Peru's President Dina Boluarte speaks during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Lima on Feb 10, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LIMA – Peruvian President Dina Boluarte pledged a crackdown on "narcoterrorism" on Monday, speaking at the funeral of seven police officers gunned down in an area where drug traffickers operate in alliance with […]
Demonstrators light a fire at the Añashuayco bridge, near the Rodriguez Ballon airport, in Arequipa, Peru, during a protest against the government of President Dina Boluarte and to demand her resignation on Jan 20, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) A man in Peru's capital Lima died on Saturday and others were hospitalized as nationwide clashes between […]
Demonstrators carry mockup coffins during a protest to demand the dissolution of Congress and democratic elections, rejecting Dina Boluarte as Peru's president, after the ouster of leftist President Pedro Castillo, in Lima, Peru, Jan 12, 2023. (ALESSANDRO CINQUE / REUTERS) LIMA – Peru's attorney general has launched 11 inquiries to identify those responsible for more […]
A demonstrator reacts before security forces as people protest demanding the dissolution of Congress and democratic elections, in rejection of Dina Boluarte as Peru's president, after the ouster of President Pedro Castillo, in Lima, Peru, Jan 12, 2023. (SEBASTIAN CASTANEDA / REUTERS) LIMA – Thousands took to the streets of Peru's capital Lima on Thursday […]
People participate in a demonstration demanding the dissolution of Congress and to hold democratic elections, rather than recognize Dina Boluarte as Peru's President, after the ouster of former President Pedro Castillo, in Lima, Peru, Jan 4, 2023. (ANGELA PONCE / REUTERS) LIMA — Police used tear gas to disperse protesters trying to approach Peru's Congress […]
This handout picture distributed by the Peruvian Presidency press service shows Peru's President Dina Boluarte (left) posing with Alberto Otarola, her newly sworn chief of staff, during a swearing-in ceremony at the Palace of Government in Lima on Dec 21, 2022. (VICTOR GONZALES / PERUVIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP) LIMA/MEXICO CITY – Peru's President Dina Boluarte […]
Police stand guard as a vehicle leaves the residence of Mexico's ambassador, after Peru ordered him to leave the country, in Lima, Peru, Dec 20, 2022. (LIZ TASA / REUTERS) MEXICO CITY/LIMA – Peru declared Mexico's ambassador to Lima "persona non grata" and ordered him to leave the country on Tuesday, Peru's foreign minister announced, […]
Handout picture distributed by the Peruvian Congress press office of the Session of the Plenary in which Peruvian lawmakers voted in favor of early general elections next April 2024 instead of 2026 as scheduled, on Dec 20, 2022, in Lima. (ERNESTO ARIAS / PERUVIAN CONGRESS / AFP) LIMA – The head of Peru's electoral jury […]
In this file photo taken on Dec 07, 2021, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo speaks during a massive rally calling for political and economic stability in Juliaca, Puno region, Peru. (CARLOS MAMANI / AFP) LIMA – Peruvian ex-president Pedro Castillo's prison stay was extended by 18 months amid a deepening diplomatic spat with left-leaning countries in […]
Supporters of ousted president Pedro Castillo clash with police during a protest in Lima, Peru, Dec 8, 2022. (FERNANDO VERGARA / AP) LIMA – Peru's armed forces will take control of the "protection" of key infrastructure, its defense minister said Tuesday, as protests that have led to at least six deaths continue across the country […]
Peru's President Dina Boluarte attends a ceremony to commemorate the Day of the Peruvian Army and the anniversary of the Battle of Ayacucho, in Lima, Peru Dec 9, 2022. (PERU'S PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) LIMA – Peru's new President Dina Boluarte will submit a bill to Congress to bring general elections forward two years […]
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo delivers a speech during a meeting with members of the self-defense committees, the so called "peasant patrols" who act as law-and-order enforcers in parts of rural Peru, at the Government Palace in Lima on Aug 10, 2022. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP) LIMA – The governments of Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia […]