Tag: Peruvian congress

• Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 09:21 UTC

  Peruvian President denied permission to attend United Nations GA

  

  Peru's one-house Congress on Tuesday voted against allowing President Dina Boluarte to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week, with 55 votes to 50 and 5 abstentions. Boluarte intended to be in the United States between Sept. 22 and 25 while remaining in charge of the South American country remotely.

• Tuesday, September 6th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Peru's Congress Speaker vacated after scandal breaks out

  

  Peru's One-House Congress Monday approved in a plenary session to vacate Speaker Lady Camones from her position after audios went viral proving she had carried out improper Parliamentarian deeds.

• Friday, August 20th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Peru's Parliament falls short of declaring Evo Morales persona non grata

  

  Peruvian Congress turns down motion to declare Evo Morales “persona non grata”

• Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 07:21 UTC

  Peruvian foreign minister, three weeks in the job, resigns

  

  The Peruvian foreign minister Hector Bejar resigned on Tuesday following some controversial statements about the origins of terrorism in his country, thus becoming the first loss in the cabinet of president Pedro Castillo who took office in July.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Peruvian agriculture export companies workers take to highways to renew protests

  

  Workers from agricultural export companies in Peru renewed protests this week after Congress failed to reach an agreement to reform the sector and address their complaints about poor pay.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Chaos in Peru: interim president resigns following massive protests and police brutality

  

  Peru’s interim president resigned on Sunday as the nation plunged into its worst constitutional crisis in two decades following massive protests unleashed when Congress ousted the nation’s popular leader.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Peruvian congress ousts president Vizcarra: “easier to kick out a president than a mayor”

  

  Peruvian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Monday night to remove President Martín Vizcarra from office, expressing anger over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and citing alleged but unproven corruption allegations.

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 11:50 UTC

  Removal of Peruvian president depends on his greatest adversary and head of opposition, Keiko Fujimori

  

  The Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori, the greatest adversary of President Martín Vizcarra, rejected this Sunday the motion to remove the president and urged Congress to act with “prudence”.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Peruvian elections return an atomized Congress to the advantage of president Vizcarra

  

  The opposition’s crushing defeat in Peru’s legislative elections has left a fragmented Congress without a dominant party, which should help President Martin Vizcarra pass his reforms with the support of centrist parties.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Peruvian vice-president resigns as interim president and supports general election

  

  Peru's vice-president has resigned from her post after declining the opposition's nomination to be interim leader, saying she hoped it would pave the way for a new general election. Mercedes Aráoz said the “constitutional order had broken” and that the country faced a “grave institutional crisis”.