Peru’s indigenous peoples hope to have a voice in new president’s government
Maxima Ccalla, a 60-year-old indigenous Quechua woman, has spent her life working the difficult soil of Peru's Andean highlands, resigned...
July 5, 2021Section
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Peru again extends suspension of flights with Brazil, India and South Africa
Peru will keep commercial flights with Brazil, India and South Africa suspended until at least mid-July after the Government extended...
July 1, 2021
Peru Election: Keiko Fujimori loses allies, slips away from reversing election result
Peru's right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, struggling to reverse the initial result of the June 6 election that showed her...
June 28, 2021
Peru Election: Castillo and Fujimori fuel division with claims of “fraud” and “coup”
"The quarrels are over. I call for the broadest unity of the Peruvian people. From this moment on, there are...
June 27, 2021
Peru Election: Electoral Jury considers appeals of decisions rejecting Fujimori’s allegations
Peru's National Jury of Elections (JNE) began this Wednesday to reject definitively for lack of evidence the allegations of alleged...
June 23, 2021
Peru backtracks on Brazil’s textile surcharge
The decision was announced yesterday, June 22, by the Ministries of Economy and Foreign Affairs.
June 23, 2021
Washington calls Peru election “free and fair” despite Fujimori claims of voter fraud
The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday that Peru’s recent presidential election was “a model of democracy,” despite efforts by...
June 22, 2021
Retired Peruvian military members claim letter suggesting coup d’état
A large group of retired Peruvian military personnel demonstrated this Monday in Lima against the recent presidential election results and...
June 22, 2021
Peru election: 66% of Peruvians affirm that Pedro Castillo won runoff – survey
66% of Peruvians affirmed, in a survey by the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP), that the leftist Pedro Castillo won...
June 22, 2021