Peruvian politician, engineer and controversial former president (1990–2000)
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández has been cleared by a Honduran judge in a Pandora I corruption case tied to 2010–2013 public spending. Hernández has returned from the United States after a 2025 presidential pardon and has insisted he is innocent. Prosecutors can appeal the judge's decision, the judiciary has said.
The United States is strengthening security ties with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru as right‑wing leadership grows in the region. Washington has designated cartels as foreign threats and seeks closer military and economic cooperation, while regional partners push back on violence tied to narcotics networks.
A 45-year-old candidate named Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has won the mayoralty of Queropalca in Peru’s Huánuco region, securing 229 of 663 votes on 4 October and beating his nearest rival by 25 votes. Flores will take office on 1 January and has previously belonged to the Popular Force party.
The pope has continued his three-nation tour through November 17, visiting Argentina and Peru after Uruguay. Outdoor Mass at the shrine of Our Lady of Lujan draws miles of pilgrims; he also visits a major penitentiary as part of his focus on marginalized groups. In Peru, he will address President Keiko Fujimori after landing at Callao, with the trip seen as a test of his willingness to engage in domestic politics.