Monday, 16 November 2020 _Peru is now without a president as the South American country's Congress has failed to appoint a new interim president after Manuel Merino announced his resignation amid mass opposition protests.
Wednesday, 11 November 2020_Speaker of Congress Manuel Merino assumed office Tuesday as Peru's third president in four years, amid street protests and market jitters after the impeachment of Martin Vizcarra over corruption allegations.
Tuesday, 10 November 2020_Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra has been ousted by the country’s legislators in an impeachment vote over corruption, prompting tensions in the Latin American country.
Thursday, 17 September 2020_Healthcare workers in Peru protesting labor conditions were met with a water cannon and shoves from police officers even as they received praise for tending to the front lines of the country's battle with the novel coronavirus pandemic.
TEHRAN, Apr 28 - Former Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is to spend three years under house arrest while corruption charges are prepared against him for allegedly taking bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, the government said on Saturday.
TEHRAN, Apr 17 - Peru's former president Alan Garcia shot himself early on Wednesday after police arrived at his home in the capital Lima to arrest him in connection with a bribery investigation, a police source said.
TEHRAN, Mar 27 - At least nine people were killed and a dozen injured in Huanuco, Peru on Monday, Wednesday 25, after a wall collapsed at an evangelical church.
TEHRAN, Feb 05 - Pedestrians walking the streets in the Peruvian capital of Lima were visibly shocked after a small airplane of the Air Force of Peru (FAP) crashed onto the streets on Monday.
TEHRAN, Jan 1 -Peruvian authorities have named a square in an upscale district of the capital Lima after Palestine, triggering strong reaction from the Israeli ambassador to the South American country.
TEHRAN, Jan 1 - Peru's attorney general late Monday dismissed a team investigating the far-reaching Odebrecht corruption scandal, setting off street protests in cities across the country.
TEHRAN, November 19 - Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia has sought asylum in Uruguay's diplomatic mission hours after a judge retained his passport as part of a corruption probe.
TEHRAN, November 01 - Former Peruvian first daughter Keiko Fujimori was ordered back to jail Wednesday in a case that has captured attention in the South American nation reeling from a series of corruption scandals reaching into the highest echelons of power.
TEHRAN, October 26 - Peru's most powerful conservative party vowed on Thursday to stop engaging in disputes with other political groups, a dramatic opposition shift that could help President Martin Vizcarra pass legislation.
TEHRAN, October 20 - President Martin Vizcarra swore in a retired police general as Peru's new interior minister Friday to replace Mauro Medina, who resigned after a fugitive supreme court judge fled to Spain.
TEHRAN, October 16 - Peruvian police detained two top advisers of jailed opposition leader Keiko Fujimori at a political demonstration on Monday, deepening a crisis at the heart of the country's most powerful conservative movement.
TEHRAN, August 26 - Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants entered Peru on Saturday to seek refugee status or for other humanitarian reasons, Peruvian authorities said, despite a new rule prohibiting Venezuelans without passports from crossing into Peru from Ecuador taking effect.