Peru

Colombian military plane involved in accident had 125 soldiers onboard, media reports

Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said the accident happened as the plane was taking off from Puerto Leguizamo.

A US Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft takes off from RAF Fairford on March 19, 2026 in Fairford, England. Since UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer back-tracked on his initial refusal to allow the US to use British bases to launch defensive strikes.
The remains of one of the four children found by archeologists, buried in the Inca sanctuary of Pachacamac, in the coastal desert strip 30 km south of Lima. Picture taken on November 9, 2010.

CT scans unlock secrets of mummified Inca children ritually sacrificed over 500 years ago - study

Peru's former President Pedro Castillo arrives for the beginning of his oral trial on charges of rebellion and other offenses against the state, in Lima, Peru March 4, 2025.

Peruvian court sentences former President Castillo to over 11 years in prison for rebellion

Archaeological Findings. Illustration.

Ancient migrants left murals warning of climate change after a mega-drought 4,200 years ago in Peru


Israeli Hodaya Monsonego released from prison to house arrest in Peru

Hodaya, 24, who is cognitively impaired, faces criminal charges of smuggling narcotics after she was found with 28 kg. of cocaine in her luggage.

Hodaya Monsonego

Peru, Panama limit men and women to alternate days out to stall virus

Peru and Panama both started on Thursday limiting the times men and women can leave their homes in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

A woman wears a protective face masks after a case of coronavirus was confirmed in the country, at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru March 6, 2020.

Coronavirus: Israel races to rescue its citizens before airspace closes

Peru is still under martial law in response to the coronavirus threat. Recent border closures and a nationwide lockdown have left the 23 remaining Israelis unclear as to what lies ahead for them.

Israelis stranded in India board a special El Al flight to return them to Israel amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Israeli ambassador to Colombia urges Israelis to fly home by Sunday

23 Israelis were left stranded in Peru on Friday after the final four El Al flights to Israel left without them, and Israelis in Colombia are fearing they might be left in a similar situation.

Members of the military walk in Bolivar Square during the four-day mandatory isolation decreed by the mayor of Bogota, as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bogota, Colombia March 20, 2020.

Foreign Ministry calls on all Israelis abroad to return to Israel ASAP

El Al planes bring Israelis home from Peru

Israeli returning from Peru on an El Al plane just before takeoff.

Coronavirus: Israel to send El Al plane to return Israelis from Peru

Foreign Ministry to bring home 380 Israelis stranded in Moldova

A woman wears a protective face masks after a case of coronavirus was confirmed in the country, at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru March 6, 2020.

Rivlin requests clemency for Israeli with mental illness detained in Peru

Hodaya, 24, who is cognitively impaired, faces criminal charges of smuggling narcotics after she was found with 28 kg. of cocaine in her luggage.

Hodaya Monsonego

McDonald's employees electrocuted to death by soda machine

McDonald's closed down its branches in the country for two days of mourning after the incident.

A person walks next to a closed McDonald's restaurant, one of all 29 locations that were closed following the deaths of two teenaged employees, in Lima, Peru

Windfall for Beit Lessin

Even though he makes his home in Peru, “there’s always a warm corner of my heart for Israel,” and for Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai whom he called “a giant in his generation.”

BEIT LESSIN

Peru's Vizcarra closes Congress, but rebel lawmakers refuse to leave

Peru's worst political crisis in two decades threatens unrest in the world's No.2 copper producer and one of the region's most robust economies, and could bring lawmaking to a halt.

The ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru