As a national anthem, it isn't a morale booster. "For a long time, the oppressed Peruvian dragged the ominous chain," it begins. "Condemned to cruel servitude … he quietly whimpered." The dirge ...

Often, the most moving moments of the Olympic Games are when athletes climb onto the podium to receive their gold medals as their country’s anthem plays. When Hidilyn Diaz won the women’s 55-kilogram ...

Having waited 36 years to do so, Peru gave it everything when it came to bellowing out their national anthem ahead of their World Cup opener against Denmark. The Mordovia Arena in Saransk echoed to ...

Peru today named a group of 10 experts to assess if the national anthem, composed 183 years ago, still strikes the right note. Justice Minister Baldo Kresalja asked the panel - including a retired ...