Tag: Martin Vizcarra

• Thursday, November 27th 2025 - 09:39 UTC

  Former Peruvian President Vizcarra sentenced to 14 years for bribery

  

  Former Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra was sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in prison and immediately taken into custody following a court ruling that found him guilty of bribery during his tenure as regional governor of Moquegua.

• Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 10:22 UTC

  Peru: Vizcarra released from prison

  

  Former Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra was released on Wednesday from his preventive detention as he was deemed to pose a flight risk regarding the charges against him of accepting bribes while he was governor of the Moquegua region (2011-2014).

• Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

  Former Peruvian President Vizcarra placed under preventive arrest

  

  Peru's Seventh National Preliminary Investigation Court ordered five months of preventive detention for former President Martín Vizcarra (2018-2020) on charges of passive bribery. In his ruling, Judge Jorge Chávez Tamariz cited procedural and flight risks, ordering the sentence to be enforced immediately.

• Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 21:03 UTC

  Peru's Congress slaps former President Vizcarra with new 10-year ban

  

  Peru's one-house Congress disqualified former President Martin Vizcarra (2018-2020) for 10 years from holding public office due to his 2019 dissolution of Parliament, marking his third such sanction. The decision, approved late Wednesday with 67 votes in favor, 11 against, and 3 abstentions, followed a reconsideration of an earlier April 30 vote that lacked sufficient support.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Bill affecting checks and balances between branches of government sparks controversy in Peru

  

  A bill that seeks to curtail the discretionary power of heads of state to dissolve Parliament being able to dissolve Congress and call for new legislative elections has sparked controversy within Peruvian lawmakers.

• Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:44 UTC

  New Peruvian government silent about a second withdrawal of funds from the pension system

  

  The Peruvian government enacted a law that allows citizens a second withdrawal of funds from the private pension system in order to ease the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic, according to the official newspaper El Peruano.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Chaos in Peru: interim president resigns following massive protests and police brutality

  

  Peru’s interim president resigned on Sunday as the nation plunged into its worst constitutional crisis in two decades following massive protests unleashed when Congress ousted the nation’s popular leader.

• Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Tens of people injured in Peru during clashes of ousted president militants with police

  

  At least 27 people have been wounded in clashes between police and protesters as thousands of Peruvians took to the streets to demonstrate against the dismissal of President Martin Vizcarra, police and rights groups say.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 10:36 UTC

  Night of fury in Peru

  

  By Nicolás Monteverde
  
  LIMA, Peru – With music, dance, and chants, several groups of protesters expressed their outrage against the president Martín Vizcarra's Impeachment on Monday in Lima. The mobilization started at 9 am in Plaza San Martín, the iconic park in the heart of Lima where protests often take place first.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  New President in Peru confirmed elections in April; third president since 2016

  

  The head of the Peruvian Congress, Manuel Merino, took office on Tuesday as the new president of the Andean country amid protests in the streets and market volatility, the day after the popular leader Martín Vizcarra was removed from office.