Government issued Decree No. 009-2024 categorizing transgender individuals as mentally ill, aiming to expand access to mental health care across public, private, and mixed services, sparking significant controversy within Peru

The water of the Santa and Tablachaca rivers has been declared unfit for human consumption due to high levels of iron, arsenic, and manganese, which have been linked to illegal mining activities

The birth of the first cloned Peruvian Paso horse in the Amazon region marks a historic scientific milestone and a significant advancement in national biotechnology

The Peruvian Congress has approved a lifetime pension for former President Alberto Fujimori, despite a law he signed 30 years ago prohibiting such benefits for convicted former presidents

Archaeologists have uncovered a 4.000-year-old temple and theater near Chiclayo, Peru, revealing mud and clay walls and a stage-like platform used for rituals, potentially shedding light on the origins of ancient Peruvian religion