Sources: AP via MSNBC
Five people are killed after a truck lost its brakes and crashed into several vehicles near Jaén, Peru. 2026-05-2
At least 37 people are killed and 20 others are injured when a bus collides with a truck and crashes down a ravine in Arequipa, Peru. 2025-11-12
Nine people are killed and twelve others are injured when a bus plunges into a ravine near Tarma, Junín, Peru, after the driver swerves to avoid a collision. 2024-07-22
Twenty-four people are killed and 21 more injured after a bus plunges in to a ravine in the Andes mountains, Peru. 2023-09-18
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
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
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes the Peruvian–Chilean border, causing power cuts but no serious immediate damage. No casualties have been reported. 2012-05-14
Peruvian President Alan García swears in Rosario Fernández as Prime Minister, after the sudden resignation of José Antonio Chang. 2011-03-19
Peruvian President Alan García names José Chang as Prime Minister, replacing Javier Velásquez as part of a cabinet reshuffle. 2010-09-14