Peru presidential candidate charged with financial crimes
Prosecutor calls for leftist candidate to be jailed for five years and four months over false financial disclosures.

Prosecutor calls for leftist candidate to be jailed for five years and four months over false financial disclosures.









Peru’s presidential candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga is urging officials to declare Sunday’s election ‘null and void’.
Voting has been extended following problems with opening numerous polling stations.
In the span of a decade, Peru has seen nine presidents come and go. How has that affected this year’s presidential race?

Voters in Peru are heading to the polls to elect a new president and a new congress on Sunday. But who are they?
Donald Trump has sought greater influence over Latin America, but in Peru’s election, will a pro-Trump stance pay off?
Crime and corruption are top issues for voters as the country struggles to cope with persistent political instability.
Experts say the views of newly inaugurated president Jose Antonio Kast reflect deep dissatisfaction with the status quo.
Peru has experienced an uptick in organised crime, including extortion, a trend analysts link to government corruption.
Southern Peru flooded after torrential rain
Inter-American Court of Human Rights says Peru must pay family of woman who died as a result of forced sterilisation.