CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pride and praise in Peru for Pope Leo who left lasting impression

At Carlos Mandujano, AFP

PROFILE: Leo XIV

New pontiff Leo XIV spent decades amid the poor in Peru

At Alexandria Sage, AFP

REACTION TO NEW POPE

Trump says election of Pope Leo XIV 'great honour' for US

NEW POPE CHOSEN

Soft-spoken Prevost is first pope from the US (and Peru)

At Alexandria Sage, AFP

NEW POPE IN PLACE

Cardinals choose first US pope in Catholic Church history

OBITUARY

Mario Vargas Llosa: Peruvian Nobel-winning novelist

At Marcelo Rochabrun & John Quigley, Bloomberg

LITERARY LEGEND DIES

Mario Vargas Llosa, Latin American literary heavyweight, dies at 89

HUMAN RIGHTS

Peru rights groups sound alarm on 'anti-NGO' bill

Extortion Epidemic

Peru journalist killed, prosecutor's office bombed

Political crisis in Bolivia

Peru braces for Bolivian migration wave amid turmoil

At Marcelo Rochabrun, Bloomberg

ANALYSIS

Alberto Fujimori, emblem of '90s absolutism and corruption

At Darío Silva D'Andrea

PERU EX-PRESIDENT

Peru's deeply divisive former leader dead at 86

OBITUARY

Alberto Fujimori, authoritarian behind Peru rebound, dies at 86

At John Quigley & Marcelo Rochabrun, Bloomberg

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Argentina joins 10 other nations in rejecting Maduro vote certification

Copa América 2024

No Messi, no problem as Argentina down Peru

Football: Copa América

Messi, Di María ready for Copa clashes with Canada, Chile, Peru

MARKETS

Latin America’s quasi-sovereign companies attract bond investors

At Maria Elena Vizcaino & Carolina Wilson, Bloomberg

CRIME & SECURITY

Peruvian woman accused of cutting off sleeping partner's penis

Drug war crisis

Relatives of Ecuador drug boss 'Fito' arrested and deported from Argentina

Narco-violence terrorises Ecuador

Ecuador’s ‘armed conflict’ against drug cartels explodes into violence

International football

Albiceleste continue to impress, with or without Messi

At Dan Edwards

WORLD CUP QUALIFERS

Messi double helps Argentina stay perfect in World Cup qualifiers

Dollarisation proposal

Peru’s Velarde says Argentines should be free to choose currency

At Ignacio Olivera Doll, Bloomberg

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

Messi back as 2026 World Cup qualifiers kick off

DRUG-TRAFFICKING

Bolivia says huge manhunt closing in on accused drug-lord

MUSIC

Argentine urban music conquers the world – Duki, Nicki Nicole, Bizarrap lead way