Snapping up cheap spy tools, nation’s ‘monitoring everyone’
By FRANK BAJAK and JACK GILLUM It was a national scandal. Peru’s then-vice president accused two domestic intelligence agents of staking her out. Then, a top congressman blamed the spy…
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South America hacker team targets dissidents, journalists
By FRANK BAJAK A shadowy cyber-espionage group that sent malware to the prosecutor whose mysterious death transfixed Argentina early this year has been hitting targets in left-leaning nations across South…
PERU’S JAILED PRESIDENT BEGINS ANOTHER TRIAL
Jailed former President Alberto Fujimori enters the courtroom before the start of his trial at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Fujimori faces…
TRAMWAY PLANNED FOR MACHU PICCHU’S ‘SISTER CITY’
By CARLA SALAZAR FILE – This Oct. 1, 2003 file photo shows the Choquequirao ruins in Cusco, Peru. Choquequirao, which means “cradle of gold” in Quechua, is believed to be…
RURAL ANDEAN CHURCHES PLAGUED BY SACRED ART THEFTS
By PAOLA FLORES and FRANK BAJAK In this Aug. 21, 2013 file photo, workers from the Culture Ministry display a recovered 18th century painting by an anonymous artist depicting Jesus…
2 BRITISH WOMEN HEADING TO JAIL TO AWAIT TRIAL
William Reid, father of British Melissa Reid, second from right, arrives to the court where his daughter will be formally charged for drug trafficking in Callao, Peru, Tuesday, Aug. 20,…