Tag: Pedro Castillo

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 08:58 UTC

  Boluarte becomes Peru's first-ever female president

  

  Dina Boluarte Wednesday became the first woman ever to hold the position of President of Peru after she was sworn in following the impeachment and arrest of Pedro Castillo Terrones for trying to stage a coup d'état.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 08:40 UTC

  Castillo housed at same detention center as fellow former President Fujimori

  

  Peru's Prosecutor's Office Wednesday announced the arrest of former president Pedro Castillo Terrones for the “commission of an act in flagrancy” after his failed attempt to dissolve Parliament and his ensuing impeachment by Congress.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 08:31 UTC

  Pacific Alliance Summit called off after political crisis in Peru

  

  Due to Wednesday's events in Lima, the Pacific Alliance Summit scheduled to take place later this month at the Peruvian capital has been postponed yet again, Mexico's Foreign Ministry announced.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 20:26 UTC

  Peru's Congress impeaches Castillo; Boluarte to be sworn in

  

  Peru's Vice President Dina Boluarte is to be sworn in later Wednesday as the new President after the motion to vacate (impeach) Pedro Castillo Terrones was approved by 101 votes in favor, six against, and 10 abstentions, citing a “moral incapacity” following his coup attempt. Boluarte will be the first woman ever to hold that office

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 19:15 UTC

  Peru: Pedro Castillo detained by police after coup attempt

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was arrested by the authorities after he dissolved the Congress of Peru on Wednesday. The accused as the leader of a “criminal organization” was approached in the street, in downtown Lima, by police officers when he was leaving the Government headquarters, it was reported by local media.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 18:44 UTC

  Castillo stages coup d'état in Peru, announces emergency gov't

  

  Hours before Congress was to vote on a new motion to depose Pedro Castillo Terrones as President of Peru, the incumbent head of state Wednesday dissolved Parliament and announced he was starting an “emergency government.” Hours later, the chief of the Government was arrested by the authorities in Lima.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 22:42 UTC

  New impeachment request filed against Peruvian President

  

  The Peruvian Congress presented on Tuesday a request to dismiss president Pedro Castillo Terrones, for his alleged “moral incapacity” to hold office for the third time since he arrived the office, 16 months ago.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Peru's President lands in Chile for bilateral talks

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones and his entourage landed in Santiago on an official tour during which he is to participate in the IV Peru-Chile Binational Cabinet, among other engagements.

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Peru's Judiciary Chief fails to hold appeasement meeting between President, Congress

  

  Peru's Chief Justice Elvia Barrios Saturday urged President Pedro Castillo Terrones and Congress Speaker José Williams to promote dialogue between the two branches of government and put an end to the political crisis that the country is going through.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Castillo appoints new Peruvian Prime Minister

  

  Culture Minister Betssy Chávez Chino was chosen by Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones to become the country's new Prime Minister (President of the Council of Ministers) following Aíbal Torres' resignation Thursday after Congress “refused” to approve a motion of confidence.