Sources: BBC
A court in Germany rejects a lawsuit filed by a Peruvian farmer against German energy firm RWE. Saúl Luciano Lliuya alleged that the firm's global emissions contributed to the melting of glaciers in Peru, threatening his hometown of Huaraz with flooding. 2025-05-29
At least 24 people are killed when a bus plunges off a cliff in the El Alto District, Talara Province, Peru. 2023-01-28
Peru indefinitely closes its iconic Machu Picchu historic site due to the ongoing unrest which has killed dozens of people. Around 500 foreign nationals are currently stranded in Peru. 2023-01-21
Peru reports its first case of the Delta variant, which was originally detected in India in the southern city of Arequipa. 2021-06-9
France returns three archaeological pieces to Peru that were seized by French customs in 2007. The artifacts, which date from between 1100 and 1450, are two clay statuettes and a wooden spear that belong to the Chancay and Chimú pre-Columbian cultures respectively. 2019-06-7
After an emergency summit, eleven nations of Latin America (including Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru) announce that they will all admit Venezuelan migrants without the required travel documents. 2018-09-5
At least 15 people die after a bus falls into a ravine in the western region of Ancash, in Peru. 2018-08-12
Archaeologists discover four prehistoric Ichma culture tombs in the centre of the Peruvian capital Lima. 2015-11-27
The United Nations adopts a format for national pledges to tackle climate change after meetings extend into the weekend at the conference held in Lima, Peru. 2014-12-14
A 4,000-year-old pyramid at El Paraíso in Peru is destroyed by property developers. 2013-07-3