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Peru faces 'community transmission' of monkeypox: Top health official

Peru is experiencing "community transmission" of the monkeypox virus, with 203 cases detected so far, Head of the National Health Institute, Victor Suarez said.

Immersed in political crisis, Peru neglects Amazon's destruction

Peru has descended into one of the worst political crises in its history and protection of its Amazon rainforest is failing, according to a report

Peruvian court approves prison release for ex-President Alberto Fujimori

Peru's Constitutional Court on Thursday approved the release from prison of former President Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year sentence for murder and corruption charges

Peru bans Repsol executives from leaving country after oil spill

Peru banned Repsol's Peru director and three other executives from leaving the country for 18 months while the government investigates an oil spill at a refinery run by the Spain-based company

Unusual high waves from volcano eruption in Tonga cause oil spill in Peru

Unusually high waves attributed to the eruption of an undersea volcano in Tonga caused an oil spill on the Peruvian coast, but authorities said Monday the spill was controlled within hours

Colombia and Peru teams play for honour, third place at Copa America

Few teams want to play a third-place match in any tournament, even less so during the Covid-19 pandemic, but that's not the case for Colombia and Peru at the Copa America

Copa America: Paqueta's goal helps Brazil beat Peru 1-0 to enter final

A first-half goal from Lucas Paqueta helped Brazil reach the finals of the ongoing Copa America after beating Peru 1-0 on Monday (local time).The host and defending champion will lock horns either with Argentina or Colombia in the summit clash at the Maracana on Saturday. Argentina and Colombia will play with each other in Tuesday's semi-final clash.Paqueta scored the only goal of the game in the 35th minute. He converted Neymar's cutback from close range to obtain the first ticket to the final of the oldest national team tournament.Peru might have put Brazil under pressure in the second half, but lacked the class to find an equaliser.Brazil once again claimed a victory against the Peruvians, having defeated them 3-1 in the final of the Copa America in 2019Brazil made their match with more shots on goal in the first half (7) and fewer shots on goal in the second half (1) in the Copa America 2021.Earlier, Brazil had defeated Chile 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the Copa America. The only .

Confident Brazil takes on Peru in semifinals of Copa America 2021

Defending Copa America champion Brazil is still regarded as the team to beat not bad for a tournament some of their players didn't even want to be in.

Copa America: Peru rally to earn 2-2 draw with Ecuador to reach knockout

Peru came back from a two-goal deficit to keep alive their hopes of reaching the Copa America knockout phase with a 2-2 draw against Ecuador here.

Peru beats Colombia 2-1 to keep hopes alive at Copa America

Peru beat Colombia 2-1 to keep alive its chances of advancing to the knockout stage of Copa America. Sergio Pea opened the scoring for the Peruvians in the 17th minute on Sunday. Miguel Borja equalised from the spot in the 53rd but an own goal 11 minutes later by Colombian defender Yerry Mina decided the match at the Olimpico stadium in Goiania. Peru is in third position in Group B with three points after two matches. Colombia remains with four points in second spot, but with only two games remaining. Leader Brazil has six points. The top four teams will qualify for the quarterfinals. "This gives us a lot of hope in what is to come at this Copa America," Peru defender Renato Tapia said. "We are in a good position, but we have to keep rowing to go farther." Peru lost 4-0 to Brazil in its tournament opener, which raised doubts about coach Ricardo Gareca's team. The 2019 Copa America finalists are also struggling in South American World Cup qualifiers. Only weeks ago it lost 3-0 to .

Copa America: Sergio Pena scores as Peru defeat Colombia

Sergio Pena got among the goal-scoring charts as Peru defeated Colombia in the ongoing Copa America here at Estadio Olimpico Pedro Ludovico on Monday

Brazil beats Peru 4-0 to move atop in Copa America group with 6 points

Brazil changed half of its starting lineup to face Peru in its second Copa America match and still cruised to a 4-0 victor.

Peru's Covid-19 death rate found to be worlds' worst after revised data

Peru's COVID-19 death rate is found to be the worlds' worst after the government revised its data

Peru coronavirus update: 1 million confirmed Covid-19 infections detected

Peru passed 1 million confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, becoming the fifth nation in Latin America to report that number as the region struggles with the pandemic's economic and health effects

China happiest nation, India 13 in marketing firm's online survey for 2020

Peru, Chile, Spain are least happy, according to Ipsos's study in 27 global markets.

At least 13 dead in disco stampede after lockdown raid in Peru: Officials

The stampede happened at the Thomas disco in Lima, where about 120 people had gathered for a party on Saturday night, the Interior Ministry said

Covid-19 Factoid: India's cases are doubling at one of the fastest rates

In a positive sign, meanwhile, the share of recoveries in total closed cases is rising rapidly, and that of deaths is reducing gradually

Killings down, gangsters stay away: Coronavirus gives crime a beating

Part of that decrease, some criminal lawyers say, is that drug dealers have no choice but to wait out the economic slump

Peru: Death toll rises to 113 in floods, mudslides

Another one million people's homes have been partly damaged

Strong 6.0 quake shakes northern Peru: US quake monitor

Quake epicentre is located on the eastern slope of the Andes, where the mountain range meets the Amazon rainforest