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    <text>Peruvian defence minister Carlos Díaz Dañino and foreign minister Hugo de Zela resign following president José María Balcázar's decision to postpone the purchase of F-16 fighter jets from the United States. </text>
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    <text>Peruvians vote to elect 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 60 members of a newly created senate, while also determining the top two presidential candidates that will advance to a run-off election. </text>
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    <text>The Peruvian Supreme Court sentences former president Pedro Castillo to 11 and a half years in prison for criminal conspiracy when he tried to dissolve Congress and attempted a self-coup in 2022. </text>
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    <text>A Peruvian Supreme Court judge orders the arrest and five-month preventive detention of former prime minister Betssy Chávez, who is under asylum at the Mexican embassy and is being prosecuted for alleged seditious conspiracy in connection with former president Pedro Castillo's attempt to dissolve Congress. </text>
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    <text>Peru's Congress declares Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum a &quot;persona non grata&quot; after Peru cut diplomatic ties with Mexico for granting asylum to former prime minister Betssy Chávez, who faces conspiracy charges related to former president Pedro Castillo's attempt to dissolve Congress. </text>
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    <text>The Peruvian Constitutional Court orders the suspension of all investigations into President Dina Boluarte, including probes into protest-related deaths, alleged illicit enrichment, and temporary absence from office, until her term ends in July 2026. </text>
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      <text>Peruvian President Pedro Castillo announces that the Peruvian government has reached a agreement with Russia to create a plant that would produce a Sputnik V vaccine in the country. </text>
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    <text>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. </text>
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      <text>Interim Peruvian President Francisco Sagasti extends the COVID-19 state of emergency in Peru until the end of August. </text>
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      <text>Interim Peruvian President Francisco Sagasti extends the COVID-19 state of emergency in Peru to the end of August. </text>
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    <text>Interim President Francisco Sagasti extends the COVID-19 state of emergency in Peru until the end of August. </text>
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      <text>Peru launches a vaccination program against COVID-19 two days after it received 300,000 doses of BBIBP-CorV from Sinopharm. President Francisco Sagasti becomes the first person to get vaccinated. </text>
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    <text>Peru launches a vaccination program against COVID-19 two days after it received 300,000 doses of Sinopharm's BBIBP-CorV vaccine. President Francisco Sagasti becomes the first person to get vaccinated. </text>
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    <text>Peruvian President Alan García swears in Rosario Fernández as Prime Minister, after the sudden resignation of José Antonio Chang. </text>
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  <text>The National Jury of Elections launches a comprehensive audit of Peru's presidential election first round after reported irregularities, with results showing leading candidates separated by a narrow margin and multiple contested tally sheets under review. </text>
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