Sources: BBC
After more than a year of high-level investigation, the Vatican expels Luis Fernando Figari, the leader of the Peruvian society of apostolic life Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, for financial corruption and for downplaying allegations of sexual and psychological abuse. 2024-08-14
Four Peruvian soldiers and two Shining Path militants are killed in a clash in Huanta Province, Peru, in the early morning hours. 2023-09-4
Seven police officers are killed and another is injured when their vehicle is ambushed in Valle de los Ríos Apurímac, Ene y Mantaro, Peru, in a suspected attack by remnants of Shining Path. 2023-02-11
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador says that his government will continue to recognize detained former Peruvian president Pedro Castillo as president of Peru and says that relations between both countries are now "paused". 2022-12-13
Two people are killed and four more are injured as pro-Pedro Castillo protests in Peru escalate. 2022-12-11
A boat collide into a freight barge on the Huallaga River, in Yurimaguas, Peru, killing at least 21 people. 2021-08-29
Peru's Foreign Minister Elizabeth Astete resigns amid an uproar over secret vaccination before the country receives one million doses for health workers. 2021-02-14
Peru declares a 60-day public health crisis in its northern provinces, with concern of the Venezuelan migrants spreading diseases. 2018-08-28
Peruvian ex-President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's homes are raided by police investigating Operation Car Wash. A judge orders him to remain in Peru. 2018-03-24
A Peruvian court revokes the parole of Lori Berenson, a United States citizen convicted in the 1990s of collaborating with the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. 2010-08-18