Peru’s ousted ‘president of the poor’ gets 11-year sentence for rebellion

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has been sentenced to 11 years and five months in prison by the supreme court for attempting to dissolve Congress and rule by decree in December 2022. This decision follows his unsuccessful bid to avoid a third impeachment attempt.

Charles Stanish, a professor of archaeology at the University of South Florida, has made significant progress in understanding the Band of Holes in Peru's Pisco Valley, a series of over 5,200 shallow pits. His research suggests that these indentations may have originally served as a rudimentary marketplace before being adapted for accounting and storage purposes.