Sources: BBC
One person is killed and at least 47 others are injured when a wall collapses at the Alejandro Villanueva Stadium in Lima, Peru. 2026-04-3
Brazil assumes responsibility for representing Mexico's diplomatic interests in Peru, including safeguarding the Mexican embassy in Lima, after Peru severed relations with Mexico following the granting of asylum to former prime minister Betssy Chávez. 2026-01-25
Peruvian president José Jerí declares a 30-day state of emergency in Lima in an attempt to curb rising crime. 2025-10-21
A w.1 earthquake hits Lima, Peru, killing one person and injuring at least five others. 2025-06-15
At least seven people are killed and four others are injured in a road accident in Lima, Peru. 2022-10-21
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 of Peru Martín Vizcarra dissolves the Congress and calls for snap elections. Lawmakers reject the proposal, suspend him from office and name Vice President Mercedes Aráoz as acting president. The Peruvian Armed Forces continued to recognize Vizcarra as President of Peru and head of the armed forces. Popular protests backing the President takes place in the streets of Lima. 2019-09-30
The Chamber of Commerce of Lima warns that just under a million Peruvians are at risk of returning to poverty. 2019-06-25
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