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Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo is extradited from the United States and is taken to prison on charges related to money laundering.
2023-04-23

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

Mexico says that it will maintain its ambassador in Peru despite the latter withdrawing its ambassador from Mexico in protest of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's support of former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo.
2023-02-25

Mexico confirms that it has granted asylum to the family of former Peruvian president Pedro Castillo, with Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard saying that a safe exit from Peru is currently being discussed.
2022-12-20

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

Peru announces a sharp increase in the COVID-19 death toll from 69,342 to 180,764 following a government review that reflects the severity of the pandemic.
2021-05-31

Peruvian ex-President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's homes are raided by police investigating Operation Car Wash. A judge orders him to remain in Peru.
2018-03-24

The main opposition party of Peru, Popular Force, which has the absolute majority in Congress, gives the president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski less than 24 hours to present his resignation. This comes after it revealed that he received large sums of money from the Odebrecht construction company, through a financial advisory firm of his property, in exchange of the concession of important infrastructures for the country.
2017-12-14

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 survey conducted by Datafolha shows a majority of Brazilians now favor the impeachment or resignation of President Dilma Rousseff. The poll showed 68 percent of respondents favor Rousseff's impeachment by Congress, while 65 percent think the president should resign. The president's approval ratings have been hammered by Brazil's worst recession in decades and its biggest ever corruption probe.
2016-03-19