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At least 25 people are killed and 17 others are injured when a bus veers off a cliff and crashes in Ayacucho Region, Peru.
2024-07-16

Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo loses his request for an emergency stay in the United States, as a deadline for his extradition to Peru nears, where he faces numerous charges.
2023-04-20

Peru surpasses 200,000 deaths from COVID-19, which is the second Latin American country to do so after Brazil.
2021-10-22

Heads of state and government from across the Americas meet in Lima, Peru, for the Eighth Summit of the Americas.
2018-04-13

A coach bus plunges off a cliff on a coastal road in Peru, killing at least 48 people.
2018-01-2

With more than 92% of the vote counted, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is ahead of Keiko Fujimori by just over 103,000 votes, 50.3 percent to 49.6 percent, in the electorate of 23 million citizens. Ballots of Peruvians living abroad will begin to arrive tonight. Mariano Cucho, the head of the electoral office, says the count may not be finalized until Thursday or Friday.
2016-06-6

Voters in Peru go to the polls for the second round of voting in a presidential election where Keiko Fujimori and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski are the remaining candidates.
2016-06-5

Peru declares a 60 day state of emergency in the Tambo Valley following violent protests against a mine project which has seen four deaths.
2015-05-23

Two new species of lizards are discovered in the Andes Mountains in Peru.
2013-03-22

U.S. militant Lori Berenson is released from prison in Peru after serving more than a decade for collaborating with the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement.
2010-11-8