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Opposition-dominated Congress fails to amass enough votes to remove president amid severe economic and health crises.
Peru
![Latin America, while 8 percent of the world's population, accounts for a third of infections and deaths with Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and Argentina among the top 10 hardest-hit countries in the world [File: Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/fd7f5581b4114495865e3dac085840a8_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Rush hour, crowded bars, packed beaches – after months of lockdowns Latin Americans push back on pandemic restrictions.
![Peru President Martin Vizcarra has rejected accusations he tried to interfere in a government corruption probe [File: Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bc4d2238732a4dbf94f2cf5ad4239fea_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Impeachment proceedings against Martin Vizcarra set for Friday after top court rejected president’s...
![Passengers arrive in a public taxi boat to the Shipibo Indigenous community of Pucallpa, located along the Ucayali river in the Amazonian rainforest of eastern Peru. Transportation is one of the biggest hurdles in treating Indigenous groups - some can only be reached by helicopter or an eight-hour boat ride. [Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/4a82890712c849a39d11be0aac01f840_8.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Peru has world’s highest per-population confirmed COVID-19 mortality rate, forcing the Indigenous to...
![The Congress of the Republic of Peru began impeachment proceedings against President Martin Vizcarra on Friday [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/9bb640666a024a58ae25e4d191801030_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Authorities are probing allegations President Martin Vizcarra tried to obstruct a graft investigation.
![Martin Vizcarra is under fire over alleged ties to a little-known singer involved in a fraud case [File: Peruvian Presidency/Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/abb7037a66b34818b7ec216b1c3d8a36_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Latest challenge to Vizcarra’s rule stems from claims he tried to obstruct a corruption inquiry against his government.
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About 120 people in Lima tried to flee a party, banned under current coronavirus restrictions, when police arrived.
Analysts say it is the worst recession in more than a century.
An Indigenous woman embarks on a journey to Machu Picchu that will force her to confront horrors from her past.
Serious COVID-19 cases among children are still far from widespread but more are now being admitted to intensive care.
![Passengers practice social distancing as they stand in line before entering the airport in Lima, Peru [File: Sebastian Castaneda/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/49d152686e1f4c1082571bc4db85f808_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
At least 1,200 disappearances reported across Latin American country since the start of coronavirus pandemic in March.
Martin Vizcarra named a new health minister as part of the reshuffle, the second replacement since the coronavirus pandemic began.
![Martin Vizcarra came to power in March 2018 after Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was forced to resign as president over a corruption scandal [File: The Associated Press]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/c40eccc8402d4163baf2675a46786b1e_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Vizcarra stressed the presidential term could not be extended by ‘political crises, the pandemic or other factors’.
Peruvian healthcare workers protest against a lack of protective gear as the country faces the worst coronavirus outbreak in South America.