Sources: BBC News
At least three informal miners are killed in a shooting in Pataz District, Department of La Libertad, Peru. Two people are arrested. 2025-12-31
The Peruvian government declares a state of emergency in the capital city Lima and deploys military personnel to make patrols to combat increased violent crime rates. 2025-03-18
A judge in Peru dismisses charges of money laundering against Popular Force leader and former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori. 2025-01-13
Mexico confirms that it has granted asylum to the family of former Peruvian president Pedro Castillo, with Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard saying that a safe exit from Peru is currently being discussed. 2022-12-20
U.S. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announces that the Biden administration will ship 2 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Peru and 2.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine to Pakistan. Additionally, the United States will also send vaccine doses to Bangladesh. 2021-06-29
Peru reports a record 11,260 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,492,519. 2021-03-25
In a ruling, Venezuela's Supreme Court says it "guarantees congressional functions will be exercised by" itself, authorizing president Nicolás Maduro to create oil joint ventures without the previously mandated congressional approval. Opposition leaders call it a "coup", while Peru recalls its ambassador. 2017-03-30
Archaeologists discover four prehistoric Ichma culture tombs in the centre of the Peruvian capital Lima. 2015-11-27
All nine people, including two pilots and seven passengers, on board a Beechcraft Super King Air B200 airplane chartered by Peruvian mining company die after the plane became ensnared in power lines and crashed to the ground in the La Libertad Region, Peru. 2013-03-6
More than half of Peru enters a state of emergency due to unusually cold weather. 2010-07-24