Tag: Peru

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2026 - 14:18 UTC

  Peru's electoral authority chief resigns as runoff still undecided ten days after first round

  

  Piero Corvetto resigned as head of Peru's National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) on Tuesday, ten days after the April 12 first-round presidential vote, amid judicial investigations and an institutional credibility crisis deepened by the logistical failures recorded during the election. The National Justice Board (JNJ) accepted the resignation unanimously.

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• Sunday, April 19th 2026 - 23:23 UTC

  Peru elections: Sanchez rules out expropriations, seeks to calm markets as he secures second place

  

  Left-wing presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez, who with 93.48% of ballots counted holds second place in Peru's election and is headed for a June 7 runoff against Keiko Fujimori, ruled out expropriations as part of his governing program and accused economic elites of spreading “financial panic” around his candidacy.

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• Wednesday, April 15th 2026 - 23:55 UTC

  Rural vote upends Peru count: leftist Sanchez overtakes Lopez Aliaga and advances to runoff

  

  The count in Peru's presidential election produced a dramatic reversal on Wednesday. With 91% of ballots processed by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), leftist Roberto Sánchez (Juntos por el Perú) surged from sixth to second place, displacing ultraconservative Rafael López Aliaga (Renovación Popular) and positioning himself for the June 7 runoff against Keiko Fujimori (Fuerza Popular), who holds first place with 16.99% of the vote.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2026 - 10:28 UTC

  Peru reaches 72% of vote count with Fujimori ahead and second place disputed among three candidates

  

  The count in Peru's presidential election is advancing slowly and without resolution. With 72% of ballots processed by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) early Tuesday morning, Keiko Fujimori (Fuerza Popular) holds first place with 16.94% of the vote. Second place, which grants entry to the June 7 runoff, remains open: Rafael López Aliaga (Renovación Popular) stands at 13.0%, Jorge Nieto (Buen Gobierno) at 12.0% and leftist Roberto Sánchez (Juntos por el Perú) at 9.73%, with the gap narrowing as ballots from the country's interior are added.

• Monday, April 13th 2026 - 10:55 UTC

  Peru extends voting to Monday as Fujimori and Lopez Aliaga emerge as runoff contenders

  

  Peru will hold an unprecedented supplementary voting day on Monday: more than 52,000 citizens unable to cast ballots on Sunday due to logistical failures will vote at 187 polling stations in Lima and in the overseas jurisdictions of Orlando, Florida, and Paterson, New Jersey. The National Elections Jury (JNE) authorized the extension and urged polling firms to suspend the release of surveys to avoid influencing remaining voters.

• Sunday, April 12th 2026 - 23:49 UTC

  Peru closes a troubled election day and begins a lengthy count with outcome uncertain

  

  More than 10,000 polling centers closed in Peru on Sunday after a ten-hour voting day disrupted by logistical failures that forced authorities to extend the schedule by one hour, to 6:00 p.m. local time. The National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) reported that 99.8% of polling stations were installed, but 15 voting centers in Lima — containing 211 stations — could not be set up, leaving 63,300 voters unable to cast ballots.

• Wednesday, March 25th 2026 - 00:18 UTC

  Peru confirms large-scale geothermal system in southern Andes, near Chilean border

  

  Peru's Geophysical Institute (IGP) confirmed on Tuesday the existence of a large-scale active geothermal system in the country's southern Andes, near the Paucarani-Casiri volcano, approximately 75 kilometers northeast of the city of Tacna and close to the Chilean border, according to EFE.

• Saturday, February 21st 2026 - 02:09 UTC

  Peru’s transitional government rules out pardons after Pedro Castillo clemency request

  

  Peru’s transitional government said on Friday it has no plans “pending or scheduled” to grant presidential clemency, including pardons, one day after former president Pedro Castillo filed a request seeking such relief.

• Thursday, February 19th 2026 - 04:39 UTC

  Peru's congress names José María Balcázar interim president

  

  Peru’s Congress late Wednesday elected José María Balcázar, an 83-year-old lawmaker from Peru Libre, as the country’s interim president following the removal of President José Jerí amid allegations tied to undisclosed meetings and suspected influence peddling. Balcázar is set to remain in office until July 28, when he must hand power to the winner of the general election scheduled for April 12.

• Thursday, February 19th 2026 - 00:23 UTC

  Peru’s Congress heads to runoff vote to pick José Jerí’s successor

  

  Peru’s Congress moved to a second-round vote to elect a new head of the legislature, who will automatically become president after José Jerí was removed on Tuesday amid allegations of influence peddling and suspicious links to Chinese businessmen.