Sources: BBC
One person is killed and two others are injured by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Piura, Peru. 2022-10-5
Peru announces that people over the age of 18 years who want to enter indoor spaces must show a proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 beginning in December, either physical or virtual vaccination cards. 2021-11-14
Peru begins vaccinations for people aged 30 in Lima, Callao, and the Ica Region. 2021-09-5
Peru surpasses one million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth Latin American country to surpass the milestone after Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico. 2020-12-22
State television broadcasts images it says are captured high-calibre weapons, Peruvian documents, and uniforms emblazoned with an American flag. 2020-05-3
France returns three archaeological pieces to Peru that were seized by French customs in 2007. The artifacts, which date from between 1100 and 1450, are two clay statuettes and a wooden spear that belong to the Chancay and Chimú pre-Columbian cultures respectively. 2019-06-7
Peruvian President Alan García swears in Rosario Fernández as Prime Minister, after the sudden resignation of José Antonio Chang. 2011-03-19
Peruvian-Spanish writer Mario Vargas Llosa is announced as the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. 2010-10-7
Two Ugandans and one Peruvian are killed and 15 others are injured in a bomb in Baghdad, Iraq. 2010-07-22
Authorities in Peru begin evacuating over 2,000 tourists stranded by heavy rains on Machu Picchu. 2010-01-26