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No, it doesn’t shock me that you’re thinking about moving to Peru. The people in your life might question your sanity for ...
AWAY from the ancient stones of Machu Picchu, Peru is a nation in the grip of a brutal crime wave, with hundreds of gangs holding locals and tourists in the country to ransom.  To their ...
When the Invicta mine opened and its trucks began to rumble up and down the windy roads with precious metals extracted from deep inside, the people of Parán said, “No.” This is episode 39 of Stories ...
A new analysis of archived satellite imagery has revealed that the growing presence of small-scale mining in the Peruvian ...
A suspect in the murder of 13 miners in Peru has been arrested in Colombia ... The grim reality of illegal gold mining in Peru, now more profitable than drug trafficking, underscores a growing ...
The murders in early May put the spotlight on increasing violence provoked by a gold rush in Peru’s northern Pataz district.
Thirteen men were kidnapped and killed at a gold mine in Pataz district earlier in May.
Police in Colombia have arrested a man suspected of being involved in the killing of 13 kidnapped workers at a gold mine in ...
Writing on X, Peru's interior ministry said the suspect, Miguel Rodriguez Diaz, alias "Cuchillo" (Knife), was arrested in a joint operation between the Peruvian and Colombian police forces and ...
La Poderosa, which owns the mine where the murders took ... recent attack prompted Peru's President Dina Boluarte to impose a night-time curfew in Pataz and to suspend mining activities for ...
Advertisement Article continues below this ad The new pontiff served the church in Peru throughout ... mining, logging, ranching and more. In September 2024, Francis signaled his awareness of this ...