Peru Capital Lima

In December, a Peruvian policeman dressed as Santa Claus carried out a drug bust near capital Lima.

Peru's government late Saturday declared a state of emergency in the capital Lima and three other regions due to protests against President Dina Boluarte which have claimed at least 42 lives in recent weeks.

A LATAM Airlines plane taking off from the airport in Peru's capital Lima struck a firetruck on the runway and caught fire on Friday.

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo imposed a curfew in the capital, Lima, on Tuesday, banning people from leaving their homes in an attempt to curb protests against rising fuel and fertilizer costs that have spread throughout the country.

Archeologists in Peru working on a site in the outskirts of the capital Lima have unearthed a mummy believed to be between 800 and 1,200 years old -- and, surprisingly, bound with rope.

A strong earthquake shook Lima and regions of central coastal Peru late Tuesday, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

At least 20 people were killed and eight injured when the double-decker bus they were traveling in caught on fire in the Peruvian capital Lima on Sunday, a spokesman for the country's firefighters said.

The 41st edition of the Dakar Rally was flagged off on January 6, 2019, in all its glory. Having earned the reputation of being one of the most challenging rallies ever, the 2019 Dakar Rally is being held only in Peru this year and was flagged off from the capital city - Lima. There are two Indian teams participating in the championship including H...

Ten people were treated for burns after a man doused a woman with gasoline and set her alight inside a public bus in the Peruvian capital Lima, firefighters said.

Peruvian emergency workers on Wednesday said they had recovered 50 bodies -- six of them children -- from a horrific bus crash over a cliff north of the capital Lima.

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook buildings in the Peruvian capital Lima on Friday but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

Real estate developers using heavy machinery tore down a 20-foot (6-meter) tall pyramid at the oldest archaeological site near Peru's country's capital, cultural officials said on Wednesday.

When Presbitero Matias Maestro cemetery in Lima received its first body in 1808, the best plots went to the elite, unless the noble had been dishonoured or disgraced.

At least 10 people have been killed after a minibus returning from a school trip to a zoo in the Peruvian capital, plunged into a 120 metre (393 foot) deep ravine. The accident happened in Matucana, 80 kilometres (50 miles) east of Lima on Thursday.

In December, a Peruvian policeman dressed as Santa Claus carried out a drug bust near capital Lima.

Peru's government late Saturday declared a state of emergency in the capital Lima and three other regions due to protests against President Dina Boluarte which have claimed at least 42 lives in recent weeks.

A LATAM Airlines plane taking off from the airport in Peru's capital Lima struck a firetruck on the runway and caught fire on Friday.

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo imposed a curfew in the capital, Lima, on Tuesday, banning people from leaving their homes in an attempt to curb protests against rising fuel and fertilizer costs that have spread throughout the country.

Archeologists in Peru working on a site in the outskirts of the capital Lima have unearthed a mummy believed to be between 800 and 1,200 years old -- and, surprisingly, bound with rope.

A strong earthquake shook Lima and regions of central coastal Peru late Tuesday, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

At least 20 people were killed and eight injured when the double-decker bus they were traveling in caught on fire in the Peruvian capital Lima on Sunday, a spokesman for the country's firefighters said.

The 41st edition of the Dakar Rally was flagged off on January 6, 2019, in all its glory. Having earned the reputation of being one of the most challenging rallies ever, the 2019 Dakar Rally is being held only in Peru this year and was flagged off from the capital city - Lima. There are two Indian teams participating in the championship including H...

Ten people were treated for burns after a man doused a woman with gasoline and set her alight inside a public bus in the Peruvian capital Lima, firefighters said.

Peruvian emergency workers on Wednesday said they had recovered 50 bodies -- six of them children -- from a horrific bus crash over a cliff north of the capital Lima.

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook buildings in the Peruvian capital Lima on Friday but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

Real estate developers using heavy machinery tore down a 20-foot (6-meter) tall pyramid at the oldest archaeological site near Peru's country's capital, cultural officials said on Wednesday.

When Presbitero Matias Maestro cemetery in Lima received its first body in 1808, the best plots went to the elite, unless the noble had been dishonoured or disgraced.

At least 10 people have been killed after a minibus returning from a school trip to a zoo in the Peruvian capital, plunged into a 120 metre (393 foot) deep ravine. The accident happened in Matucana, 80 kilometres (50 miles) east of Lima on Thursday.