By Carla Samon Ros Huaral province, Peru, May 19 (EFE).- Peruvian archaeologists have discovered the tomb of an elite figure with close ties to the sea who was a member of the Chancay culture, a pre-Incan civilization that developed between 1,100-1,400 CE along what is today the Andean nation’s central coast. The tomb is the …
By Carla Samon Ros Lima, May 17 (EFE).- Global warming, inadequate access to clean water, and flooding associated with El Niño have combined to spur Peru’s worst outbreak of dengue fever since the start of the 21st century. The 72,000 confirmed and probable infections in the first 4 1/2 months of this year surpassed the …
By Carla Samon Ros Lima, May 15 (EFE).- A group of archaeologists has discovered a nearly 4,000-year-old temple complex on Peru’s central coast that may contain South America’s most ancient “Chakana” (Andean cross) carved into one of its friezes. That U-shaped ceremonial center, part of the Miraflores archaeological site in the coastal province of Huaral, …
By Carla Samon Ros Lima, Mar 31 (EFE).- Gahela Cari was on the verge of becoming Peru’s first transgender congresswoman, but she said she was denied a seat due to transphobia and fears that her presence in that legislative body would disrupt the status quo. “The presence of a trans woman with a class perspective, …
By Carla Samon Ros Lima, Mar 17 (EFE).- Peru’s ousted president, Pedro Castillo, attempted to dissolve Congress on Dec. 7 because he was convinced lawmakers were about to remove him from office, one of his lawyers told EFE. The 53-year-old former schoolteacher decided to play his “last card” when he “had already lost the game,” …