Peru’s former President Valentine Paniagua, who led Peru back to democracy after the collapse of the corruption-ridden regime of Alberto Fujimori, was in intensive care today, prompting a false report of his death by his party leader.

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was arrested in Chile today on charges involving corruption and massacres, as he attempted to return to Peru to run for re-election after five years as a protected exile in Japan.

An airliner carrying 100 people crashed near a Peruvian jungle town while attempting an emergency landing in a storm, killing 41 people.

A powerful earthquake rattled Chile's remote northern Andes region near the Bolivian and Peruvian borders, killing at least eight people and causing widespread damage in several mountain villages.

About 150 followers of a retired army major seized a police station early today in a remote Andean town, demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo. At least seven people were wounded in a shootout during the takeover.

A fire at a disco in a Peruvian shopping mall has left at least 23 people dead.