Like many informal settlements, communities that have sprung up on the edges of Ayacucho in the Andes are on the frontline of extreme weather events ...

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“If something happens to me, don’t cry,” Leonardo Hancco told his wife, Ruth Barcena, the morning of December 15 in Peru’s southern city of Ayacucho. The 32-year-old taxi driver and father of a ...

Ayacucho is one of the regions with the most history and culture in Peru. Its traditions for Holy Week are known all over the world, which means that every year hundreds of tourists, both Peruvian and ...

Ayacucho is one of the regions that most celebrates Holy Week. The fervor shown during the celebration of this date has undoubtedly echoed nationally, regionally and internationally. This department, ...

On December 15, 2022, while helicopters flew overhead, members of Peru’s national army shot down civilians with live bullets in the outskirts of the city of Ayacucho. This action was in response to a ...

Located in Peru’s Central Andes, the Bicentenario–Ayacucho Biosphere Reserve spans a diverse Andean landscape that includes the historic Pampa de Ayacucho. This high-altitude plain, protected as a ...