Police in Peru have fired teargas to disperse a protest march in the capital Lima in support of ousted President Pedro Castillo, with the US backing the South American country’s new head of state.

Peru's leftist president Pedro Castillo is ousted by lawmakers and arrested.

Thousands of Peruvians march in the capital Lima, demanding President Pedro Castillo to quit.

Peru’s embattled President Pedro Castillo has declared that “a new type of coup d’état has begun,” after prosecutors filed a constitutional complaint against him in Congress.

Venezuela's former opposition lawmaker Juan Requesens has been sentenced to eight years in prison for involvement in the 2018 assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro.

Leaders of South and Central American countries have boycotted the so called Summit of the Americas, officially aimed at strengthening hemispheric solidarity.

Peruvian authorities say they have found 1.5 tonnes of marijuana.

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Peruvians take to the streets in northern Peru to demonstrate against Presidente Pedro Castillo.

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has lifted a curfew he had imposed in Lima to curb violent protests against inflation and raising fuel prices.