Tag: Peru

• Monday, January 16th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

  Peruvian demonstrators undeterred by gov't measures

  

  Demonstrators gathered Sunday in Lima to express their rejection of President Dina Boluarte's staying in office barely over a month after taking over from the deposed Pedro Castillo Terrones who is held in pre-trial detention.

• Monday, January 16th 2023 - 09:53 UTC

  Parts of Peru under state of emergency, basic rights suspended

  

  The Peruvian Government of President Dina Boluarte has declared a state of emergency in several areas of the South American country after over a month of social unrest.

• Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Peru, at least 48 deaths in anti government protests and night curfew in Andean region

  

  Anti government protests, involving the death of at least 48 people and hundreds injured, continued in Peru, a month since elected president Pedro Castillo was removed from office and replaced by interim president Dina Boluarte.

• Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 09:38 UTC

  Three new ministers sworn in by Peru's President

  

  The government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has undergone a cabinet reshuffle this week as the country's crisis keeps taking a turn for the worse with more violent demonstrations, followed by killings and arrests.

• Friday, January 13th 2023 - 21:08 UTC

  Peru's Labor Minister resigns as gov't turns deaf ear to popular demands

  

  Eduardo Garcia Birimisa resigned late Thursday as Peru's Labor Minister amid increasing popular demonstrations resulting in more deaths as the days go by since Pedro Castillo Terrones' impeachment on Dec. 7.

• Friday, January 13th 2023 - 09:58 UTC

  Cusco's airport once again closed as a precaution in Peru

  

  Cusco's Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport has been closed for the second time since the beginning of nationwide protests following the Dec. 7 impeachment of President Pedro Castillo Terrones, in a move to prevent new attacks by demonstrators requesting the resignation of President Dina Boluarte

• Wednesday, January 11th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Peru: Curfew decreed in Puno after deadly riots

  

  Peruvian authorities have decreed a curfew in the Puno region following anti-government protests that left 18 people dead on Monday, Prime Minister Alberto Otálora announced on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, January 10th 2023 - 22:01 UTC

  Peru: Juliaca airport violence ends up in 17 people dead

  

  At least 17 people were killed and 40 others injured Monday in the southern Peruvian city of Juliaca as protests against President Dina Boluarte resumed following a year-ending truce. The victims had projectile impacts on their bodies, according to local TV reports.

• Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 11:32 UTC

  Peruvian prosecutors want Castillo's wife held in pre-trial detention

  

  Peru's Public Prosecutor's Office has filed a request for former First Lady Lilia Paredes-Castillo's pre-trial arrest while she is under investigation for her alleged participation in a corruption ring, it was reported Friday in Lima.

• Thursday, January 5th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

  Protests and road blockades resume in Peru

  

  Peruvian demonstrators went back to blocking roads and staging other protests nationwide over the impeachment of former President Pedro Castillo Terrones, after which 28 people have been killed.