Sources: BBC
Out of control and deadly wildfires in Peru have reached at least seven archaeological sites and have begun to burn near the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community. 2024-09-19
At least 25 people are killed and 13 injured when a bus plunges into a ravine in Cajamarca, Peru. 2024-04-28
One person is killed and two others are injured by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Piura, Peru. 2022-10-5
Peru prepares for major protests in response to the June 6 election which saw socialist candidate Pedro Castillo of Free Peru winning the presidency by a narrow margin of 44,000 votes. Presidential candidate Fujimori Keiko, who lost to Castillo in the second round, has called for several thousand votes to be blocked, largely from the rural areas, where she alleges that fraud occurred. Castillo's supporters have vowed to call for a general strike if his victory is not confirmed soon. 2021-06-26
At least 17 mine workers are killed and 14 others are injured when the bus carrying them to work falls into a ravine in the Department of Ayacucho, Peru. 2021-06-18
Sinopharm is setting up production lines to supply up to one billion doses of two COVID-19 vaccines currently being tested on 50,000 people in Phase III trials. Sinopharm is currently testing the vaccines in ten countries, including Egypt, Argentina, Jordan, and Peru. 2020-10-20
A prison riot at the Lurigancho jail over demands for better sanitary measures and COVID-19 medical care in San Juan de Lurigancho, Peru, leaves nine inmates dead, according to the National Penitentiary Institute. 2020-04-28
At least two people are killed in a remote part of Peru in an attack by Shining Path guerillas. 2016-04-9
Peruvian President Alan García orders funding for a tsunami-warning system. [http:--www.nzherald.co.nz-world-news-article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10631810 ("The New Zealand Herald")]date=August 2019 2010-03-13