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Peru’s ex-president Pedro Castillo faced bigotry for impoverished past

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 15:40:32 +0000

When Pedro Castillo won Peru’s presidency last year, it was celebrated as a victory by the country’s poor the peasants and Indigenous people who live deep in the Andes and whose struggles had long been ignored. His supporters hoped Castillo, a populist outsider of humble roots, would redress their plight or at least end their [...]

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Peru swears in Dina Boluarte as new president amid constitutional crisis

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:25:49 +0000

Peru’s Congress removed President Pedro Castillo from office Wednesday and replaced him with the vice president, shortly after Castillo decreed the dissolution of the legislature ahead of a scheduled vote to oust him. The national ombudsman’s office, Constitutional Tribunal and Supreme Court called Castillo’s move to dissolve the Congress a coup, although at least one [...]

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Paul Pogba, Mbappe Shine Against Peru

David Folami — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:51:41 +0000

France are through to the last 16 of the World Cup after beating Peru 1-0 in Ekatrinburg thanks to a first-half Kylian Mbappe strike. It was not pretty at times, but Les Bleus got the job done after Didier Deschamps made two changes to the starting XI that beat Australia in the Group C opener [...]

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France Was Very Disciplined Against Peru – Hugo Lloris

David Folami — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:51:15 +0000

Hugo Lloris has praised Peru for their effort and called the match like playing an away game after Les Bleus won 1-0 in Yekaterinburg on Thursday to move to the top of Group C and confirm the South Americans exit before the round of 16. Kylian Mbappe’s first-half strike secured all three points for the [...]

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Argentina Will Keep Fighting – Messi

David Folami — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:08:22 +0000

Lionel Messi vowed to “keep fighting” as Argentina attempt to overcome their World Cup qualifying struggles and seal their place in next year’s tournament in Russia. The two-time world champions are fifth in South American qualifying, with only the top four teams guaranteed a place in the 2018 World Cup. “365 days left to Russia, [...]

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Ecuador Downs Venezuela

David Folami — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 07:37:46 +0000

Ecuador romped to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Venezuela to reignite their 2018 World Cup qualifying challenge on Tuesday as Paraguay’s bid suffered a setback with a defeat to struggling Bolivia. Ecuador, who had taken only a point from their previous two games, proved too strong for a Venezuela side buoyed by a 5-0 win [...]

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Brazil Can’t Stop Winning

David Folami — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 07:27:24 +0000

Brazil made it six wins out of six as goals from Gabriel Jesus and Renato Augusto handed them a 2-0 win over Peru to edge them ever closer to World Cup qualification here Tuesday. Manchester City-bound teenager Gabriel fired Brazil into the lead with an assured 57th-minute finish. The 19-year-old then set up Brazil’s second [...]

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Brazil Crash Out Of Copa America

David Folami — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 08:00:25 +0000

The Copa America Centenario erupted into controversy on Sunday after a refereeing blunder sent Brazil crashing to a 1-0 defeat against Peru – and out of the tournament. The defeat left Brazil struggling to digest their worst performance in the Copa America since 1987, the last occasion the five-time world champions failed to make it [...]

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Belgian, Dane, Peruvian, Swede and Swiss MSF staff taken in Syria

Ade Adewale — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 20:30:29 +0000

The five Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staffers seized by an unknown group in northern Syria this week are Belgian, Danish, Peruvian, Swedish and Swiss nationals, the humanitarian organisation said Saturday. "We can confirm that our personnel who have…

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Trans-Pacific trade pact deadline in doubt as talks start

Adewale Ade — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 12:00:11 +0000

Trade ministers from the United States and 11 other countries opened talks on Saturday in an attempt to meet a US deadline to forge a trans-Pacific trade pact before the end of the year. However, analysts said an agreement on the proposed Trans-Pacific…

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