Sources: BBC
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
The Peruvian Ministry of Health announces that it will stop labeling transgender individuals as suffering from mental disorders, but will instead use the term "gender discordance". 2024-06-25
Research shows that fossil bones of the "Perucetus colossus" whale discovered in Peru could indicate that it was the heaviest animal to have ever existed. 2023-08-3
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador says that his government will continue to recognize detained former Peruvian president Pedro Castillo as president of Peru and says that relations between both countries are now "paused". 2022-12-13
Interim President Francisco Sagasti extends the COVID-19 state of emergency in Peru until the end of August. 2021-07-11
Peru signs a deal with Pfizer to purchase 20 million doses of its vaccine. 2021-02-4
In a school of the Moquegua city, in Peru, 66 children are poisoned by a leak from a gas regasification plant, located 300 meters away. All affected students were taken to a nearby health center. 2019-06-21
In Peru, two trains collide en route to Machu Picchu, injuring 15. 2018-07-31
A judge in Peru issues an arrest warrant for former President Alejandro Toledo for allegedly receiving US$20 million in bribes from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, in exchange for a contract deal to build a transoceanic highway between Brazil and the Peruvian coast. Toledo denies any wrongdoing. 2017-02-10
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes the Peruvian–Chilean border, causing power cuts but no serious immediate damage. No casualties have been reported. 2012-05-14