Tag: Pedro Castillo

• 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.

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Mexico, Chile agree to boost bilateral cooperation

  

  Presidents Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) of Mexico and Gabriel Boric Font of Chile Wednesday agreed to boost bilateral cooperation in education, economic and environmental matters.

• Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Peruvians want Castillo to resign

  

  Residents of Peru's largest cities including the capital, Lima, took to the streets during the weekend demanding the resignation of President Pedro Castillo Terrones, who has been involved in several corruption scandals since taking office over a year ago.

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Peru has yet again a new Foreign Minister

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones Wednesday swore in Cèsar Landa once again as Foreign Minister, following Miguel Rodríguez's resignation last week.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Peru takes over CAN's pro tempore presidency

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones Monday welcomed his colleagues from Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia, Luis Arce for the Council of the Andean Community (CAN) summit in Lima.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Peruvian president's sister-in-law handed down 30-month detention

  

  Peruvian Judge Jhonny Gómez Sunday ordered the pre-trial detention for 30 months of President Pedro Castillo Terrones' sister-in-law Yenifer Paredes and other defendants in a corruption case because they posed a flight risk, among other reasons.

• Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 11:17 UTC

  No Premier resignation by cabinet reshuffled anyway in Peru

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones Friday declined Premier Aníbal Torres' resignation, who will therefore remain in his post. But the head of state did make some cabinet reshuffling involving six ministries anyway.

• Friday, August 5th 2022 - 09:28 UTC

  Peruvian Congress keeps Castillo from attending Petro's inauguration

  

  Peru's one-house Congress Thursday denied President Pedro Castillo Terrones permission to attend the inauguration of Colombia's new President Gustavo Petro in Bogota on Aug. 7. Castillo had filed for clearance to be out of the country between Aug. 6 to 8, as per Article 102 of the Constitution.

• Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Peru's PM resigns for “personal reasons”

  

  Aníbal Torres Wednesday turned in his resignation as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Peru (Prime Minister) to President Pedro Castillo Terrones citing “personal reasons,” it was reported in Lima.