Tag: Peru

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

  Indigenous communities in Peru say Comando Vermelho operates there

  

  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

  

  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.

• Monday, October 13th 2025 - 07:56 UTC

  Peru's acting president hopes to appoint “broad-based” cabinet

  

  Peruvian Acting President José Jerí, who took office early Friday morning following the dismissal of Dina Boluarte, has announced the formation of a “broad-based” cabinet to tackle crime and guide the country until 2026.

• Friday, October 10th 2025 - 10:58 UTC

  Peru: Congress ousts Boluarte for moral incapacity

  

  Peru's one-house Congress removed Dina Boluarte from the presidency late Thursday, citing her “permanent moral incapacity.” In an expedited proceeding, Congress Speaker José Jiri was sworn in as acting president just six months before the 2026 elections.

• Saturday, October 4th 2025 - 11:15 UTC

  South Korean company intends to build high-speed railway in Peru

  

  Peruvian authorities are developing a plan for a high-speed railway along its coast, supported by a South Korean company, Transport and Communications Minister César Sandoval confirmed on Friday.

• Saturday, September 13th 2025 - 10:06 UTC

  Peru: Chiclayo to hold festive weekend marking Leo XIV's birthday

  

  The Peruvian city of Chiclayo is holding a massive two-day tribute this weekend to celebrate Sunday's 70th birthday of its former US-born Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV.

• Friday, September 12th 2025 - 19:55 UTC

  Peru's Congress shelves complaint against Boluarte

  

  Peru's one-House Congress has voted to shelve a constitutional complaint against President Dina Boluarte regarding the deaths and injuries during protests following the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo in December 2022.

• Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 10:22 UTC

  Peru: Vizcarra released from prison

  

  Former Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra was released on Wednesday from his preventive detention as he was deemed to pose a flight risk regarding the charges against him of accepting bribes while he was governor of the Moquegua region (2011-2014).

• Saturday, August 30th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

  Peru: Scientists extracting skeleton of 20-million-year-old bird

  

  A team of Peruvian researchers has discovered the perfectly preserved fossil of a new, giant seabird species believed to be 20 million years old. The skeleton, found in the Ocucaje Desert in the department of Ica, is similar in size to a modern condor. In principle, the specimen is believed to belong to a species never before studied.

• Saturday, August 16th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

  Peru: Boluarte enacts pardon for human rights violations between 1980 and 2000

  

  Despite requests from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and other international bodies, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has enacted a controversial amnesty law, granting amnesty to military personnel, police officers, and civilians accused or convicted of human rights violations between 1980 and 2000.