Sources: AP via MSNBC
The Peruvian Supreme Court sentences former president Pedro Castillo to 11 and a half years in prison for criminal conspiracy when he tried to dissolve Congress and attempted a self-coup in 2022. 2025-11-27
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
A w.1 earthquake hits Lima, Peru, killing one person and injuring at least five others. 2025-06-15
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
Sinopharm began Phase III trials in Peru starting with two dozen people, with the goal to vaccinate 6,000 people between the ages of 18 and 75. So far, Sinopharm has given 30,000 doses to volunteers and another 10,000 participants have received double doses in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, with additional trials planned for Morocco and Argentina. 2020-09-10
Peru declares a 60-day public health crisis in its northern provinces, with concern of the Venezuelan migrants spreading diseases. 2018-08-28
Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, and Chile tighten border controls for Venezuelan migrants. Over 7% of Venezuela’s total population has fled the nation in two years. 2018-08-19
Peruvian AIDESEP indigenous leader Alberto Pizango, detained on Wednesday as he returned from almost a year in exile in Nicaragua and charged with objecting to oil digging in the rainforest, is released on bail. 2010-05-28
A state of emergency is declared in parts of Bolivia and rescue efforts continue in Peru amid heavy rain and floods in the region. 2010-01-29