Sources: BBC
Hundreds of protesters march in Lima, Peru, to demand the reversal of a new law that describes transgender people as having a mental illness. 2024-05-18
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes northern Peru at 131 km of depth, killing one person and injuring 12 others. 75 homes are destroyed and around 220 damaged. The earthquake is felt as far south as Lima. President Pedro Castillo orders the deployment of relief and also viewed the area in a military aircraft. 2021-11-28
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
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
At least 13 people are killed after police raid a nightclub in Lima for breaching restrictions that were imposed in response to the pandemic. Police report that a stampede occurred as patrons tried to escape, resulting in casualties, while others were killed due to asphyxiation. 2020-08-22
The Chamber of Commerce of Lima warns that just under a million Peruvians are at risk of returning to poverty. 2019-06-25
A meeting is held in Lima attended by representatives from Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil, to develop requests for aid in regards to Venezuelan immigrants, which will be sent to organisations including the United Nations and International Red Cross. Yesterday, there was a similar meeting in Bogotá. A larger meeting has been set-up to be held in Quito in early September, to be attended by representatives from 14 countries and 10 international organisations. 2018-08-29
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
The United Nations adopts a format for national pledges to tackle climate change after meetings extend into the weekend at the conference held in Lima, Peru. 2014-12-14
A Peruvian judge orders that United States born militant Lori Berenson be released from prison in Lima. [http:--www.thenewstribune.com-2010-11-05-1411718-judge-orders-lori-berenson-freed.html (AP via "The News Tribune")]date=August 2019 2010-11-5