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Eva Vergara, longtime AP Chile correspondent, dies at 68

Sep. 24, 2024 20:02 PM EDT

Chilean journalist Eva Vergara, who in her four decades at The Associated Press covered stories including the first protests against the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and revealed key information about abuses by members of the Catholic Church, died Tuesday. She was 68. ...

Alberto Fujimori, Peru's controversial former president, buried after 3 days of national mourning

Sep. 15, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Controversial former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was buried Saturday after three days of national mourning in which thousands of supporters lined up outside a museum in Lima to visit the politician's casket. Peruvian President Dina Boluarte saluted the...

Peru declares 3 days of national mourning for former President Alberto Fujimori

Sep. 12, 2024 22:36 PM EDT

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s government on Thursday declared three days of national mourning over the death of former President Alberto Fujimori and granted him a state funeral despite his convictions for human rights abuses and corruption. Fujimori, who governed the South American...

Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted of human rights abuses, dies at 86

Sep. 12, 2024 15:17 PM EDT

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in autocratic excess that later sent him to prison, has died. He was 86. His death Wednesday in the capital, Lima, was...

Buenaventura: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Jul. 25, 2024 19:15 PM EDT

LIMA, Peru (AP) — LIMA, Peru (AP) — Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA (BVN) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $70.7 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. The Lima, Peru-based company said it had net income of 28 cents per share. ...

Pacasmayo: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Jul. 23, 2024 05:23 AM EDT

LIMA, Peru (AP) — LIMA, Peru (AP) — Cementos Pacasmayo SAA (CPAC) on Monday reported earnings of $9.8 million in its second quarter. The Lima, Peru-based company said it had profit of 12 cents per share. The cement provider posted revenue of $122.2 million in the...

Mexico's most dangerous city for police suffers simultaneous attacks that kill 2 more officers

Jul. 11, 2024 12:53 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two police officers were shot to death in the embattled Mexican city of Celaya amid a wave of targeted attacks that authorities said Thursday were likely carried out by a drug cartel. A total of 18 Celaya police officers have been shot to death so far this year,...