Sources: BBC
Thousands of people led by the "Generation Z" collective protest in Lima, Peru, against President Dina Boluarte and a controversial new law requiring young people to join a private pension fund. 2025-09-21
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
The government declares a 30-day state of emergency in Lima and three other regions in response to the violent protests. 2023-01-14
Peru begins vaccinations for people aged 30 in Lima, Callao, and the Ica Region. 2021-09-5
At least 32 people are killed and more than 20 others are wounded as a bus plummets from a cliff in Lima, Peru. 2021-08-31
President Francisco Sagasti announces a total lockdown in the capital Lima and nine other regions following a significant increase in COVID-19 cases. 2021-01-26
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
A court of Lima orders 18 months of pre-trial imprisonment for former president Ollanta Humala and his wife Nadine Heredia for alleged money laundering. Both have turned themselves in. 2017-07-14
45,000 Inca artefacts taken by Yale University from Machu Picchu almost a century ago, and described by the president as "the dignity and pride of Peru", arrive in Lima after a long campaign by Peruvians to have them returned. 2011-03-30
The President of Peru Alan Garcia denies claims that he slapped a man who called him corrupt when he visited a Lima hospital last weekend. 2010-10-14