Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru’s president Tuesday after a narrow victory in the June election. She will be the ninth president in a decade and aims to stabilize the country. Her Popular Force party and allies will hold half the senate seats. Fujimori's campaign focused on improving security and infrastructure. She plans to fight crime with policies similar to those in El Salvador. Opposition leaders want her to reverse laws they say weaken efforts against organized crime. Peru remains economically stable, but there's a growing gap in living standards between coastal and highland areas.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to keep one of its largest detention facilities open for at least another year. This decision comes despite reports of human rights abuses. ICE plans to extend the no-bid contract of the firm running Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, through September 2027. This could cost taxpayers an additional $776 million. The facility has faced criticism from Democratic members of Congress and advocacy organizations. Reports allege detainees have been mistreated since its opening in 2025. ICE argues that relocating detainees or changing contractors would be impractical and costly.

Nicolás Maduro will return to a New York courtroom as his lawyers continue their objections to the U.S. military action that snatched Venezuela’s president from power. Maduro is now being held in a Brooklyn jail while being prosecuted on drug trafficking charges. A pretrial hearing is scheduled Wednesday before Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein. Maduro and his wife have pleaded not guilty to charges that they sided with drug dealers in a multi-decade scheme to ship large quantities of drugs to the United States. Maduro says he was kidnapped by the U.S. government and remains his country's constitutional president. No trial date has been set.

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A prison van arriving at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, Tuesday, July 21, 2026 where Joshua Kerry is due to appear charged with the murder of MP Ann Widdecombe. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)