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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 21:24 UTC

Tag: Dina Boluarte

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 08:09 UTC

    Adrianzén Olaya sworn in as Peru's new Prime Minister

    Adrianzén Olaya resigned as Justice Minister in 2015 to avoid impeachment

    Gustavo Lino Adrianzén Olaya was sworn in Wednesday as Peru's new Prime Minister (technically chairman of the Council of Ministers) following Alberto Otárola Peñaranda's resignation on Tuesday amid an influence-peddling scandal involving the hiring of a woman he called “my love” at the Defense Ministry.

  • Monday, January 22nd 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Peru's President attacked by indigenous women

    Boluarte had returned to Ayacucho for the first time since 2022 when demonstrations resulted in some 50 people dead nationwide

    Peruvian President Dina Boluarte was attacked this weekend by a group of indigenous women who wanted her to step down and call for fresh elections and a Constitutional Assembly, among other measures, it was reported from Lima.

  • Thursday, October 26th 2023 - 09:03 UTC

    Presidents of Peru and Ecuador ratify “historic friendship”

    “The current relationship between Peru and Ecuador is an inspiring example,” Lasso told Boluarte

    Presidents Dina Boluarte of Peru and Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador Wednesday ratified a “historic friendship and cooperation ties” between the two countries, 25 years after the signing of the Comprehensive and Definitive Peace Agreement, which in 1998 put an end to the armed conflict over a territorial dispute.

  • Saturday, September 23rd 2023 - 09:36 UTC

    New legislation decriminalizes self-defense in Peru

    The initiative was mooted by Congresswoman Patricia Chirinos of the rightwing party Avanza País

    Peru's one-house Congress has allowed the use of lethal force in case of “imminent danger” in a move to protect the citizenry. President Dina Boluarte has signed the bill into law, it was reported in Lima.

  • Monday, September 18th 2023 - 09:53 UTC

    Peru: Boluarte's gov't targets freedom of the press

    Boluarte's government has downplayed rumors that it might be trying to wage a Bukele-style war on crime

    Journalist guilds in Peru have expressed their concern about restrictions on freedom the government of President Dina Boluarte is planning to exert through changes to the Penal Code to hold demonstrators and reporters criminally accountable, it was reported in Lima.

  • Tuesday, August 8th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    Peru: Boluarte feared fleeing during Amazon Summit

    It is Boluarte's first trip abroad as President

    Peruvian Congresswoman Margot Palacios said she feared President Dina Boluarte might try to flee the country during her participation in the Amazon summit in the Brazilian city of Belém, it was reported in Lima on Monday. Boluarte left the country for the first time as President to attend the event.

  • Wednesday, August 2nd 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    Pacific Alliance: Peru takes over pro tempore presidency

    Since its beginnings in 2011, the Pacific Alliance constituted “an integration mechanism that was pragmatic, free of politicization,” Gervasi said

    During a ceremony held Tuesday in Santiago, Peruvian Foreign Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi received the pro tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance from her Chilean counterpart Alberto van Klaveren, thus bringing to an end the controversy sparked when Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) refused to acknowledge Dina Boluarte as the legitimate head of state following Pedro Castillo Terrones' impeachment on Dec. 7 last.

  • Monday, July 31st 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    Peru celebrates Independence Day with a new round of violent protests

    “Peru needs to face — with more strength and efficiency — delinquency and crime,” said president Boluarte

    Last Friday, Peru's Independence Day, President Dina Boluarte called for a “great national reconciliation” in the wake of fresh outbursts of violent protests. In her state of the Nation speech before congress, the president also appealed for legislative powers to be extended to the executive branch for 120 days, in an effort to curtail crime and violence among other issues.

  • Friday, July 28th 2023 - 10:28 UTC

    Amnesty International concerned over human rights violations in Peru

    Boluarte's Government has not recognized its responsibility nor apologized to the families of the victims, AI noted

    Amnesty International (AI) Thursday conveyed its concern to Peruvian President Dina Boluarte regarding human rights violations in the South American country ahead of its July 28 Independence Day celebrations.

  • Thursday, July 20th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    Peru: Six arrested in third Lima Takeover demonstration

    The demonstrators want Boluarte's resignation and fresh elections

    At least six people have been arrested and eight others were injured Wednesday during the third “Lima Takeover” demonstration seeking President Dina Boluarte's resignation, the release from prison of former President Pedro Castillo Terrones, a constitutional reform, and the holding of fresh elections.