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The Peruvian government declares a state of emergency in the capital city Lima and deploys military personnel to make patrols to combat increased violent crime rates.
2025-03-18

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

Protests break out across Peru, including the capital Lima, in response to ousting and detainment of former President of Peru Pedro Castillo.
2022-12-8

A LATAM Airlines A320neo jet collides with a fire truck at Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, Peru, killing two firefighters and injuring 25 other people.
2022-11-18

President Pedro Castillo imposes a curfew in Lima amid protests against inflation caused by rising fuel and fertiliser costs.
2022-04-5

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

Heads of state and government from across the Americas meet in Lima, Peru, for the Eighth Summit of the Americas.
2018-04-13

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

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