Topic: Peru
AP News | 2010-02-08 21:23:30
Court absolves ex-mayor of Amazon city charged in slaying of Peruvian radio talk show host
A Peruvian court on Monday absolved the former mayor of a jungle city in the 2004 killing of a reporter who accused him of cocaine trafficking. The Lima court ruled there was contradictory testimony and insufficient evidence to convict Luis Valdez Villacorta, the former mayor ...
AP News | 2010-01-30 01:01:20
A Peruvian Army soldier guides foreign tourists waiting to be evacuated by helicopter from the Machu Picchu Pueblo archeological site in Cuzco, Peru Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. Peruvian authorities are hoping to evacuate the last tourists stranded after heavy rains ...
AP News | 2010-01-30 01:01:16
Last tourists fly out of isolated Machu Picchu as Peru's top destination looks at long closure
The last young backpackers flew away from Machu Picchu as clouds closed in again Friday, leaving Peru to grapple with flood damage that will close its top tourist site for weeks, or even months. Torrential rains caused mudslides and swelled the Urubamba River ...
AP Features | 2010-01-29 22:28:46
Foreign tourists take cover as a helicopter takes off while waiting their turn to be evacuated from the Machu Picchu Pueblo archeological site in Cuzco, Peru Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. Peruvian authorities are hoping to evacuate the last tourists stranded ...
