Tag: Peru

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Peru vaccinates u-5s against COVID-19

  

  Peruvian health authorities began vaccinating children under five years of age Sunday against COVID-19 with pediatric doses available in Lima and Callao.

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• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 19:23 UTC

  Peruvians allowed to take off their facemasks indoors, but

  

  Peruvian health authorities announced that face coverings will no longer be mandatory in indoor settings nationwide, except in hospitals, public transport, and among people with respiratory symptoms.

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• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 19:07 UTC

  Petroperu says latest oil spill stemmed from sabotaged pipeline

  

  Peru's state-run oil company Petroperu Sunday reported an attack against the Norperuvian Oil Pipeline (ONP) in the jungle region of Loreto had caused a spill triggering environmental contingency protocols.

• 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.

• Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Peru tops list of food insecure countries in the region

  

  Peru has been singled out as the country with the highest rates in South America of people living under food insecurity, it was reported.

• Friday, August 19th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Peruvian forces hit Shining Path rebels, many killed

  

  Peruvian regular forces gunned down between 10 and 15 members of the Shining Path rebel group during an “Operation Patriot” deployment in which the rebels' leader Víctor Quispe Palomino, also known as “Comrade José”, managed to escape despite being wounded.

• Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 09:16 UTC

  Cases of monkeypox soar in Peru

  

  Peru has the highest monkeypox infection rate per million inhabitants and it also ranks third in the world behind the United States and Canada, the latest Oxford University global monkeypox surveillance study released Wednesday showed.

• 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.