Sources: BBC
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
At least 24 people are killed when a bus plunges off a cliff in the El Alto District, Talara Province, Peru. 2023-01-28
Spain donates 7.5 million vaccines to Latin American countries, with the first countries to receive these vaccines being Peru, Paraguay and Guatemala. 2021-08-5
A judge in Peru rejects a plea from public prosecutor José Domingo Pérez to send Popular Force party leader and presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori back to prison for allegedly violating her bail conditions over charges of money laundering and corruption. Pérez says that he will appeal the judge's ruling. 2021-06-21
Peru reports the first case of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom in a citizen who resides in Lima and had attended a family reunion days before Christmas. 2021-01-8
Peru declares a 60-day public health crisis in its northern provinces, with concern of the Venezuelan migrants spreading diseases. 2018-08-28
The Prosecutor's Office of Peru opens a preliminary investigation to determine if there were alleged political benefits – among them the humanitarian pardon granted to former President Alberto Fujimori – offered by former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to avoid being removed from his office during the first impeachment process against him in December 2017. Three months later, in the middle of a similar scenario, Kuczynski resigned, seeing that Congress would no longer favor him. 2018-06-28
A coach bus plunges off a cliff on a coastal road in Peru, killing at least 48 people. 2018-01-2
Five people are killed and 25 injured in clashes with police in the Puno region, Peru, in protests over mining projects. 2011-06-25
At least 20 people die after a bus plunges off a cliff in the Peruvian Andes. 2011-05-31