# Peruvian Times

> Peruvian Times is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in Peru. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Balanced**.

- **Domain:** peruviantimes.com
- **Website:** https://peruviantimes.com
- **Country:** Peru
- **Region:** Latin America
- **Language:** English
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Balanced
- **Founded:** 1906 (historical predecessor)

## About

The Peruvian Times carries a lineage of English-language journalism stretching back over a century, managing the long transition from colonial-era expatriate bulletin to digital news service. Today it covers Peruvian politics, mining industry news, and social affairs with a hybrid register caught between its historical audience of foreign businesspeople and a globally curious contemporary reader. The oldest continuous English-language news presence in Peru is also its most institutionally ambiguous.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Independent; privately operated
- **Funding:** Advertising, subscriptions, sponsored content
- **Focus areas:** Peruvian politics, mining industry, business, social affairs, culture; English-language Peruvian news service


## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-03-18. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.5. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 4 (3 themes).

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