Tag: Dina Boluarte

• Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Peru's Congress once again votes against advancing elections

  

  Peru's Congress refused once again Wednesday to bring forward the elections to 2023 as requested by President Dina Boluarte who was acquiescing to the demands of the numerous demonstrators that flocked the streets and roads since the Dec. 7 impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Peru's Congress agrees to reconsider moving elections forward

  

  Peru's one-house Congress Monday approved by 66 votes in favor, 49 against, and 6 abstentions to reconsider a previous decision on not moving forward the elections to sometime this year. Lawmakers are now to decide on a possible date.

• Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Peru: Boluarte favors moving elections forward, perhaps this year

  

  Peruvian President Dina Boluarte said Friday that she did not oppose bringing forward the elections, which is one of the demands of the demonstrators that have marched all across the country since the impeachment of former President Pedro Castillo Terrones on Dec. 7.

• Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

  Peru: Boluarte asks for multinational endorsement to early elections

  

  Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Wednesday asked the international community to endorse the holding of early elections in Peru, which she had already entrusted Congress with devising. She also said every possible solution should be within constitutional boundaries.

• Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 07:53 UTC

  Some 200 Peruvian protesters arrested for occupying university campus

  

  Peruvian authorities have arrested some 200 demonstrators during the weekend after the March of the Four Suyos (Inca empire provinces) advanced on Lima -the so-called “Lima Takeover”- demanding President Dina Boluarte's resignation, in addition to fresh elections and a constituent assembly.

• Friday, January 20th 2023 - 09:57 UTC

  More protesters killed during Lima Takeover

  

  The number of people killed after President Dina Boluarte took office early last month following the impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones, who had tried to dissolve Congress and ruled by decree, has reached 54 Thursday as demonstrators staged the so-called Lima Takeover in the Peruvian capital and clashes with law enforcement officers were reported in other parts of the violence-torn South American country.

• Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 19:43 UTC

  Peruvian authorities up security measures as protesters march through Lima

  

  Over 11,000 law enforcement officers were deployed Thursday across Peru's capital and the nearby port of Callao as anti-government demonstrators were getting ready to stage the so-called Lima Takeover.

• Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 19:17 UTC

  Religious leaders to pray for Peru's future

  

  Peruvian President Dina Boluarte met Monday with religious leaders of various faiths to promote dialogue amid mounting tension as protesters are preparing to stage a mass rally this week in Lima demanding her resignation, in addition to other measures.

• Monday, January 16th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

  Peruvian demonstrators undeterred by gov't measures

  

  Demonstrators gathered Sunday in Lima to express their rejection of President Dina Boluarte's staying in office barely over a month after taking over from the deposed Pedro Castillo Terrones who is held in pre-trial detention.

• Monday, January 16th 2023 - 09:53 UTC

  Parts of Peru under state of emergency, basic rights suspended

  

  The Peruvian Government of President Dina Boluarte has declared a state of emergency in several areas of the South American country after over a month of social unrest.