Tag: Peru

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Uruguay, Peru take preventive action against monkeypox

  

  Uruguayan health authorities announced during the weekend they were monitoring the possible local appearance of suspected cases of monkeypox, based on “the symptomatology and travel history” of individuals.

• Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

  New lineage of Omicron variant circulating in Peru

  

  Peru's Health Ministry officials reported this week the finding of a new lineage of the SARS.CoV-2 Omicron variant called BA.1.22.

• Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 22:15 UTC

  Peru's President said to have plagiarized university thesis a decade ago

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones Wednesday rejected allegations that he and his wife Liliana Paredes had plagiarized the contents of the thesis they filed to get a Masters' Degree in Educational Psychology at the César Vallejo private university a decade ago.

• Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 20:56 UTC

  Merely 7% of Peruvians believe new constitution a priority

  

  According to a survey published Wednesday by Lima's El Comercio, only 7% of Peruvians believed a new Constitution was among the people's priorities.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 21:14 UTC

  Peru declares H3N2 epidemiological alert

  

  Peru's Health Ministry (Minsa) Tuesday issued an epidemiological alert in light of the growing number of Influenza A (H3N2) cases in Ayacucho, Piura, and Lima.

• Saturday, April 23rd 2022 - 10:39 UTC

  Castillo to seek referendum regarding Constitutional reform in Peru

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones Friday announced he would be launching a public consultation so that the citizenry may decide on whether a new Constitution is wanted or not.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 20:40 UTC

  Warrant issued for preventive arrest of Peruvian President nephews

  

  A Lima judge has ordered the preventive arrest for 36 months of two nephews of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones as well as of his former aide Bruno Pacheco for their alleged involvement in cases of corruption, it was reported.

• Thursday, April 7th 2022 - 08:16 UTC

  One dead as unrest in Peru mounts

  

  Protests all across Peru demanding the resignation of President Pedro Castillo Terrones have left 1 dead and at least 25 law enforcement officers injured in the town of Ica, south of Lima.

• Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  IACHR requests Peru refrains from freeing Fujimori

  

  The Costa Rica-based Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has issued a ruling telling the Peruvian State to refrain from releasing former President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) from jail as ordered by the country's Constitutional Court (TC).

• Tuesday, March 29th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Peruvian opposition lawmakers fail by far to impeach Castillo

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones Monday averted impeachment after the opposition lawmakers who wanted him ousted failed by far to reach the 87 votes needed.