Peru
Fujimori wins Peru on votes from Peruvians who don't live there
Keiko Fujimori is Peru's next president — elected by Peruvians who don't live there. At home, a captured Congress and hollowed institutions await.
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El Salvador's Bukele tops regional approval rankings for June
El Salvador's Nayib Bukele remains the most popular president in Latin America, with a 69.1% approval rating, according to the June ranking published last week by pollster CB Global Data, which surveyed between 1,988 and 2,674 people in each country.
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Peru election produces two verdicts with Fujimori ahead in official count but rapid polls favouring Sánchez
Peru's run-off has no clear winner. Fujimori leads the official count, rapid polls favour Sánchez, and a fragmented, ungovernable congress awaits whoever prevails. The country's crisis is far from over.
Peru's run-off offers voters a choice between two constitutional crises
Two legally embattled candidates. A Senate neither controls. Peru isn't choosing a president on June 7 — it's choosing the shape of its next crisis.
Latin America's democracies face silent erosion from within, UN warns
Latin America and the Caribbean's political systems are experiencing a gradual institutional decay that rarely manifests as outright democratic collapse but instead hollows out governance from within, the UNDP has warned in a new report.
Income share of world’s richest 10% vs 0.1% in Latam - OWID
One way to measure income inequality is to look at the share of all income that goes to the top income earners. The chart plots this for all seven South American countries with comparable 2022 pre-tax income estimates.
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ECLAC cuts Latin America growth forecast as Middle East war fans inflation
ECLAC trims Latin America's 2026 growth forecast to 2.2%, warning that soaring oil prices, tighter credit and slowing global trade are locking the region into a fourth consecutive year of sluggish expansion.
Latin America's unfinished battle with inflation leaves the region exposed to the Iran shock
The Middle East conflict has landed on Latin America at an awkward moment. After two years of gradual progress bringing inflation under control, the region's central banks now face the prospect of that effort being undone by an external conflict.
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How America bought Peru's air force over its president's head
Peru's military signed a $2bn F-16 deal just as the country's president was on the radio saying it did not exist.
Peru election mired in crisis as ballot dispute delays runoff and topples electoral chief
Peru's April vote is deadlocked: a far-right ex-mayor and a left-wing ally of jailed ex-president Castillo are separated by 13,000 votes for the runoff spot — while the count stalls, the electoral chief resigns and fraud claims spiral.
Latin America oils up as Hormuz crisis reshapes global energy supply
From Vaca Muerta to the Orinoco, Latin America is sitting on the world's most coveted untapped crude. The Iran war may finally force it to act.
IMF raises Latin America growth forecast but warns of uneven impact from Middle East war
The IMF raised its 2026 growth forecast for Latin America and the Caribbean by a tenth of a percentage point to 2.3%, while cautioning that the economic consequences of the war in the Middle East will most impact the region's smaller economies.
Peru vote puts new Senate, not presidency, at centre of democracy battle
With polls open on April 12, Peru enters its most consequential vote in a generation — defined less by the presidency than by who captures a powerful new Senate and whether fragile democratic institutions can survive those seeking to control them.
Latin America growth slips as weak investment persists, World Bank says
The World Bank has cut its 2026 growth forecast for Latin America and the Caribbean to 2.1%, down from 2.4% recorded last year, warning that the region faces a toxic combination of weak investment, tight fiscal space, and productivity deficits.
Peru scales up solar capacity as Sunny complex reaches 345 MW
Peru accelerates solar deployment as Kallpa’s Sunny complex reaches 345 MW, signalling a broader expansion pipeline of 1.42 GW set to reshape the country’s renewable energy landscape by 2028.
Peruvian energy minister Alfaro resigns over alleged rape of teenager
Peru's Minister of Energy and Mines, Ángelo Alfaro Lombardi, resigned on Sunday following a public accusation of sexual assault by a woman who alleges she was abused by him when she was 16 years old — an incident she says resulted in a pregnancy
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Chile's border wall targets a problem already in decline
José Antonio Kast's fortified frontier project combines trenches, electrified fencing and military deployment, but unauthorised crossings had already fallen by more than half before he took office.