On June 5, 2016 Peruvians voted in the runoff presidential election between Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (known as “PPK,” as is his party, Peruanos Por el Kambio) and Keiko Fujimori of the Fuerza Popular or FP.  Fujimori came out on top in the first round with 39.85% of the vote.  And while the majority of Peruvians

In late May 2016, journalists Salud Hernández, Diego D’Pablos, and Carlos Melo were abducted by armed men in the Catatumbo region of the department of Norte de Santander, Colombia.  It immediately became apparent that they were taken by members of Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group, the ELN (Ejército de Liberación Nacional). Though they were quickly