Sources: BBC
At least 33 people are injured, including three minors and five others seriously, in a bombing at a nightclub in Trujillo, La Libertad Department, Peru. No group has yet claimed responsibility. 2026-03-7
Peruvian president José Jerí declares a 30-day state of emergency in Lima in an attempt to curb rising crime. 2025-10-21
Former Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra is arrested after a judge investigating him for corruption orders five months of preventive detention. 2025-08-14
At the China-CELAC Forum in Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry announces it will allow nationals from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay to enter the country without a travel visa starting June 1. 2025-05-15
Peru is removed as a host for the FIFA U-17 World Cup after failing to meet the requirements for staging the tournament. 2023-04-3
Japan reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant in a woman in her 30s who arrived at Haneda Airport on July 20 after travelling to Peru. 2021-08-6
Peru announces a sharp increase in the COVID-19 death toll from 69,342 to 180,764 following a government review that reflects the severity of the pandemic. 2021-05-31
34 people are killed and 28 others are injured after a truck transporting liquefied petroleum gas caused a gas leak that triggered an explosion in Villa El Salvador, Lima metropolitan area, Peru. 2020-01-23
Off the coast in the north of Peru hundreds of dolphins and more than 1,000 birds, mostly pelicans, die under unexplained circumstances. 2012-05-6
Ecuador throws its support behind Peru in their demands for the return of over 40,000 Machu Picchu artifacts taken by US explorer Hiram Bingham III, and now in Yale's possession. 2010-10-26