Peru’s Fugitive Peru Libre Leader Vladimir Cerrón Resurfaces in Public
Vladimir Cerrón, the fugitive founder of Peru's left-wing Peru Libre party, resurfaced in public on 13 August 2026 after nearly...
August 14, 2026Section
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Peru Clears Abra Group’s SKY Airline Takeover, With Conditions
Peru's Indecopi has approved Abra Group's takeover of SKY Airline with conditions, the last regulatory sign-off the airline deal needed...
August 14, 2026
Peru Holds Interest Rate at 4.25% as Crises Mount
Peru's central bank held its interest rate at 4.25% for an 11th meeting, even as a murder spike and a...
August 14, 2026
AWS AI Plan for Peru: 250,000 to Be Trained Free
AWS's AI plan for Peru trains 250,000 people free by 2028 with Fundación Romero — but there's no data centre...
August 13, 2026
Peru Makes Pope Leo XIV Visit a National Priority
Peru declared the Pope Leo XIV Peru visit a matter of national interest by supreme decree. Here are the dates,...
August 13, 2026
Peru Has 2,241 Public Works Stuck in Limbo
Peru · Infrastructure Key FactsStalled total Peru had 2,241 stalled public works at the close of Q1 2026, per Comptroller...
August 12, 2026
Peru Races to Prepare for El Niño With a New Risk Commission
Peru · Disaster Preparedness Key FactsNew commission Peru’s government created a National Commission for El Niño Risk Management to coordinate...
August 12, 2026
South Korea’s Shipyards Are Courting South America’s Navies
Latin America · Defense Key Facts Peru deal HD Hyundai Heavy Industries signed a 2024 contract with state-run SIMA to...
August 12, 2026
Peru’s Oil Union Challenges Petroperú Over US$1.7 Billion in Obligations
Peru’s oil-workers’ union Fenpetrol wants a review of more than S/6 billion (about US$1.7 billion) in Petroperú obligations, questioning the...
August 12, 2026