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Montevideo, April 16th 2025 - 02:37 UTC

Tag: Peru

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    US Judge orders arrest of former Peruvian President Toledo pending extradition

    Toledo, 77, was President of Peru between 2001 and 2006

    US Federal Judge Thomas Hixson ordered former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo to surrender to marshalls in the Californian city of San Jose next Friday, April 21, at 9 am local time for his extradition to Lima to face corruption charges in another spinoff of the Odebrecht case in his country. In the meantime, Toledo will be housed in a jail in the Californian county of San Mateo.

  • Tuesday, April 18th 2023 - 09:05 UTC

    Peru: Castillo's arrest not arbitrary, court rules

    Castillo was arrested before being removed from office so he still had immunity, his defense argued

    A Peruvian court Monday upheld a previous ruling declaring the inadmissibility of a habeas corpus request filed in favor of former President Pedro Castillo to seek his release from jail.

  • Monday, April 10th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Covid-19 cases on the rise in Peru

    “It is necessary and essential to sustain preventive measures such as vaccination,” Gutiérrez said

    Peruvian health authorities are detecting a surge in the number of cases of Covid-19 nationwide. Health Minister Rosa Gutiérrez told reporters that the increase had been focused on Lima and in the northern parts of the country.

  • Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

    Arrest of former Peruvian President Toledo ordered

    Toledo is looking at a spell at Lima's Barbadillo prison alongside former colleagues Alberto Fujimori and Pedro Castillo

    A US judge Wednesday ordered the arrest of former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo Manrique, who is said to have received millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for awarding works to the Brazilian company Odebrecht. The Court revoked Toledo's parole and ruled him taken into custody to proceed with his extradition to his country, where he faces charges of corruption.

  • Wednesday, April 5th 2023 - 09:13 UTC

    Peru: Motion to impeach Boluarte fails to get through Congress

    Boluarte said the motion to impeach was an “obscure political maneuver”

    Peru's one-house Congress Tuesday dismissed a motion to impeach President Dina Boluarte for “moral incapacity” by 64 votes to 37, and 10 abstentions. A reconsideration mooted immediately afterward was also rejected by 67 votes to 34 and, again, 10 abstentions. In view of these results, Congress Speaker José Williams ordered the case shelved.

  • Friday, March 10th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Castillo's pre-trial detention extended to 36 months

    The former president faces up to 32 years in jail, Judge Chuckley argued

    Peruvian Supreme Court Justice Juan Carlos Checkley Thursday extended former President Pedro Castillo Terrones' pre-trial detention to 36 months. The former head of state is held at the Barbadillo Prison next to fellow former President Alberto Fujimori after being impeached for trying to close Congress and rule by decree. Castillo is also under investigation for acts of corruption committed during his time in office.

  • Friday, March 10th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    Peru lifts state of emergency in Lima

    Violence in the country's capital has subsided, Otárola said

    The Peruvian Government Thursday lifted the state of emergency decreed in Lima amid mounting violence since the Dec. 7 impeachment of then-President Pedro Castillo Terrones, Prime Minister Alberto Otárola announced. Castillo's government had also decreed a state of emergency in Lima and its neighboring province of Callao to combat crime.

  • Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

    Lima Court rejects habeas corpus for Castillo

    A group of lawyers defending Castillo had argued he was still President due to a technicality

    Peru's Judiciary Monday rejected a habeas corpus request filed by former President Pedro Castillo Terrones' legal counselors to spare the former head of state the 18 months' pre-trial detention he has been sentenced to pending a resolution on the case against him for trying to dissolve Congress and rule by decree.

  • Saturday, February 25th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

    Peru pulls ambassador from Mexico after AMLO's criticism

    “Diplomatic relations between Peru and Mexico formally remain at the level of chargé d'affaires,” Boluarte said

    Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Friday announced she was recalling Lima's ambassador from Mexico in response to her colleague Adrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) meddling in the internal affairs of her country.

  • Monday, February 20th 2023 - 10:21 UTC

    Gustavo Petro has been officially banned from entering Peruvian territory

    Petro has been officially banned from entering Peruvian territory

    Peru's one-house Congress approved late Friday by 72 votes in favor, 29 against, and 7 abstentions, the declaration of Colombian President Gustavo Petro as “persona non grata” for his statements likening the local police to Nazi troops. The decision had been endorsed Tuesday by the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.