News of peru

Peru sees lithium mining opportunity in Chile’s statist plan

28-04-2023 11:14 Peru seeking a more active role in trying to lure lithium mining investments in light of Chile’s decision to take state control of all new projects of battery metal.

PERU IMMIGRATION

Peru deploys military to block undocumented migrants

27-04-2023 13:20 Peru's president decrees state of emergency at the country's borders and sends troops to reinforce checkpoints and block undocumented migrants making their way north from Chile.

ARCHAEOLOGY & SCIENCE

Pre-Inca, centuries-old teenage mummy unearthed in Peru

26-04-2023 11:57 Pre-Inca mummy, between 800 and 1,200 years old, was discovered in perfect condition in an ancient mud urban centre on the outskirts of Lima.

UNREST IN PERU

Peru ex-president extradited from United States, taken to prison

24-04-2023 10:54 Peru's former president Alejandro Toledo was jailed on Sunday, hours after arriving back in his homeland from the United States to face charges of money-laundering and corruption dating back to his mandate.

UNREST IN PERU

Peru jails ex-intelligence chief over 1988 journalist murder

13-04-2023 13:59 Court in Peru sentences country's former military intelligence chief to 12 years in prison over his role in the 1988 murder of journalist Hugo Bustios Saavedra.

UNREST IN PERU

Peru prosecutors probe President Boluarte over alleged money-laundering

29-03-2023 11:31 Peruvian prosecutors said late Tuesday they were investigating President Dina Boluarte for alleged money laundering and illegal campaign financing during the 2021 presidential election.

UNREST IN PERU

Peru judge extends ex-president Castillo's pre-trial detention to three years

10-03-2023 10:46 A Peruvian judge on Thursday extended former president of Peru Pedro Castillo's pre-trial detention to 36 months for "allegedly being the leader of a criminal organisation," the Supreme Court announced.

PERU UNREST

UN experts call for end to violence in Peru

06-03-2023 12:06 UN experts express concern about reports of repression, arbitrary killings, arrests and detentions in Peru and called on the country's authorities to create dialogue to end the crisis.

HALLUCINAGENIC VINE

Ayahuasca: 'source of knowledge' in the heart of the Amazon

01-03-2023 09:55 A tourist industry has taken root around ayahuasca, the powerful hallucinogenic concoction said to open the door to the spirit world. But indigenous healers are set against the commercialisation of the plant.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Protecting high seas off Chile's coast depends on UN vote in New York

20-02-2023 13:07 Urgently seeking to prevent biodiversity loss in the international waters off the coasts of Chile and Peru, Chile is pushing for a new marine protected area (MPA) to be created, and hoping to seal the deal during an upcoming summit at UN headquarters in New York.

Human rights

Amnesty presents 'evidence' of security forces abuses to Peru president

16-02-2023 14:57 Amnesty International presents evidence to Peru President Dina Boluarte that it says proves security forces used excessive and lethal force to suppress anti-government protests.

INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE

Amazonian Siekopai people battle for return to ancestral land

15-02-2023 11:09 Displaced by decades of war as well as commercial and cultural intrusions, the Siekopai people live scattered between villages straddling the Ecuador-Peru border, far from their ancestral territory, which they are fighting to reclaim.

Unrest in Peru

Peru investigating security force role in protest deaths

14-02-2023 13:41 Peruvian prosecutors investigating whether security forces were to blame for the deaths of several protesters during anti-government demonstrations in December.

Peru Unrest

Poverty, frustration and contempt: Lima's forgotten people in the Andes

03-02-2023 11:07 The riots that have left 48 people dead in Peru since last December are a reflection of the huge rift between the capital and the Andes, where most of the protesters who are demanding the resignation of the president and new elections reside.

Political tensions in Peru

Peru Congress again rejects snap election despite protests

02-02-2023 14:21 Peru's Congress on Wednesday voted down another bid to advance elections from April 2024 to this year, a move sought by President Dina Boluarte to calm unrest that has left dozens dead in seven weeks of anti-government protests.

Peru Elections

Peru's Congress delays session on moving up elections

31-01-2023 14:58 Peru's Congress postponed until Tuesday afternoon the session to vote on whether to move up general elections to this year, amid growing protests calling for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte.

Unrest in Peru

Experts: Peruvians place little trust in political class to solve crisis

30-01-2023 11:53 With a political class that is widely mistrusted and a Congress rejected by 88% of the population, Peruvians have grown increasingly disillusioned that a solution to weeks of violent unrest is upcoming.

Unrest in Peru

Peru president urges Congress to bring elections forward

30-01-2023 11:34 Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has made a renewed appeal for Congress to move elections from 2024 to October 2023 as a way to end weeks of deadly protests, warning that otherwise she will seek constitutional reform to make a vote happen.

Unrest in Peru

'We are not at war, we are united' – Indigenous Uro community joins Peru protests

26-01-2023 13:08 The Uros, inhabitants of the floating islands on Lake Titicaca, also raised their voices this week in Peru's protests calling for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte.

Protests in Peru

'Civil war now!' exclaim demonstators in Peru as tensions rise

24-01-2023 13:31 Hundreds of demonstrators marching in Lima called for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte; Massive protests that have already claimed the lives of 46 people set to continue, Interior Minister Vicente Romero warns.

Peru Protests

Clashes in Lima as thousands rally against Peru government

20-01-2023 11:08 Thousands marched through Peru's capital and southern provinces Thursday in large anti-government rallies punctuated by clashes with police, defying a state of emergency declared over almost 1/3 of the country.

Unrest in Peru

Peruvians defy state of emergency, mobilise for major new protest

16-01-2023 11:04 Government extends state of emergency for 30 days for Lima, Cusco, Callao and Puno, authorising the military to back up police actions as 3,000 protesters began boarding trucks and buses for demonstration in Lima.

Protests in Peru

Peru closes Machu Picchu airport as nationwide protests persist

13-01-2023 11:52 The airport in Cusco, gateway to Peru's tourism crown jewel, was closed indefinitely Thursday "as a preventative measure."

Peru Protests

Peru protesters mourn their dead as clashes continue

12-01-2023 14:30 Demonstrators in Peru blocked roads and held mass funerals for 41 people killed in more than a month of protests demanding the resignation of President Dina Boluarte.

FOREIGN POLICY

Peru political crisis threatens to widen Latin America rifts

15-12-2022 16:40 President Dina Boluarte's administration says it has received the backing of governments in Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay and Costa Rica, underlining split over Peru's political crisis in the region.

POLITICAL CRISIS IN PERU

Mexico, Argentina, Colombia slam Peru’s treatment of Castillo

14-12-2022 10:30 Mexico, Argentina and Colombia throw support behind Pedro Castillo, Peruvian leader impeached last week, adding a new twist to the crisis that has paralyzed swathes of the country and left several protesters dead.

POLITICAL CRISIS IN PERU

Seven dead as Peru's new leader fails to quell protests

13-12-2022 09:24 Five more protesters died in Peru as violent demonstrations over the ousting of former president Pedro Castillo continue; Demostrators are demanding fresh elections and the resignation of new President Dina Boluarte.

PROFILE

Dina Boluarte: Peru's first female president

08-12-2022 15:22 Dina Boluarte was virtually unknown on the Peruvian political scene a year and a half ago, when she rode into office in July 2021 as Pedro Castillo's vice-president.

POLITICAL CRISIS IN PERU

Peru's new president under pressure after predecessor's arrest

08-12-2022 15:14 Peru's Pedro Castillo was impeached and replaced as president by his deputy on Wednesday in a dizzying series of events in a country that has long been prone to political upheaval.

PERU

Peru president impeached despite bid to dissolve Congress

07-12-2022 17:02 Lawmakers defiantly gathered to debate and approve an impeachment motion, with 101 votes out of a total of 130 lawmakers, in a session broadcast live on television.

PERU

Peru's Castillo dissolves Congress, to name 'emergency' govt

07-12-2022 14:50 A new congress will be convened "as soon as possible," the embattled leader announced to Peruvians in a televised address.

PERU

Thousands march in Peru calling for president's removal

07-11-2022 13:34 Opponents of Castillo government march through Lima; Dozens of riot police use tear gas to prevent them from reaching Parliament and the government palace.

LATIN AMERICA

OAS send mission team to Peru to 'analyse' political crisis

20-10-2022 17:58 Organisation of American States expresses its support for Peruvian government and decides to send a mission to the country after President Pedro Castillo, under investigation for corruption, asked for help to overcome the political crisis.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Andean leaders want Argentina, Chile, Venezuela to join regional bloc

30-08-2022 17:04 Colombian President Gustavo Petro makes his international debut at Andean Community of Nations (CAN) summit in Lima; Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru call for Argentina, Chile and Venezuela to join the bloc.

Latin America

Leader of 2005 Peru uprising released early from prison

22-08-2022 11:16 Peruvian leader Antauro Humala, whose movement seeks to put Indigineous peoples in power, was unexpectedly released from prison. The figurehead of a failed 2005 uprising suggested he will return to politics.

Violence Against Women

Peruvian women ask Michelle Bachelet for help in face of violence

19-07-2022 14:28 Michelle Bachelet, UN Human Rights High Commissioner, met by Peruvian women, including trans women, denouncing the daily violence they face.

Protected Sites

Tourists trample all over protected, prehistoric Peruvian hill carving

14-07-2022 13:08 Peruvian officials search for tourists who damaged ancient hillside carving, the 2,500 year-old Paracas Candelabra.

Human Rights

Probe opened as Peruvian women flogged for 'sorcery'

14-07-2022 12:32 Peruvian prosecutors investigate after seven women accused of witchcraft after rural villagers fell ill were kidnapped and interrogated for two weeks.

NEW ERA IN COLOMBIA

Colombian president's challenges: military, rebels, congress and markets

23-06-2022 00:16 Gustavo Petro, who beat construction magnate Rodolfo Hernández in last Sunday’s run-off by 50% of the votes against 47%, will take office on August 7.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left

22-06-2022 13:12 After the election of leftist leaders in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and now Colombia – and with Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seemingly on track to return to office – a new political wave is sweeping Latin America.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Brazil congratulates Petro – but Bolsonaro remains silent

21-06-2022 15:37 Foreign Ministry in Brasilia says it looked forward to "the continuity and deepening of bilateral relations" with Colombia under Gustavo Petro.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Latin American leftist leaders hail Petro's victory in Colombia

20-06-2022 14:58 Gustavo Petro's election as the first left-wing president in Colombia's history sparks joy among similarly aligned Latin American leaders.

covid-19

Peruvians continue to wear masks, even though it's no longer mandatory

02-05-2022 21:48 In Peru – the country with the highest death rate from Covid-19 – people have continued to use on the street to prevent contagion, despite it no longer being mandatory.

Global pandemic

Chile reopens remaining land borders as Covid cases stabilise

01-05-2022 23:31 Chile reopens 22 land border crossings with Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. All had been closed since March 17, 2020, due to the arrival of Covid-19 in the country.

Travel

Chile to reopen land borders with Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia

11-04-2022 12:36 Chile government decrees opening of all of the country’s land borders that were closed during the coronavirus pandemic, starting May 1.

LAVA JATO

Odebrecht corruption scandal: disgraced Ecuador and Peru leaders freed

11-04-2022 11:27 Ecuador's former vice president Jorge Glas and Peru's ex-president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, both involved with the Brazilian Odebrecht corruption scandal, have been freed

FOREIGN POLICY

Argentina, Bolivia call for preservation of democracy in Peru

07-04-2022 23:14 Luis Arce and Alberto Fernández express "concern" over events in Peru and called for “the attention of all Latin American leaders” to be directed at the troubled nation.

Protests

One protester dead, several injured in clashes with Peru police following protests

07-04-2022 13:20 Under-fire Peru President Pedro Castillo calls off a curfew in Lima aimed at curbing nationwide protests against rising food and fuel prices but unrest continues.

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

Argentina draw as Peru book World Cup play-off spot as Colombia, Chile miss out

30-03-2022 09:29 Argentina held 1-1 by Ecuador in South American qualifiers on a decisive night for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Jailed ex-head of state

Former Peruvian president Fujimori hospitalised for heart problems

03-03-2022 19:38 Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was hospitalised in an emergency on Thursday after suffering a heart problem in prison.

News of peru

Peru sees lithium mining opportunity in Chile’s statist plan

Peru deploys military to block undocumented migrants

Pre-Inca, centuries-old teenage mummy unearthed in Peru

Peru ex-president extradited from United States, taken to prison

Peru jails ex-intelligence chief over 1988 journalist murder

Peru prosecutors probe President Boluarte over alleged money-laundering

Peru judge extends ex-president Castillo's pre-trial detention to three years

UN experts call for end to violence in Peru

Ayahuasca: 'source of knowledge' in the heart of the Amazon

Protecting high seas off Chile's coast depends on UN vote in New York

Amnesty presents 'evidence' of security forces abuses to Peru president

Amazonian Siekopai people battle for return to ancestral land

Peru investigating security force role in protest deaths

Poverty, frustration and contempt: Lima's forgotten people in the Andes

Peru Congress again rejects snap election despite protests

Peru's Congress delays session on moving up elections

Experts: Peruvians place little trust in political class to solve crisis

Peru president urges Congress to bring elections forward

'We are not at war, we are united' – Indigenous Uro community joins Peru protests

'Civil war now!' exclaim demonstators in Peru as tensions rise

Clashes in Lima as thousands rally against Peru government

Peruvians defy state of emergency, mobilise for major new protest

Peru closes Machu Picchu airport as nationwide protests persist

Peru protesters mourn their dead as clashes continue

Peru political crisis threatens to widen Latin America rifts

Mexico, Argentina, Colombia slam Peru’s treatment of Castillo

Seven dead as Peru's new leader fails to quell protests

Dina Boluarte: Peru's first female president

Peru's new president under pressure after predecessor's arrest

Peru president impeached despite bid to dissolve Congress

Peru's Castillo dissolves Congress, to name 'emergency' govt

Thousands march in Peru calling for president's removal

OAS send mission team to Peru to 'analyse' political crisis

Andean leaders want Argentina, Chile, Venezuela to join regional bloc

Leader of 2005 Peru uprising released early from prison

Peruvian women ask Michelle Bachelet for help in face of violence

Tourists trample all over protected, prehistoric Peruvian hill carving

Probe opened as Peruvian women flogged for 'sorcery'

Colombian president's challenges: military, rebels, congress and markets

Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left

Brazil congratulates Petro – but Bolsonaro remains silent

Latin American leftist leaders hail Petro's victory in Colombia

Peruvians continue to wear masks, even though it's no longer mandatory

Chile reopens remaining land borders as Covid cases stabilise

Chile to reopen land borders with Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia

Odebrecht corruption scandal: disgraced Ecuador and Peru leaders freed

Argentina, Bolivia call for preservation of democracy in Peru

One protester dead, several injured in clashes with Peru police following protests

Argentina draw as Peru book World Cup play-off spot as Colombia, Chile miss out

Former Peruvian president Fujimori hospitalised for heart problems

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Australia coach Arnold wants 'revenge' over Argentina

Banco Itaú in ‘preliminary’ talks to sell Argentine arm to Banco Macro

Opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition at odds over Schiaretti

Estadio Madre de Ciudades: Ode to modernity in the birthplace of folklore

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