The 51-year-old daughter of the late former President Alberto Fujimori, Peru's new conservative leader has pledged to fight crime with an "iron fist."

LIMA, July 31 (Reuters) - ⁠Peru ⁠will deepen its relations ⁠with the United States, which it sees ​as a "strategic partner," newly-appointed Foreign Minister Carlos Espá said on Friday. He ‌added Peru will also ‌work to restore diplomatic ties with Mexico and ⁠Colombia, ⁠and take initial steps to rebuild relations with Venezuela.

Peru is prone to frequent quakes, but the 5.5-magnitude temblor was the biggest to strike the central highlands area in more than 50 years.

By Marco Aquino and Lucinda Elliott LIMA, July 28 (Reuters) - Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru's president on Tuesday, becoming the latest in a string of conservative leaders elected across Latin America by voters frustrated by crime,

Keiko Fujimori, who was 19 years old when she made her international debut at a 1994 event as Peru’s first lady, is now one step closer to winning then presidency.

After weeks of protests, fraud accusations and review of contested ballots in a razor-thin race, conservative Keiko Fujimori was officially declared the winner of Peru's president

Ollanta Humala had been convicted of money laundering offences alongside his wife in 2025.

India, Aug. 2 -- A sightseeing plane carrying foreign tourists crashed near Peru's world-famous Nazca Lines on Saturday, killing all 13 people on board in one of the country's deadliest tourism-related aviation accidents in recent years.