Tag: Peru

• Monday, July 12th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Peruvian prosecution to investigate Keiko Fujimori's alleged “disturbing of the vote”

  

  Peru's State Attorney has announced conservative presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori is to be investigated for allegedly disturbing the electoral process through the filing of 760 requests for annulment of different polling stations after June 6's presidential runoff.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Peru's middle class shrinks from 43% to 24% during 2020

  

  A new study released Tuesday by the Institute of Economics and Business Development (Iedep) of the Lima Chamber of Commerce showed that some 6.3 million Peruvians fell from the country's middle-class social group during 2020.

• Wednesday, June 30th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Yet another setback for Keiko Fujimori's legal effort to become President of Peru

  

  Peru's National Elections Jury (JNE) Tuesday found seven additional appeals from conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori against the outcome of June 6's presidential elections to be unfounded.

• Thursday, June 24th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Peru's Elections Jury finds 10 of Fujimori's appeals to be unfounded

  

  Peru's National Elections Jury (JNE) found on appeal that 10 of the objections raised by presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori of Fuerza Popular were unfounded.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Peruvian judge allows Keiko Fujimori to stay out of jail, for now

  

  Peruvian presidential contender Keiko Fujimori has been allowed to stay out of jail Monday, but the judge's decision bars her from meeting with her closest campaign aides.

• Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Retired military officers call for annulment of Peru's elections as political unrest mounts

  

  Peru's President Francisco Sagasti has ordered the Minister of Defense to investigate the sending of a letter by retired military officers which may imply a breach “to the constitutional order.”

• Friday, June 18th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Castillo advisor says there will be “no expropriations, no nationalization, or price controls” in Peru

  

  Pedro Francke, a 60-year-old economy professor and advisor to presidential frontrunner Pedro Castillo, has announced “there will be no expropriations, no nationalization, or price controls” in Peru, the Madrid daily El País reported.

• Friday, June 18th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  WHO focuses on possible dangers of coronavirus lambda variant

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to focus on the possible threats by the coronavirus variant known as Lambda, which was first found in August 2020 in Peru, when it was called C.37 or “Andean.”

• Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:54 UTC

  Peru's fortunes start packing up in case Castillo becomes President

  

  Peru's wealthiest people feel threatened by the likelihood of leftwing Pedro Castillo becoming the next president and have therefore started wiring money abroad, it was reported.

• Wednesday, June 16th 2021 - 09:57 UTC

  Castillo edged Fujimori by 44,000 votes as counting ends in Peruvian presidential runoff

  

  Peru's electoral authorities have completed counting votes from June 6's presidential runoff, after which left-wing candidate Pedro Castillo was determined to have finished some 44,000 votes ahead of right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori.