Sources: BBC
The governments of Mexico and Peru reinstate diplomatic relations after agreeing to allow former Peruvian prime minister Betssy Chávez to seek asylum in Mexico. 2026-08-7
Peruvian president José Jerí declares a 30-day state of emergency in Lima in an attempt to curb rising crime. 2025-10-21
At least 18 people are killed and 48 others are injured when a bus overturns on a highway in the Andes Mountains in Junín Department, Peru. 2025-07-26
At least 10 people are killed and 25 others are injured in a bus crash in the Department of Lima, Peru. 2023-04-10
At least 24 people are killed when a bus plunges off a cliff in the El Alto District, Talara Province, Peru. 2023-01-28
The United Kingdom announces visa-free entry for ordinary citizens of Colombia, Guyana and Peru. 2022-10-18
Peru reports a record 11,260 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,492,519. 2021-03-25
Pope Francis visits Peru and meets 4,000 members of the indigenous communities from the Amazon rainforest. He states that the people of the Amazon are threatened now more than ever, and questions the conservationist policies that affect the Peruvian rainforest. In Puerto Maldonado, he asks for the indigenous communities to be recognized as partners instead of as minorities. He calls on the Peruvian people to put an end to practices that degrade women, and criticizes the sterilization of indigenous women. 2018-01-19
At least 33 people die when a bus tumbles into a river near Trujillo, Peru. 2013-04-14
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