Simeon Tegel

Amid high rates of pover­ty, lack of in-per­son learn­ing is hav­ing a dev­as­tat­ing ef­fect on fam­i­lies.

Peru’s Pres­i­dent Pe­dro Castil­lo changed his cab­i­net amid ac­cu­sa­tions some min­is­ters sym­pa­thised with Maoist rebel group.

Pe­dro Castil­lo is fac­ing po­lit­i­cal and eco­nom­ic tur­moil – in­clud­ing im­peach­ment calls – as he forms his ad­min­is­tra­tion.

Pe­dro Castil­lo is sworn in as pres­i­dent amid a coro­n­avirus cri­sis, deep so­ci­etal di­vi­sions and po­lit­i­cal in­sta­bil­i­ty.

Left­ist Pe­dro Castil­lo is ex­pect­ed to be con­firmed as Peru’s pres­i­dent this month, but many of his poli­cies are un­clear.

The of­fi­cial vote count gives Castil­lo a slim mar­gin over ri­val Keiko Fu­ji­mori, who is con­test­ing the re­sults.

Left-wing pres­i­den­tial con­tender Pe­dro Castil­lo keeps slim lead over Keiko Fu­ji­mori, but of­fi­cial re­sult not yet re­leased.

Vic­tims of mass forced ster­il­i­sa­tions in the 1990s fear up­com­ing Peru pres­i­den­tial runoff could close door to jus­tice.

Cock­tail of fac­tors, from pover­ty to a crum­bling pub­lic health sys­tem, push Peru atop glob­al per capi­ta death rank­ings.

The April 11 vote comes as Peru is grap­pling with a coro­n­avirus surge and years of po­lit­i­cal scan­dals.