40s dressed as a schoolgirl hiding in a bathroom, who was subsequently arrested.

World • 21 Apr 23

People protest outside the Police Investigation Operations Centre in Lima after protesters were arrested

Peru arrests 200 in Lima after widespread protests

Peruvian police arrested over 200 people accused of illegally entering the campus of a major Lima university, while authorities in Cusco shut the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu.

World • 22 Jan 23

Protests have rocked Peru since President Pedro Castillo was ousted in December

Machu Picchu closed due to protests across Peru

Peru has closed its famed tourist site Machu Picchu amid anti-government protests, its Ministry of Culture has said, with hundreds of tourists having been left stranded near the Inca citadel amid deadly unrest.

World • 21 Jan 23

Members of the police patrol the streets during a curfew in the province of Arequipa, Peru

Tourists seek to leave as violent protests grip Peru

Thousands of tourists are scrambling to leave Peru as violent protests grip the country.

World • 17 Dec 22

There were 102 passengers on board the plane when it hit the fire engine

Two killed in Peru as plane hits airport fire engine

Two firefighters were killed at Lima's airport when a passenger plane hit their fire engine during takeoff then crashed on the runway, officials said.

World • 19 Nov 22

Tourists rest in the boat where they have been detained at the Cuninico community

Indigenous group frees tourists held in Peruvian Amazon

A Peruvian indigenous group has freed a group of tourists held for over a day in a protest over what the community alleged to be government inaction over toxic oil spills, one of the released tourists and local officials have said.

World • 04 Nov 22

People queue for tickets in Aguas Calientes

Tourists, locals irate over Machu Picchu snafu

The suspension of ticket sales to Machu Picchu sparked protests among angry tourists and merchants from the town closest to the Inca citadel.

News Lens • 13 Aug 22

Fire was started by farmers burning grass and debris to prepare to sow new crops (File image)

Peru's Machu Picchu threatened by wildfire

Peruvian firefighters were fighting to contain a forest fire near the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, as the blaze threatened to close in on the ancient city high in the Andean mountains.

World • 01 Jul 22

Cleaning teams have been working to remove the oil along the shorelines after it stained the beaches of the district area in Lima

Oil spill tars Peruvian seaside towns

Thousands of barrels of crude oil that were spilled off Peru's central coast have taken a grim toll. Dead birds can be seen in the sea and irate fishermen stuck on the docks.

World • 23 Jan 22

The accident happened on a narrow stretch of the Carretera Central road some 60km east of the capital Lima

29 people dead after bus falls from cliff in Peru

Twenty-nine people, including a child, were killed and more than 20 were injured when a bus plummeted from a cliff in Peru, officials said, in the country's third multiple-victim transport incident in four days.

World • 01 Sep 21

Pedro Castillo is due to be sworn in on 28 July

Leftist Pedro Castillo declared Peru's next president

Leftist school teacher Pedro Castillo was proclaimed Peru's president-elect yesterday, six weeks after a polarising vote of which the results were delayed by claims of electoral fraud from his right-wing rival, Keiko Fujimori.

World • 20 Jul 21

A man stands next to a memorial for the murdered during the massive protests next to National Congress in Lima, Peru

Peru's president resigns after protest deaths

Peru was without a president after Congress failed to agree on a successor to interim leader Manuel Merino, who resigned following days of street protests against him.

World • 16 Nov 20

Due to Covid-19 only 675 tourists will be able to access Machu Picchu per day

Peru's Machu Picchu reopens after Covid lockdown

The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites, reopened with an ancient ritual after a nearly eight-month lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

World • 02 Nov 20

The figure was discovered in recent years by drone exploration of the protected region

Huge cat found etched into Peru hillside

Peruvian archaeologists have uncovered a 37-metre-long cat etching in a little-explored area of the country's celebrated Nazca Lines UNESCO heritage site.

World • 20 Oct 20

Mother and premature baby reunited after Covid recovery

A premature baby born in Peru with Covid-19 and weighing just over half a kilogram has been reunited with his mother, who also survived the coronavirus.

News Lens • 21 Jul 20

The flight carrying 120 Irish citizens left Peru late last night (Pic: @SimonCoveney)

100 Irish citizens return from Peru

A repatriation flight for 100 Irish citizens who had been stranded in Peru arrived at Dublin Airport this afternoon.

Coronavirus • 30 Mar 20

The military are monitoring the movements of citizens in Peru

Mixed travel news for Irish citizens stranded abroad

Irish citizens abroad are facing difficulties returning home amid a growing number of international flight cancellations and internal travel restrictions in the countries they are based, with good news for some and worrying development for others.

Coronavirus • 27 Mar 20