Sources: AP via MSNBC
The 3.500 years old Caral city of Peñico is discovered in Peru. 2025-07-3
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States is elected to the papacy on the fourth ballot and takes the name Leo XIV. He is the first pope from North America and the second from the Americas, after Pope Francis. A dual citizen of the United States and Peru, he also becomes the second South American pope. 2025-05-8
A judge in Peru dismisses charges of money laundering against Popular Force leader and former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori. 2025-01-13
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
The United Kingdom announces visa-free entry for ordinary citizens of Colombia, Guyana and Peru. 2022-10-18
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
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo announces that the Peruvian government has reached an agreement with Russia to create a plant that would produce a Sputnik V vaccine in the country. 2021-09-6
People in Peru head to the polls to elect the members of the country's congress after its dissolution in September 2019. 2020-01-26
At least 15 people are killed in a crash between a bus and a truck in Arequipa, Peru. 2019-01-26