Sources: BBC
A court in Peru sentences former president Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in prison for receiving bribes. 2024-10-21
Chile announces that 115 Venezuelan migrants were repatriated to Venezuela on a humanitarian flight, after being stranded at the border with Peru, raising tensions between Peru and Chile. 2023-05-7
Two people are killed and four more are injured as pro-Pedro Castillo protests in Peru escalate. 2022-12-11
Peru raises its pandemic Alert level in 24 provinces from "moderate" to "high", resulting in an extended curfew between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., as well as tightened capacity limits in shopping centers, banks and restaurants. This comes as the number of daily COVID-19 cases increased 25% from the previous week. 2022-01-6
A bus loses control and runs off the road on the Interoceanic Highway in Puquio, Peru. The resulting crash kills at least nine people and injures another 20. 2021-04-8
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
An estimated 180,000 alpacas are dead due to frigid temperatures and drought in Peru. 2017-01-14
At least two people are killed in a remote part of Peru in an attack by Shining Path guerillas. 2016-04-9
Peru seizes $2.3 million in counterfeit U.S. 50 dollar bills heading to other South American countries. 2012-08-2
At least twenty-two people die in Peru after a bus plunges into a ravine. 2011-02-25