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Montevideo, November 23rd 2024 - 10:22 UTC

Tag: Peru

  • Friday, February 3rd 2023 - 10:40 UTC

    Peru's advancing elections third-time unlucky

    Guerra García insisted Peruvians “missed” former dictator Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000)

    Peru's one-house Congress voted once again Thursday against moving forward the elections to some time in 2023. It was the third such rejection in one week while the country sinks deeper into a political crisis which added one more fatality Thursday to the growing tally recorded since the impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones on Dec. 7, 2022. Several ministers are expected Friday to go to Congress to present another bill proposing an early election on October 8.

  • Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Peru's Congress once again votes against advancing elections

    Had the bill been passed, the new authorities would take office in May 2024

    Peru's Congress refused once again Wednesday to bring forward the elections to 2023 as requested by President Dina Boluarte who was acquiescing to the demands of the numerous demonstrators that flocked the streets and roads since the Dec. 7 impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones.

  • Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 10:15 UTC

    Peru's Congress agrees to reconsider moving elections forward

    The motion to reconsider was approved, Williams announced

    Peru's one-house Congress Monday approved by 66 votes in favor, 49 against, and 6 abstentions to reconsider a previous decision on not moving forward the elections to sometime this year. Lawmakers are now to decide on a possible date.

  • Monday, January 30th 2023 - 11:18 UTC

    Tourism and mining industries cutting operations in Peru because of political protests

    Ruins of the Machu Picchu citadel have been closed for tourists

    The tourism industry and mining corporations in Peru are suspending or cancelling operations because of the escalating political protests in the country with dozens of people killed in clashes with security forces.

  • Monday, January 30th 2023 - 09:48 UTC

    Peru's Congress rejects moving elections forward

    Boluarte urged lawmakers to “put their partisan interests aside and place the interests of Peru above all else”

    Peru's one-house Congress Saturday voted against President Dina Boluarte's request about bringing forward the elections to December this year, which is one of the demands of the neverending protests nationwide that have erupted since her accession to power following Pedro Castillo Terrones' impeachment.

  • Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

    Peru: Boluarte favors moving elections forward, perhaps this year

    “I'm here because I took on a responsibility and will be here until Congress sets a date. That's why I ask: Come to an agreement,” Boluarte stressed

    Peruvian President Dina Boluarte said Friday that she did not oppose bringing forward the elections, which is one of the demands of the demonstrators that have marched all across the country since the impeachment of former President Pedro Castillo Terrones on Dec. 7.

  • Friday, January 27th 2023 - 09:57 UTC

    Evo declared “persona non grata” by Peru's Congress

    The new measure adds to Evo's ban on entering Peru and the stripping of a Congressional medal

    Peru's Congress Thursday declared former Bolivian President Evo Morales “persona non grata” by 74 votes in favor, 40 against, and 4 abstentions, for his alleged meddling in internal affairs.

  • Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    Peru: Boluarte asks for multinational endorsement to early elections

    “The stability of the country is at stake,” Boluarte told the OAS

    Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Wednesday asked the international community to endorse the holding of early elections in Peru, which she had already entrusted Congress with devising. She also said every possible solution should be within constitutional boundaries.

  • Friday, January 20th 2023 - 09:57 UTC

    More protesters killed during Lima Takeover

    Boluarte insisted the protesters want to take over the country through violence

    The number of people killed after President Dina Boluarte took office early last month following the impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones, who had tried to dissolve Congress and ruled by decree, has reached 54 Thursday as demonstrators staged the so-called Lima Takeover in the Peruvian capital and clashes with law enforcement officers were reported in other parts of the violence-torn South American country.

  • Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 19:43 UTC

    Peruvian authorities up security measures as protesters march through Lima

    The situation in the country is so unstable that the state-run Peruvian Sports Institute decided to postpone the beginning of the local football tournament

    Over 11,000 law enforcement officers were deployed Thursday across Peru's capital and the nearby port of Callao as anti-government demonstrators were getting ready to stage the so-called Lima Takeover.