Mourners attend the burial of 17-year-old student Jamilath Aroquipa, one of the 17 killed during violent clashes between protesters and security forces in southern Peru AFP Weeks-long protests that ...

(Reuters) - The international airport in Peru's southern Andean city of Cusco closed on Thursday, the transportation ministry said, as anti-government protests escalated across the region. Cusco, once ...

Cusco's Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport has been closed for the second time since the beginning of nationwide protests following the Dec. 7 impeachment of President Pedro Castillo ...

Rail and air links to Peru's famed Machu Picchu site had been cut early Friday after a flare-up in weeks-long protests that has killed dozens. The airport in Cusco, gateway to Peru's tourism crown ...

CUSCO, Peru, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Peru is going ahead with the construction of a high-volume airport at Cusco in southeastern Peru despite controversies over potential risks to the ecological treasures of ...

Peru will seek to build an international airport near the southern city of Cusco, a tourist magnet that has long suffered from being unable to receive major flights from abroad, President Ollanta ...

UPDATE: The photo in this week's "name that airport" is of the Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport serving Cusco, Peru. Congratulations to Today in the Sky reader (and "name that airport" ...

Peru's government promised on Thursday to protect the Machu Picchu sanctuary and other Inca ruins when building a new airport to serve the ancient civilization's capital of Cusco. Machu Picchu and the ...

Peru's government promised on Thursday to protect the Machu Picchu sanctuary and other Inca ruins when building a new airport to serve the ancient civilization's capital of Cusco. Machu Picchu and the ...

Lima (AFP) – Weeks-long protests that have left dozens dead across Peru continued on Thursday, with escalating tensions in Andean city Cusco prompting the government to preemptively close the tourist ...