Sources: BBC
A Peruvian court sentences former president Martín Vizcarra to 14 years in prison for accepting bribes from construction companies while serving as governor of Moquegua between 2011 and 2014. 2025-11-26
At least 6 people are killed and 79 others are injured after a roof collapses at the Real Plaza Trujillo shopping mall in Trujillo, Peru. 2025-02-21
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
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo announces that the Peruvian government has reached an agreement with Russia to create a plant that would produce a Sputnik V vaccine in the country. 2021-09-6
Peru signs a deal with Pfizer to purchase 20 million doses of its vaccine. 2021-02-4
Peru reports the first case of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom in a citizen who resides in Lima and had attended a family reunion days before Christmas. 2021-01-8
One woman dies and 21 people are affected after eating lunch in a Seventh-day Adventist church in the district of Sorochuco, department of Cajamarca, in Peru. The causes of the poisoning are not yet clear. 2019-06-25
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Pacific Ocean near Acarí in Peru's Arequipa Region resulting in 1 death and 65 injured. 2018-01-14
A Peruvian court revokes the parole of Lori Berenson, a United States citizen convicted in the 1990s of collaborating with the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. 2010-08-18
Peruvian President Alan García orders funding for a tsunami-warning system. [http:--www.nzherald.co.nz-world-news-article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10631810 ("The New Zealand Herald")]date=August 2019 2010-03-13