All foreign visitors to Machu Picchu will soon have to hire an official guide to enter the Inca Citadel, follow one of three predetermined routes through the complex and face time limits at specific ...

By Rick Vecchio Peruvian Times Contributing Editor ☄ An ambitious master plan for Machu Picchu was approved a few days ago that calls for a dramatic “reconceptualization” of the Inca Citadel, backed ...

President Dina Boluarte, premier Pedro Angulo and the cabinet before the challenging repairs begin. Source: El Peruano President Dina Boluarte appointed Pedro Angulo as president of her council of ...

By Gary Ziegler The first rays of morning sunlight illuminate the great stone altar, streaming through a square opening over my head. “Inti camac sumac,” chants the priest. Soaked in sweat, I fight ...

Peru’s imposing capital of Lima has the worst air pollution of all Latin American cities, according to a recent study by the World Health Organization. The WHO report, which analyses 1,600 cities in ...

Peru’s government has declared a state of emergency in parts of the southern Andean region of Puno that have been hit with the coldest temperatures in a decade, daily El Comercio reported. President ...

The run-off in Peru’s presidential elections has led to a virtual tie between the socialist candidate Pedro Castillo of Peru Libre and Keiko Fujimori of the conservative party Fuerza Popular. Castillo ...

Two young men dead, over 100 people injured and 41 people reported missing was the toll of yesterday’s protest march in Lima, when police used excessive force against generally peaceful protesters ...

By Gary Ziegler Exploring two previously undocumented Inca ruins near Choquequirao in April 2016. ‘CLANK!‘ – the sound of machete striking stone reverberates around the densely vegetated hillside.

By Rick Vecchio Peruvian Times Contributing Editor*☄ The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization issued a report 18 years ago warning that a planned aerial cable car system ...

By Paarth Mathur Peruvian Times Contributing Writer ☄ The linguistic landscape of Peru is a story of resilience. Since the Spanish conquest in 1532, efforts to erase indigenous languages like Quechua ...

By Paula Dupraz-Dobias —Special to Peruvian Times — LIMA, PERU –A Swiss public-private alliance, aimed at assisting artisanal and small miners in their efforts to respect environmental and social ...