Tag: Pedro Castillo

• Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Maduro-appointed Venezuelan ambassador lands in Lima

  

  Peru's Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua de Romaña Tuesday received the credentials from Venezuela's new ambassador Alexander Yáñez Deleuze during a ceremony at Lima's Torre Tagle Palace.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2021 - 20:23 UTC

  Peru's Congress passes motion of censorship against Education Minister

  

  Peru's Congress Tuesday passed a motion of censure against Education Minister Carlos Gallardo who must now turn in his resignation. President Pedro Castillo has 72 hours to accept it.

• Saturday, December 18th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Peru's president under investigation for corruption

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo is once again under the spotlight after the Attorney General said his Office was already investigating press allegations that businesswoman Karelim López had paid the head of state offered to help the Puente Tarata III consortium win the tender for a work.

• Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Motion to vacate Peru's presidency turned down

  

  Peru's Parliament Tuesday declined to open an impeachment procedure against President Pedro Castillo Terrones after a group of rightwing lawmakers had sought to declare him as “permanently moral incapacitated.”

• Friday, December 3rd 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  OAS Chief says Peruvian President determined to fight corruption

  

  Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro Thursday said in Lima that President Pedro Castillo was determined “to fight corruption”

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Scores of Peruvians demonstrate against President Castillo and call for his removal from office

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones has been under heavy criticism over the past few days as people are still trying to understand who the head of state's allies is.

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 21:48 UTC

  Peruvian lawmakers want Castillo impeached

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones has been served with a notification that a vacancy motion had been filed against him. The constitutional procedure requires “at least 40%” of the votes – 52 being the “magic number.”

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Peru's President not a stalwart of freedom of the press, Human Rights Watch claims

  

  The Washington DC-based Human Rights Watch organization Wednesday said Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones undermined freedom of expression after the head of state threatened to withdraw all state advertising from media outlets.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Peru's President picks new Secretary of Government

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones has appointed Carlos Jaico as Secretary of the Government Palace to replace Bruno Pacheco, who was forced to resign amid a series of corruption scandals for which he is now under investigation.

• Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Castillo wants to sell Peru's presidential airplane

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones Wednesday announced he would put the presidential aeroplane up for sale in a move towards financial austerity.