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Australia's Trade Minister Simon Birmingham addresses media outside the Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Birmingham says he wants bilateral free trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia and Peru to take effect early next year. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Australia wants trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia, Peru

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

File - In this April 7, 2011, file photo, Presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo, of the political party Peru Possible, delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Lima, Peru. A U.S. judge in San Francisco says the former Peruvian President can be released on bail while he fights extradition to his native country to face corruption charges. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ordered Toledo released from Santa Rita Jail but said the former president can't leave before Oct. 22, 2019, to give federal prosecutors time to file an appeal or find a different &quot;detention arrangement.&quot; (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

US judge orders ex-Peruvian president released on bail

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

Police stand guard outside the government palace in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the opposition-controlled congress and called new elections on Monday, saying the step was needed to uproot the nation's endemic corruption. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Dark days for Peru’s political dynasty after congress closes

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

A supporter of Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra is dressed as an Inca protest against lawmakers outside Congress after Vizcarra dissolved the legislature in Lima, Peru, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Opposition legislators defied Vizcarra's order dissolving congress by voting to suspend him from office and swearing in Vice President Mercedes Araoz as the South American nation's new leader. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

AP Explains: Peru’s chaotic power struggle in a nutshell

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Pedestrians walking past stop spontaneously to shout at lawmakers outside Congress, in Lima, Peru, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. The political duel between Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra and Congress intensified in recent weeks after lawmakers decided to shelve Vizcarra's proposal to hold early presidential and congressional elections, which he argues is necessary to break the deadlock and stabilize the nation. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru president dissolves congress amid anti-corruption push

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO and CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Security officers stand outside Congress where lawmakers are expected to push forward a vote to select an almost-full slate of new magistrates to the Constitutional Tribunal, in Lima, Peru, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Lawmakers are pushing forward the vote despite President Martín Vizcarra's warning the move threatens his fight against corruption and that he'll dissolve the opposition-controlled legislature. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

The Latest: Opposition lawmakers defying president’s order

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FILE - In this April 10, 2011 file photo Presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo, accompanied by his wife Eliane Karp, greet supporters outside a polling station after casting his ballot in the general elections in Lima, Peru. A federal judge in San Francisco has denied bail to former Peruvian President Toledo in an extradition hearing that ended with an emotional outburst by his wife who had to be dragged out of the courtroom after she started shouting at prosecutors. (AP Photo/Juan Diego Contreras,File)

US judge denies bail to ex-Peru president in corruption case

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

Woman held in Peru sought in 2nd Las Vegas-area murder case

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FILE - In this May 24, 2017 file photo, Peru's former President Alejandro Toledo speaks at the United Nations. Toledo is appearing in court Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 to again ask a federal judge in California to release him on bail while he fights extradition to his native country where he is wanted for corruption. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)

The Latest: Judge considers bail for ex-Peruvian president

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FILE - In this May 24, 2017 file photo, Peru's former President Alejandro Toledo speaks at the United Nations. Toledo is appearing in court Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 to again ask a federal judge in California to release him on bail while he fights extradition to his native country where he is wanted for corruption. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)

US judge considers bail for ex-Peruvian president

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 24, 2017 file photo, Peru's former President Alejandro Toledo makes an address at the United Nations in New York. Toledo, who was arrested July 16, 2019, has been kept in solitary confinement and only allowed to go to an exercise yard once in the month he has been in U.S. custody while fighting extradition to his native country to face bribery charges, his defense attorney said in court papers seeking for his release on bail. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Lawyer calls ex-Peruvian president’s US detention ‘inhumane’

By DAISY NGUYEN - Associated Press

The Latest: Prosecutors: Ex-Peru president is a flight risk

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In this Aug. 3, 2019 photo, Thiagus Petrus, a member of the Brazilian handball team poses for photos while he takes a break from eating ceviche at the international center outside the Pan American athletes' village in Lima, Peru. Peruvian food was the star at the recent Pan Am Games. Athletes from 41 countries across the Americas tasted the highly-regarded cuisine that blends indigenous traditions with European, African and Asian influences with an abundance of seafood from the Pacific Ocean’s cold Humboldt current. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Peruvian cuisine: the beloved star at Lima’s Pan Am Games

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

PSG's Neymar, third left, runs with teammates during a training session at Camp des Loges in Saint Germain en Laye, outside Paris, France, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

After missing Copa América, Neymar to play Brazil friendlies

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press

President Donald Trump walks away after speaking about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Washington. Vice President Mike Pence is left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Bolton warns foreigners that violate Venezuela asset freeze

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

This July 25, 2019 photo shows Roberto Carcelen in Lake Worth Beach, Fla. Carcelen made history as the first Winter Olympian to represent Peru. Now, he's hoping to overcome the odds and compete again, despite his recent diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. (Bruce R. Bennett/Palm Beach Post via AP)

‘Man who won by losing’ in Olympics fights to return

By LAUREN FISHER - Associated Press

A surfer slides off a dying wave as he surfs in front of the BUP Union naval teaching ship, which was carrying the Pan Am Games torch, off the coast of Lima, Peru, Friday, July 26, 2019. In the Peruvian capital, where dozens of schools teach locals and tourists from around the world how to ride the waves at beaches with Hawaiian names, professional surfers from across the Americas are preparing to compete when the sport is featured for the first time in the Pan Am Games.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Surfing: A Peru way of life as sport debuts at Pan Am Games

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

In this July 17, 2019 photo, amateur boxer Marco Morales shadow boxes in front of his home at the Villa Maria del Triunfo shantytown in Lima, Peru. Morales and other residents of Villa Maria del Triunfo who have witnessed from their cardboard shacks how the government built multi-million dollar arenas, seen in the background, while their decades-old demands for drainage, roads and drinking water in one of the world’s driest capitals, remain unanswered. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Pan American Games spotlight inequality in Peru’s capital

By FRANKLIN BRICENO - Associated Press

Workers construct a fan zone for the Pan Am games, on the coast in Lima, Peru, Thursday, July 25, 2019. The Pan Am games begin July 26 and run through Aug. 11. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

AP Explains: A look at the Pan American Games in Lima

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

FILE - This booking photo released Monday, March 18, 2019, by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office shows former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo after his arrest on suspicion of public intoxication. Toledo, who faces corruption charges in his homeland, will appear before a federal judge in San Francisco Friday, July 19, 2019. Toledo was arrested in Northern California following an extradition request. (San Mateo County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

US judge denies bail for ex-Peruvian president Toledo

By DAISY NGUYEN - Associated Press