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COVID-19 vaccination moves slowly in Peru

02:32 A slow vaccine rollout and record deaths in a second wave of infections has provoked fears in Peru thatthe countrycould face a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.Officially, there are mo

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Peru's Pedro Castillo to face Keiko Fujimori in presidential runoff

03:43 Peruis set for a presidential runoff​on June 6th -between the conservative heir to the powerful and controversial Fujimori dynasty and a socialist primary school teacher from the

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Pedro Castillo leads Peruvian elections in the first round

02:12 Votes are being counted in Peru as it prepares for a second round of voting in June. Initial results indicate far-left candidate Pedro Castillo has won the first round, as CGTN’s

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Some 25 million Peruvians eligible to vote

02:07 Peruvians knew even before they voted this was not going to be a typical election with years of political scandals amid a coronavirus pandemic.Some 25 million Peruvians are eligi

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Peruvian voters choose fifth president in four years

02:34 Peruvians go to the polls to vote for a new president on Sunday in a wide-open election in the middle of a deadly second wave in COVID-19 cases and in the shadow of a political c

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COVID-19: Peru suffers from high excess mortality rate

02:19 Peru continues to have the highest excess death rate in the world, according to the Financial Times, surpassing its neighbors, Ecuador and Bolivia, which are also in the top five

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Peru sees second deadly wave of COVID-19 infections

01:55 As presidential elections loom in Peru, the country reached a new COVID-19 case infection record.The country has recorded 1.5 million coronavirus cases and more than 51,000 death

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Peru to hold presidential elections in April amid COVID pandemic

02:24 Peruvians go to the polls on April 11, but polls show only one candidate has more than 10 percent of the potential vote.The same polls indicate that a third ofPeruvians aredissat

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Galápagos Islands reopens for tourism

01:55 The iconic Galápagos Islands are reactivating their main industry, tourism, after the COVID-19 pandemic stemmed the flow of visitors to the archipelago.Now the islands’ inhabitan

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Peru begins vaccine program for oldest citizens

02:43 Peruhas beguninoculating its oldest citizens against COVID-19 as part of a nationwide vaccination drive.CGTN’s Dan Collyns reports. Check out The China Report, our new weekly new

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Impact of COVID-19 on Galápagos Islands

04:33 In the Galápagos Islands, tourism has been the main industry for the 30,000 people who live across fiveinhabited islands in the archipelago.In a world straining under humanity's

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Peru's interim president has received his first COVID-19 shot

01:54 On Tuesday,Peru's caretaker president Francisco Sagasti was vaccinated against COVID-19 after the country began its inoculation program after receiving its shipment of vaccines f

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Voters in Ecuador wait to find out who will be in runoff vote

02:25 A young leftist former minister led the field in the first round of Ecuador’s presidential elections, but it is not yet clear who he will face in a runoff vote in April. CGTN’s D

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Peru receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from China

01:43 One of the Latin American countries hardest-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, Peru received its first shipment of vaccines from China on Sunday night. CGTN’s Dan Collyns reports.Chec

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General elections kick off in Ecuador

01:43 Ecuador’s general elections kicked off on Sunday with a total of 16 candidates.The country was holding presidential elections, amid several pressing challenges, ranging from an e

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Ecuadoreans prepare for presidential election

02:54 After a long-running recession and hard-hit by COVID-19 pandemic, Ecuadoreans will vote for a new president this weekend. Dan Collyns reports. Check out The China Report, our ne

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Peru struggles with influx of COVID-19 cases as pandemic surges

02:49 As Perugoes back under lockdown, CGTN visits Huánuco, one of the cities hardest-hit by thesecondwaveofCOVID-19 infections.Doctors and nurses are being flown in, as hospitals are