Peru

Little Efruz balances himself on the front of the surfboard as waves foam around him and his companion as they skim over the Pacific waters off Peru.

Aliens they are not. That’s what forensic experts in Peru have to say about two doll-like figures and an alleged three-fingered hand that customs authorities in the South American country seized last year from a shipment heading to Mexico.

Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori has been released from prison on humanitarian grounds, despite a request from a regional human rights court to delay his release.

Peru’s government has enacted legal changes imposing harsh penalties for stealing cellphones, including life in prison for the person who kills someone while robbing a mobile device.

Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises.

Ecuador’s location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine.

Scientists reported Wednesday that the new species could challenge the blue whale’s title as the heaviest animal to live on Earth.

Archeologists have found a pre-Hispanic mummy surrounded by coca leaves on top of a hill in Peru’s capital next to the practice field of a professional soccer club.

Van der Sloot is the chief suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway.

Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, arrived in the United States from Peru on Thursday to face charges that he attempted to extort money from the missing woman’s mother.

Peruvian authorities have previously reported finding cocaine in brick-shaped packages with various and strange symbols, but never with one of the flag of Nazi Germany.

Holloway, who lived in suburban Birmingham, Alabama, was 18 when she was last seen during a trip with classmates to Aruba.