Peru’s right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori built what may be an unassailable lead on Tuesday as vote counting for the runoff election entered its final stages, official figures showed. With 99.86 percent of ballots tallied, Fujimori held 50.12 percent of vote, a margin of just over 43,000 over her leftist rival Roberto Sanchez, according to … Read more
At least one person died and 60 others were injured in what seemed to be a crush of fans at a popular soccer team’s stadium in the Peruvian capital on Friday night, authorities reported. Police said officers rescued people trapped as a result of the influx of Alianza Lima fans in the south stands of … Read more
A bombing at a nightclub in Peru has injured 33 people, including minors, authorities said Saturday. The explosion happened in the pre-dawn hours at the Dali nightclub in the province of Trujillo along Peru’s northern coast, according to a statement from the local Emergency Operations Center. It’s a region that has recently been plagued by … Read more