On the other are crowded slums where residents have had to build up the hillside. More from News After a four-year legal battle, demolition began this week on Peru's "Wall of Shame" between rich ...

The residents of Lima were told to expect added security on their journeys into work after Peru's government declared a state ...

We meet Abel Cruz, the Peruvian man behind a huge fog net project which is providing water to a community in the slums of Lima. Could fog catching be a solution to wider water crises facing the world?

Troops to patrol the capital after shooting of popular cumbia singer in extortion attack on bus provokes public outrage.

LIMA: Peru announced a state of emergency late Sunday (Mar 16) in the capital Lima over a wave of killings linked to extortion. The move came after singer Paul Flores was shot dead by hitmen who ...