Simeon Tegel
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A Right-Wing Election Loser Is Using the Donald Trump Playbook in Peru
The tactics of Keiko Fujimori are fanning racism across the South American nation.
Rebel Extremist Group Kills 16 in Massacre Ahead of Presidential Vote
The massacre in Peru by a Shining Path splinter group is the rebels’ worst in more than a decade.
Peru is Officially Investigating If Bleach Can Cure Covid
The move by the country's congress to investigate the effectiveness of chlorine dioxide against the coronavirus has been called an "embarrassment."
Human Rights Are Under Threat in Peru's Election
The presidential runoff pits a hard right dictator’s daughter against a dissident union leader with an old school Soviet agenda. Both dislike the free press, LGBT and gender rights.
Ecuador's President Called a Woman a ‘Fatty’ After She Said Her Family Was Hungry
Lenin Moreno is due to leave office shortly, and is not running in presidential elections, the second round of voting for which will take place this weekend.
COVID Is Threatening the World’s Rarest Indigenous Languages
From the Amazon to Siberia, COVID-19 is killing off tribal elders who are the last speakers of tongues that help us better understand how our brains work.
Peru’s Leading Presidential Candidates Have a Lot of Sexual Hangups
One front runner has been accused of sexual harassment and wants to ban porn. The other is a celibate who thinks raped minors should be forced to complete their pregnancies in “five star hotels.”
Did A Chinese Pharma Company Bribe Peru's Elite with Early Vaccines?
The doctor who oversaw the early jabs to Peru’s powerful said: “This is not about privileges. It’s just the way things work.”
He Gave Away Oxygen to Thousands of COVID Sufferers. Criminals Burned Down His Home
Profiteers are taking advantage of the fact that a second wave of COVID-19 is ravaging Peru, and there isn't enough oxygen to go around.
Three Men Were Just Beheaded in a Prison Riot in Paraguay
Prisoners were reported to be protesting the removal of two gang leaders inside the jail, which was densely overcrowded.
COVID Test Forgery Schemes Are Popping Up Around Latin America
Some customers are being duped, but others are in on schemes that print out fake negative test results for COVID-19.
She Exposed Sexual Abuse in a Catholic Kids Camp. Now She’s Facing a Prison Sentence
The work of Peruvian journalist Pao Ugaz has made her the target of a string of legal actions.