Sources: BBC
Hernando de Soto is (falsely) announced as the new prime minister of Peru. [https:--gestion.pe-peru-politica-hernando-de-soto-sera-el-presidente-del-consejo-de-ministros-noticia- ("Gestión" in Spanish )]. Two days later Denisse Miralles is sworn in to this office.2026-02-22
Thousands of people led by the "Generation Z" collective protest in Lima, Peru, against President Dina Boluarte and a controversial new law requiring young people to join a private pension fund. 2025-09-21
An Indonesian diplomat attached to the embassy in Lima, Peru, is shot dead by an unknown assailant. The Peruvian foreign ministry opens an investigation into the shooting as the country sees a rise in extortion and homicide. 2025-09-1
The 3.500 years old Caral city of Peñico is discovered in Peru. 2025-07-3
A court in Ica, Peru, opens a criminal investigation into an Israeli soldier who is on vacation in the country who is accused of war crimes. The Public Ministry referred the case to the local court to locate the man. 2025-05-26
Venezuela recalls its diplomats in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay after those countries oppose the election results. 2024-07-29
A 6.8 earthquake strikes the Ecuadorian province of Guayas, damaging buildings, killing at least 18 people, including two in neighboring Peru, and injuring over 400. 2023-03-18
A coach bus plunges off a cliff on a coastal road in Peru, killing at least 48 people. 2018-01-2
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes 51 kilometres south-west of the city of Ica in Peru at a depth of 35 km. No reports of casualties are issued. 2011-10-28
A Peruvian judge orders that United States born militant Lori Berenson be released from prison in Lima. [http:--www.thenewstribune.com-2010-11-05-1411718-judge-orders-lori-berenson-freed.html (AP via "The News Tribune")]date=August 2019 2010-11-5