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The US Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 in the country’s coastal Guayas region. President Guillermo Lasso tweeted a message asking residents to remain calm. Source link

Measure, in force for 30 days, authorises army to intervene to maintain order and suspends constitutional rights including freedom of movement and assembly. Source link

Cusco international airport has been closed since supporters of ousted president Pedro Castillo tried to storm the terminal; roads and railways have also been blocked. Source link

A Peruvian judge approves a request from authorities for time to build their rebellion case against ex-president Pedro Castillo. Source link

‘Thanks to sniffer dogs, agents found around 1,140 kilos of cocaine in bags hidden under a cargo of cat litter,’ police said. Brazil is a crossroads for international drug trafficking. Source link

China has made progress over trade deals with Ecuador, Uruguay, Panama, Colombia, Nicaragua, having already penned agreements with Chile, Costa Rica and Peru, with the US losing its foothold in the region. Source link

The Fuerabamba and Huancuire groups earlier set up camp inside the mine, saying that previous commitments to them had not been honoured. Source link

The 83-year-old, who has served 15 years of a 25-year term, suffered a drop in blood pressure and an irregular heartbeat and was urgently transported to a hospital. Source link

Palaeontologists have unearthed the skull of a ferocious marine predator, an ancient ancestor of modern-day whales, which once lived in a prehistoric ocean that covered part of what is now Peru, scientists announced on Thursday.The roughly 36-million-year-old well-preserved skull was dug up intact last year from the bone-dry rocks of …

Hundreds of traditional fisherman living just outside the Peruvian capital fear their livelihoods are ruined following an oil spill caused by a volcanic eruption thousands of miles away.Authorities called the spill, caused by an eruption on the other side of the Pacific near Tonga, the worst ecological disaster in Lima …