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Montevideo, January 13th 2026 - 06:37 UTC

Tag: Peru

  • Wednesday, December 31st 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    Train services to Machu Picchu halted following lethal crash

    PeruRail has been under intense scrutiny lately since Tuesday's incident was not an isolated event

    A head-on collision between two trains on the primary route to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu left one person dead and at least 40 others injured on Tuesday. The accident, which occurred near the archaeological site of Qoriwayrachina, led to an indefinite suspension of rail services, stranding travelers and raising fresh concerns over safety along the country's most vital tourist corridor.

  • Saturday, December 20th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

    Former Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra hospitalized

    Vizcarra was treated at a hospital he had inaugurated as president

    Former Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra was rushed from the Barbadillo prison to the Ate Vitarte - EsSalud hospital on Friday after suffering a severe hypertensive crisis and physical decompensation. The medical emergency occurred just days after Vizcarra began serving a 14-year sentence for corruption.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 03:27 UTC

    Peru: Presidential candidate Belaúnde survives armed attack

    Belaúnde said his survival was nothing short of a miracle

    Peruvian Presidential candidate Rafael Belaúnde of the Popular Freedom party survived an armed attack on Tuesday in Cerro Azul, a town 147 kilometers south of Lima, sustaining only minor scratches from broken glass.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 09:48 UTC

    Joint Peru-Chile committee to be established to address northbound migration

    Monday's meeting between officials from both countries will result in a committee to address this issue henceforth

    Chilean and Peruvian authorities have agreed to set up a joint committee to address the overflowing northbound migration. High-level officials from both countries are to meet on Monday to lay out the body managing border security henceforth, it was announced Sunday after a gathering between Undersecretary of the Interior Víctor Ramos and Regional Governor Diego Paco.

  • Friday, November 28th 2025 - 22:11 UTC

    Irregular migrants flocking from Chile to Peru out of fear of Kast

    Cordero claimed the outbound flow of migrants was “relatively normal”

    Peruvian President José Jerí convened an “extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting to declare, as announced, a state of emergency” along the border with Chile as a direct response to a growing influx of undocumented migrants. The measure seeks to dramatically tighten border control and security.

  • Friday, November 28th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Peru: Castillo gets 11 years for failed coup attempt

    Castillo has been held at the Barbadillo prison since 2022

    Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones was sentenced on Thursday to 11 years, 5 months, and 15 days in prison for the crime of conspiracy to commit rebellion, stemming from his failed attempt to dissolve Congress in December 2022.

  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    Arrest warrant against Betssy Chávez escalates Mexico-Peru standoff

    Chávez remains inside the Mexican embassy in Lima, waiting for a safe conduit to leave Peru

    Peruvian Supreme Court Justice Juan Carlos Checkley issued an arrest warrant against former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez, who is currently seeking asylum inside the Mexican Embassy in Lima. The move comes as the Peruvian government delays issuing the safe conduct pass required for her departure to Mexico, heightening diplomatic tensions between the two nations.

  • Saturday, November 15th 2025 - 10:37 UTC

    Chilean Army NCO wounded by accidental gunshot on Peruvian border post

    The Army confirmed that the victim was “stable, conscious, and out of danger”

    A Chilean Army corporal was wounded Friday afternoon after a conscript soldier accidentally discharged his service weapon at a border observation post near the Peruvian frontier.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Indigenous communities in Peru say Comando Vermelho operates there

    Comando Vermelho's ramifications all over South America are still unfathomable

    Indigenous communities in Peru's remote Yurúa district, on the border with Brazil, are raising a serious alarm over the increasing presence of members of the Brazilian criminal organization Comando Vermelho (Red Command) operating in their territory.

  • Friday, October 17th 2025 - 07:53 UTC

    Peru's Acting President on the brink of impeachment after less than a week

    Jerí said he would not be resigning

    Thousands of Peruvians marched in Lima and other cities on Thursday, driven by discontent over government corruption and high levels of insecurity. The country's one-house Congress launched the proceedings towards the impeachment of Acting President José Jerí, who took over as chief executive on Oct. 10 following Dina Boluarte's snap removal from office.

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