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A court in Peru sentences former president Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in prison for receiving bribes.
2024-10-21

At least 25 people are killed and 13 injured when a bus plunges into a ravine in Cajamarca, Peru.
2024-04-28

Peru raises its pandemic Alert level in 24 provinces from "moderate" to "high", resulting in an extended curfew between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., as well as tightened capacity limits in shopping centers, banks and restaurants. This comes as the number of daily COVID-19 cases increased 25% from the previous week.
2022-01-6

At least 17 mine workers are killed and 14 others are injured when the bus carrying them to work falls into a ravine in the Department of Ayacucho, Peru.
2021-06-18

Peru's Foreign Minister Elizabeth Astete resigns amid an uproar over secret vaccination before the country receives one million doses for health workers.
2021-02-14

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Ecuador, near the border with Peru. It is relatively deep, with a depth of 152 km.
2019-02-22

Protesting indigenous people take over half of the city of Puno in south-eastern Peru, demanding an end to a Canadian mining project.
2011-05-28

At least twenty-two people die in Peru after a bus plunges into a ravine.
2011-02-25

Authorities in Peru begin evacuating over 2,000 tourists stranded by heavy rains on Machu Picchu.
2010-01-26