Peru

Piotr Redlinski for The New York Times

News about Peru, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Sep. 11, 2014

Authorities in Peru are investigating the killing of environmental advocate and indigenous leader Edwin Chota, who was killed along with three other men in a remote region of the Amazon jungle that he had sought to protect from illegal logging. MORE
Sep. 9, 2014

Tribal authorities in Peru say Edwin Chota, outspoken opponent of illegal logging, and three other native Ashaninka community leaders were brutally slain in region borderig Brazil. MORE
Aug. 8, 2014

Huanchaco Journal; small boats made of reeds have been used for hundreds of years in small Peruvian village Huanchaco, but the reed beds and shorelines are dwindling and so is interest in the fishing life the boats make possible; there are only about 30 fishermen still working regularly. MORE
Jul. 6, 2014

Claire Martin Prototype column; San Francisco design company Ideo is creating new educational network in Peru for businessman Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor, devising everything from classrooms to business models; increasingly, design companies like Ideo are being asked to build complex systems for businesses, governments and nonprofit organizations. MORE
Apr. 13, 2014

Mary Billard travel article recounts skiff excursions, jungle walks, hot showers and cold drinks, all part of a luxury river cruise on the Peruvian Amazon river. MORE

Highlights From the Archives

Ex-Officer Set to Win Narrow Victory in Peru

By SIMON ROMERO

Ollanta Humala’s victory over Keiko Fujimori would be a rebuke of the economic model that has driven robust growth in Peru, even as millions of citizens who are mired in poverty have felt left out.

June 6, 2011 worldNews

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Peru Investigates the Killing of an Environmental Advocate

By ANDREA ZARATE and WILLIAM NEUMAN

The advocate, Edwin Chota, and three other men were killed in a remote part of the Amazon jungle on their way to meet with leaders of another village in the region.

September 11, 2014, Thursday

MORE ON PERU AND: Peru , Chota, Edwin , Logging Industry , Murders and Attempted Murders , Amazon Jungle

Peru: 4 Opponents of Illegal Logging Are Found Dead

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An outspoken Peruvian opponent of illegal logging and three other native Asháninka community leaders were brutally slain in a remote region bordering Brazil, tribal authorities said Monday.

September 9, 2014, Tuesday

MORE ON PERU AND: Logging Industry , Peru , Chota, Edwin , Murders and Attempted Murders

Paintings Stolen from Peruvian Church Are Returned by Federal Investigators

By GRAHAM BOWLEY

United States officials have returned nine 18th century paintings to Peru, six years after the works by Miguel Cabrera were stolen from a church in Lima.

September 5, 2014, Friday

MORE ON PERU AND: Bharara, Preet , Cabrera, Miguel , Iowa , Lima (Peru) , Peru , Art , Auctions , Smuggling

An Inspiring Fashion Collective Springs From Peru's Prison System

By JEANINE CELESTE PANG

From designing to hand stitching, inmates from three different institutions collaborate on the Project Pietà label.

August 28, 2014, Thursday

MORE ON PERU AND: Peru , Fashion and Apparel

Photographing Both Sides in Ukraine

By MAURICIO LIMA

“Sometimes you accumulate too many sad moments,” said Mauricio Lima, who has been on assignment for The Times in eastern Ukraine.

August 21, 2014, Thursday

MORE ON PERU AND: Afghanistan , Donetsk (Ukraine) , Iraq , Lima (Peru) , Luhansk (Ukraine) , Russia , Ukraine , Taliban , Afghanistan War (2001- ) , Defense and Military Forces , Photography , Terrorism

New to the Archaeologist’s Tool Kit: The Drone

By WILLIAM NEUMAN and RALPH BLUMENTHAL

A drone air force has been created to map, monitor and safeguard Peru’s many endangered archaeological sites.

August 14, 2014, Thursday

MORE ON PERU AND: Drones (Pilotless Planes) , Peru , Archaeology , Maps , Photography , Castillo Butters, Luis Jaime , Historic Buildings and Sites

Town’s Floating Symbol Fading Into the Sunset

By WILLIAM NEUMAN and ANDREA ZARATE

Small boats made of reeds have been used for hundreds of years in a Peruvian village, but the reed beds are dwindling and so is interest in the fishing life the boats make possible.

August 8, 2014, Friday

MORE ON PERU AND: Fishing, Commercial , Huanchaco (Peru) , Peru

Soccer in Brazil, and Outside the World’s Glare

By DAVID GONZALEZ

Mauricio Lima went to remote villages, up the river and even to a prison, to document his countrymen’s passion for the sport, as well as their lives, during the World Cup.

July 11, 2014, Friday

MORE ON PERU AND: Longman, Jere , Sao Paulo (Brazil) , Lima (Peru) , Germany , Ukraine , Brazil , New York Times , Soccer , Photography , World Cup 2014 (Soccer) , Floods

Shaping a School System, From the Ground Up

By CLAIRE MARTIN

In starting a new educational network in Peru, a businessman turned to Ideo, a design company, to help devise everything from classrooms to business models.

July 6, 2014, Sunday

MORE ON PERU AND: Design , Private and Sectarian Schools , Ideo LLC , Peru , Rodriguez-Pastor, Carlos , Education (K-12) , Teachers and School Employees

Unesco Panel Taps Incan Road, Other Sites, as Worthy of Protection

By RALPH BLUMENTHAL

The World Heritage Committee under the United Nations has designated 29 new sites as being natural or cultural wonders worthy of protection, including an ancient road that runs through the Andes.

June 23, 2014, Monday

MORE ON PERU AND: Andes Mountains , France , Far East, South and Southeast Asia and Pacific Areas , China , Peru , Myanmar , Louisiana , Hebron (West Bank) , Qatar , United Nations , Incas , Historic Buildings and Sites

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