Mexico regrets Peru’s decision to withdraw ambassador
February 25, 2023 GMTMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico said Saturday it regretted the decision by Peruvian President Dina Boluarte to withdraw her country’s ambassador in response to criticism from Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Peru withdraws ambassador from Mexico amid dispute
February 25, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte announced on Friday the withdrawal of her country's ambassador to Mexico in response to criticism from Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, whom she reproached for hurting ties in order to “privilege ideological affinities.”
From a secret safehouse, Peru’s Indigenous revolt advances
February 18, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — In an industrial corridor of Peru's capital, a dingy stairwell leads to a second-floor safehouse. Dozens of Quechua and Aymara activists lie on mattresses strewn on the floor, resting up for more anti-government demonstrations as volunteers cook a breakfast of donated rice, pasta and vegetables.
Peru reopens Machu Picchu after agreement with protesters
February 15, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's Machu Picchu, an Inca-era stone citadel nestled in its southeastern jungle, reopened on Wednesday after being closed nearly a month ago amid antigovernment protests, the culture ministry announced.
Turmoil risks financial stability Peru long took for granted
February 6, 2023 GMTCUSCO, Peru (AP) — Marco Gonzales ventured to the Andean city of Cusco from his home in the Peruvian Amazon in 2007 with little more than $20, a smidgeon of English and a change of clothes poorly suited for the icy mountain air.
Peru Congress agrees to debate measure on earlier elections
January 30, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — Pressed by Peru's embattled president to take action in response to weeks of deadly protests, Congress narrowly agreed on Monday to reconsider a proposal to move the 2026 national elections up to this October.
Peru’s protest ‘deactivators’ run toward tear gas to stop it
January 29, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — When police fire tear gas at protesters demanding the resignation of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, most run away.
Protester killed in Peru’s capital, rising crisis toll to 58
January 29, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — A protester has been killed in Lima during brutal clashes between police and demonstrators demanding the resignation of President Dina Boluarte.
Peru president gives support for elections later this year
January 27, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte called on Congress Friday to approve a proposal to move elections forward to late this year, a marked concession from the leader who has been facing daily protests that have left almost 60 people dead.
Peru protesters tear-gassed after president calls for truce
January 25, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Peru's capital and were met with volleys of tear gas and pellets amid clashes with security forces just hours after President Dina Boluarte called for a “truce” in almost two months of protests.
Rights groups dismayed at lack of criticism for Peru abuses
January 25, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — More than 50 people have died in ongoing street protests in the weeks since Peru's elected leader was jailed, mostly demonstrators at the hands of police officers, but only a few international voices of concern have emerged.
Pope makes plea for end of violence, start of talks in Peru
January 22, 2023 GMTVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday made an impassioned plea, delivered partly in Spanish, for an end to widening violence in Peru over demands for the resignation of the country's president.
Peru closes Machu Picchu as anti-government protests grow
January 22, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru indefinitely shut the famed ancient ruins of Machu Picchu on Saturday in the latest sign that anti-government protests that began last month are increasingly engulfing the South American country.
Despite tear gas, Peru protesters vow to keep demonstrating
January 21, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Peru’s capital Friday and were met with volleys of tear gas for the second straight day, as demonstrators made clear they will keep up their mobilizations to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte.
Peru police use tear gas to block protesters from marching
January 20, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — Police fired tear gas to try to subdue thousands of protesters who poured into the Peruvian capital Thursday, many from remote Andean regions, calling for the ouster of President Dina Boluarte and the return to power of her predecessor, whose removal last month launched deadly unrest and cast the nation into political chaos.
2 more people killed in southern Peru amid unrest
January 19, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — Protesters set fire to the police station and judicial office in the Peruvian town of Macusani Wednesday after two people were killed and another seriously injured by gunfire amid antigovernment protests.
Teen’s death brings toll in month of unrest in Peru to 49
January 13, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — A 16-year-old shot during a protest in the southern Peruvian region of Puno died on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 49 in more than a month of unrest following the ouster of President Pedro Castillo.
Peru anti-government protests spread, with clashes in Cusco
January 12, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — Protests against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte’s government that have left 48 people dead since they began a month ago spread through the south of the Andean country on Wednesday with new clashes reported in the tourist city of Cusco.
13 killed in Peru clashes amid new anti-government protests
January 10, 2023 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — At least 13 people died Monday in southeast Peru as protests seeking immediate elections resumed in neglected rural areas of the country still loyal to ousted President Pedro Castillo.
Anger in rural areas fuels protests against Peru government
December 13, 2022 GMTANDAHUAYLAS, Peru (AP) — The anger of Peruvians against their government is nowhere more visible than in Andahuaylas, a remote rural Andean community where the poor have struggled for years and where voters' support helped elect now-ousted President Pedro Castillo, himself a peasant like them.
Peru’s president asks Cabinet to take anti-corruption pledge
December 11, 2022 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s newest president, Dina Boluarte, swore in her Cabinet on Saturday just three days after becoming the country’s first female head of state and asked each minister to pledge not to be corrupt while in office.
Peru’s ex-president faced bigotry for impoverished past
December 10, 2022 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — When Pedro Castillo won Peru’s presidency last year, it was celebrated as a victory by the country’s poor — the peasants and Indigenous people who live deep in the Andes and whose struggles had long been ignored.
New Peru president appears with military to cement power
December 9, 2022 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's first female president appeared in a military ceremony on national television on Friday in her first official event as head of state, an attempt to cement her hold on power and buck the national trend of early presidential departures.
Peru president’s power grab recalls country’s dark past
December 9, 2022 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's ousted President Pedro Castillo rose to power 17 months ago as a populist outsider. But he squandered what little popularity he had when he stunned the nation by dissolving Congress in an act of political suicide that recalled some of the darkest days of the nation's anti-democratic past.
Peru’s president ousted by Congress in political crisis
December 8, 2022 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — The president of Peru was ousted by Congress and arrested on a charge of rebellion Wednesday after he sought to dissolve the legislative body and take unilateral control of the government, triggering a grave constitutional crisis.
2 top officials quit Peru government amid political crisis
December 28, 2017 GMTLIMA, Peru (AP) — Two senior officials resigned Wednesday from Peru's government, the latest in a wave of defections amid a political crisis in the South American country.
Minister of Culture Salvador del Solar announced his resignation on Twitter without giving a reason for his decision, while presidential adviser Máximo San Roman said in a letter to embattled President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski that his recommendations were not being taken into consideration.