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Protesters rally in Peru against decree classifying seven gender identities as “mental illness”
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Sexual diversity activists protested in Peru’s capital in front of the health ministry Friday to demand that the government repeal a decree that characterizes seven gender identities, including transgenderism, as “mental illnesses.” Protesters also gathered...
Peruvian lawmakers begin yet another effort to remove President Dina Boluarte from office
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian lawmakers on Thursday began yet another effort to remove President Dina Boluarte from office as authorities continue various investigations against her and her inner circle. The small legislative opposition cited “moral incapacity” as the reason for...
Police arrest brother and lawyer of Peru's president over alleged influence peddling
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian authorities arrested President Dina Boluarte’s brother and her lawyer Friday over influence-peddling accusations, a day after the South American country’s government disbanded a police unit that assisted prosecutors in investigating the president’s inner circle. ...
Renowned Peruvian investigative reporter battles criminalized smear campaign — and cancer
LIMA, Peru (AP) — At age 75, one of Latin America’s most storied journalists had been looking forward to weaving into books the fragmented threads of more than four decades of investigative reporting that exposed high-level abuse of power in Peru and abroad. In an illustrious...
Judge orders preventative detention for Iranian and 2 Peruvians in thwarted plot to kill Israelis
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian judge has ordered 18 months of preventative detention for an Iranian and two Peruvian men while they are investigated for allegedly attempting to kill two Israelis living in the South American country. The ruling by Magistrate Miguel Quevedo was handed...
Editorial Roundup: Ohio
Marietta Times. April 19, 2024. Editorial: Housing urgency Most Buckeye State residents have understood Ohio has a big housing problem for years now. For those seeking a house or apartment, the crisis is unavoidable. But state lawmakers are just getting around to a...
Peru's president interrogated by prosecutors for hours amid expanding 'Rolexgate' probe
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte was interrogated by prosecutors for five hours Friday as authorities investigate whether she illegally received hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, luxury watches and jewelry. Prosecutors have been investigating the highly...
Prosecutors widen illicit enrichment probe against Peru's president to include jewelry worth $500K
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's top prosecutor told a committee of lawmakers Tuesday that the scope of an investigation into President Dina Boluarte' s ownership of three luxury watches has broaden to include fine jewelry that authorities estimate could be worth more than $500,000 and money transactions...
Pressure mounts against Peru's president as lawmakers submit request to remove her from office
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pressure mounted against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Monday as lawmakers submitted to Parliament a request to remove her from office for “permanent moral incapacity” three days after police broke down the front door of her residence to search for luxury watches tied...
Government agents raid Peruvian President Boluarte's residence in luxury watch investigation
LIMA (AP) — Peruvian president Dina Boluarte said in a televised address on Saturday that she rejected the “unconstitutional and discriminatory” way an investigation into possible illicit enrichment is being carried out, after police broke down the front door of her house with a battering ram...