Tag: Peru

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 18:44 UTC

  Castillo stages coup d'état in Peru, announces emergency gov't

  

  Hours before Congress was to vote on a new motion to depose Pedro Castillo Terrones as President of Peru, the incumbent head of state Wednesday dissolved Parliament and announced he was starting an “emergency government.” Hours later, the chief of the Government was arrested by the authorities in Lima.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:06 UTC

  Peru and Ecuador declare bird flu health emergency; 10,000 pelicans dead, 180,000 chickens to be slaughtered

  

  Peru and Ecuador last week declared three-month health emergencies because of outbreaks of bird flu after a wave of cases led to tens of millions of poultry being slaughtered in Europe and the United States.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 22:42 UTC

  New impeachment request filed against Peruvian President

  

  The Peruvian Congress presented on Tuesday a request to dismiss president Pedro Castillo Terrones, for his alleged “moral incapacity” to hold office for the third time since he arrived the office, 16 months ago.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Peru's President lands in Chile for bilateral talks

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones and his entourage landed in Santiago on an official tour during which he is to participate in the IV Peru-Chile Binational Cabinet, among other engagements.

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Peru's Judiciary Chief fails to hold appeasement meeting between President, Congress

  

  Peru's Chief Justice Elvia Barrios Saturday urged President Pedro Castillo Terrones and Congress Speaker José Williams to promote dialogue between the two branches of government and put an end to the political crisis that the country is going through.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Castillo appoints new Peruvian Prime Minister

  

  Culture Minister Betssy Chávez Chino was chosen by Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones to become the country's new Prime Minister (President of the Council of Ministers) following Aíbal Torres' resignation Thursday after Congress “refused” to approve a motion of confidence.

• Friday, November 25th 2022 - 08:39 UTC

  Peru's Prime Minister Torres resigns

  

  Anibal Torres submitted his letter of resignation late Thursday as president of the Council of Ministers (also referred to as Prime Minister) after eight months on the post following Congress' decision not to support him in a motion of confidence voting.

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Mexico, Chile agree to boost bilateral cooperation

  

  Presidents Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) of Mexico and Gabriel Boric Font of Chile Wednesday agreed to boost bilateral cooperation in education, economic and environmental matters.

• Friday, November 18th 2022 - 23:58 UTC

  A Latam Airlines plane collided with a fire truck in Lima: two firefighters are death

  

  A Latam Airlines plane collided with a fire truck while taking off from one of the runways of Jorge Chávez Airport in Lima, Peru. Two firefighters, who were in the car, died as a result of the impact, local media reported.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Kenji Fujimori gets suspended jail sentence

  

  A court of law in Lima Tuesday handed down a 4.5-year jail sentence against former Congressman Kenji Fujimori and two other defendants in an influence-peddling case.