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When the brutal conflict between Shining Path and government forces during the 1980s and 1990s ended, so did a bloody chapter for most Peruvians. But the families of the victims had to wait up to 40 years to bury their dead

"We are seeing a surreptitious clash, a war that no one dares name, between China and the United States for Peru's soul."

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo desperately sought to cling to power by ordering the shutdown of Congress and declaring a state of exception.

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has been impeached by right-wing forces in Congress, the final act in a 17-month-long destabilisation campaign, reports Ana Zorita.

ACCOMARCA, Peru (CNS) — Hundreds of people gathered in this tiny Andean village for the...

Accomarca was the scene of the worst massacre during Peru's 20-year Shining Path insurgency. The late Maoist cult leader Abimael Guzman believed the blood of peasants ought to irrigate his violent revolution.

ACCOMARCA, Peru (AP) — Scene of one of the worst massacres of Perus internal conflict...

Families of some of the victims of a 1985 massacre carried out by soldiers hunting Shining Path guerillas in the...

This community in the Andean region of Ayacucho made a start Thursday on healing the wounds from the slaughter of 69 residents in 1985 by Peruvian army troops who falsely accused the villagers of supp. Peruvian community strives to heal wounds from 1985 massacre | Outstanding | English edition | Agencia EFE

After 37 years, dozens of victims of the worst massacre in Peru's conflict with radical left-wing guerrillas will finally be laid to rest in their Andean village following a years-long identification…