The Cultural Gem of South America, I had the Almost Famous moment — when Ben Fong-Torres realizes the seasoned rock and roll writer on the other end of the line is ...

An ambitious master plan for Machu Picchu was approved a few days ago that calls for a dramatic “reconceptualization” of the Inca Citadel, backed by a proposed $43.7 million* makeover of its tourist ...

While Europe’s 19th-century surgeons struggled with a 50% survival rate for skull surgeries, the ancient Incas had been quietly achieving 90% success with similar procedures for thousands of years—a ...

Former first lady Lilia Paredes and her children, Alonso and Alondra, at Mexico City’s airport. The family has been granted asylum in Mexico. Source: Marcelo Ebrard, Twitter Ex-President Pedro ...

Travelling in style to Machu Picchu on the Belmond Hiram Bingham. The luxury goods conglomerate LVMH — Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy — has bought Belmond, better known as the Orient Express Hotels, for ...

Construction of Machu Picchu was interrupted around 1450 by a powerful earthquake, leaving damage still evident today and prompting the Inca to perfect the seismic-resistant megalithic architecture ...

Ayacucho, a culturally rich city in the Andes, is known for its 33 historic churches and extensive folk art industry. Strategically located on the main Inca highway that once connected Cusco and Quito ...

All foreign visitors to Machu Picchu will soon have to hire an official guide to enter the Inca Citadel, follow one of three predetermined routes through the complex and face time limits at specific ...

Trujillo is not in the news as much as Piura and Tumbes, but this north coast town is also facing the season’s unusually heavy rains and floods. TRUJILLO, PERU. The streets of Trujillo, Peru’s third ...

The following three parts (12 to 14) throw the spotlight on Ayacucho and deal with a time span from the birth of the Andean pueblos through to a recent newspaper report that Ayacucho is – allegedly – ...

National Board of Justice president Aldo Vasquez, center, and members of the fledgling institution. Source: Andina The National Board of Justice swore in its seventh member this week, finally ...

It is worth examining the significance of the discovery of the tomb of a Wari noble at the Espiritu Pampa archaeological site, an “aristocrat” who has been named variously Lord Vilca, Huari, Wari and ...