Peru
Peruvian court sentences former President Castillo to over 11 years in prison for rebellion
Peru's political chaos continues: Castillo's jailing brings the total to five former presidents behind bars. Peru has cycled through six presidents since 2018.
Ancient migrants left murals warning of climate change after a mega-drought 4,200 years ago in Peru
AI-powered study uncovers 303 new Nazca Lines geoglyphs, doubling the known figures
Peruvian team finds 12-million-year-old near-perfect dolphin ancestor
Hodaya Monsonego, detained in Peru for 2 years, to return to Israel
Monsonego, who is cognitively impaired, was jailed in Peru for 10 months on charges of drug smuggling.
Peru: 3,200 years old mural of pre-contact Spider deity found
The Cupisnique site was mostly destroyed when local farmers wanted to expand their crops, but thanks to researchers, the mural was discovered.
Peruvian woman 'happy' for official decision for her to die by euthanasia
The ruling was remarkable in this mostly Roman Catholic country where euthanasia is illegal.
37 meter cat-shaped Nazca line discovered in Peru
While most Nazca lines were attributed to the Nazca culture, this cat geoglyph seems to be significantly older.
Scientists team up to save endangered 'scrotum frog'
Known by the scientific name Telmatoius culeus and as the Titicaca water frog, it also has the nickname of "scrotum frog."
Letters to the Editor June 24, 2020: What’s true in Peru
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
Peruvian Jews move to Israel to flee COVID-19 and street riots
“Residents in Lima are in a very high state of tension,” said Gustavo Gakman, director of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews’ Latin America, Spain, and Portugal division.
Peru archbishop lines church with faces of deceased coronavirus victims
The act was done in a commentary on the government's health system's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
Israeli Hodaya Monsonego released from prison to house arrest in Peru
Hodaya, 24, who is cognitively impaired, faces criminal charges of smuggling narcotics after she was found with 28 kg. of cocaine in her luggage.
Peru, Panama limit men and women to alternate days out to stall virus
Peru and Panama both started on Thursday limiting the times men and women can leave their homes in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
