A beauty pageant has set off a beastly battle between Peru and Bolivia, which both claim ownership of the Andean "Devil's Dance." The Peruvian contender for Miss Universe, Karen Schwarz, set off the ...

LIMA, Peru— The beauty queens practice their poses and wait anxiously backstage to see who’ll go on to the final round of Miss Peru. On the TV screen above, their colleagues get called up in pairs to ...

When contestants in this year's Miss Peru contest exposed the alarming numbers related to violence against women, the international media gave a standing ovation. But in Peru, not everyone clapped.