News: Peru

We have started to collect the most important news related to Peru in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• January 3rd 2021 – July 7th 2019
• June 16th 2019 – March 21st 2018
• November 1st 2017 – November 4th 2016
• November 1st 2016 – April 11th 2016
• April 10th 2016 – August 21st 2015
• August 17th 2015 – December 23rd 2014
• December 19th 2014 – June 17th 2014
• June 12th 2014 – November 9th 2013
• October 30th 2013 – August 10th 2013
• July 16th 2013 – February 12th 2013
• February 10th 2013 – September 20th 2012
• September 5th 2012 – May 29th 2012
• May 29th 2012 – March 23rd 2012
• March 19th 2012 – January 6th 2012
• December 28th 2011 – August 26th 2011
• August 18th 2011 – April 11th 2011
• April 10th 2011 – October 7th 2010
• October 6th 2010 – June 17th 2010
• June 8th 2010 – November 17th 2009
• November 14th 2009 – June 7th 2009
• June 6th 2009 – January 24th 2009
• January 21st 2009 – October 9th 2008
• October 8th 2008 – March 14th 2008
• March 12th 2008 – September 17th 2007
• September 14th 2007 – May 20th 2007
• May 19th 2007 – October 16th 2006
• October 14th 2006 – April 11th 2006
• April 10th 2006 – November 11th 2005

Peru: news

A bridge made of grass

Sunday, June 16th 2019, 23:25
related places: Inca

The annual remaking of the last remaining Inca rope bridge at Q'eswachaka in Peru.
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Venezuela crisis: Migrants dash to cross Peru border

Saturday, June 15th 2019, 8:06
related countries: Venezuela

Thousands of Venezuelan migrants entered Peru before the deadline on Saturday.
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Cracks open up as earthquake hits Peru

Monday, May 27th 2019, 12:17

At least one person is dead after a powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Amazon rainforest in north-central Peru.
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Ex-Peru president's daughter reads suicide note at funeral

Friday, April 19th 2019, 21:43

A suicide note left by the former president stated that he did not want to suffer "injustices"
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Alan García: Peru's former president kills himself ahead of arrest

Wednesday, April 17th 2019, 20:54

Two-time president Alan García shot himself as police came to arrest him over corruption claims.
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Fossil of ancient four-legged whale found in Peru

Thursday, April 4th 2019, 23:46

Researchers believe the four-metre-long mammal, found in Peru, was able to swim and walk on land.
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Paul McAuley: British environmental activist found dead in Peru

Wednesday, April 3rd 2019, 6:46
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Iquitos

The body of environmental activist Paul McAuley, 71, is found in the Amazon city of Iquitos.
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Venezuela crisis: Juan Guaidó backed by Lima Group

Tuesday, February 5th 2019, 4:47
related countries: Canada, United States, Venezuela

A group of Latin American nations and Canada urge Venezuela's army to support the opposition leader.
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Peruvian Airlines plane skids on runway in Bolivia

Friday, November 23rd 2018, 2:39
related countries: Bolivia

A plane carrying 127 people falls onto its side after appearing to collapse onto its landing gear.
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Peru corruption: Former president Alan García seeks asylum

Sunday, November 18th 2018, 22:20

Alan García requested asylum after he was banned from leaving Peru amid corruption allegations.
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Peru 'baby trafficking ring': Ex-police chief held

Wednesday, November 7th 2018, 11:51

The former head of Peru's national police is among those arrested for alleged baby trafficking.
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Peru opposition leader Keiko Fujimori arrested

Thursday, October 11th 2018, 1:27

Keiko Fujimori, who leaders the opposition in the Peruvian congress, is arrested on bribery charges.
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Peruvian mayoral candidate Daniel Urresti cleared of journalist's murder

Friday, October 5th 2018, 9:50

Daniel Urresti had been charged with involvement in the killing of a reporter in the 1980s.
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Venezuela migrant crisis: Peru receives asylum requests

Sunday, August 26th 2018, 1:42
related countries: United States
related places: New

New passport rules come into force as South American states struggle to contain a refugee crisis.
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Venezuelans rush to Peru to beat passport deadline

Thursday, August 23rd 2018, 13:13

From Saturday, Peru will require that Venezuelans entering their country have valid passports.
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How quinoa is changing farmers' lives in Peru

Saturday, August 18th 2018, 23:40

Farmers have grown quinoa for millennia, but can they withstand growing international competition?
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Is this Peruvian city the most polluted on earth?

Sunday, August 12th 2018, 0:35
related places: Cerro de Pasco

People in Cerro de Pasco in the Peruvian Andes say the soil from an open mine harms their children.
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Peru's Amazon: Where roads change lives

Thursday, August 2nd 2018, 23:29

People in a remote region of Peru are split on the benefits and threats of road-building in the area.
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Machu Picchu train crash: Collision injures 15 tourists in Peru

Wednesday, August 1st 2018, 10:02

Two passenger trains collide en route to Peru's most visited tourist attraction, injuring 15 people.
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Women fight back against Peru's national sterilisation scheme

Wednesday, July 18th 2018, 23:50

Thousands of indigenous Peruvian women say they were forcibly sterilised in a state family planning scheme.
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Jonas Knudsen: Denmark players pay for jet so defender can see new-born daughter

Wednesday, June 20th 2018, 16:50
related countries: Denmark

Denmark's players paid for a private jet so defender Jonas Knudsen could fly home and see his new-born daughter after the World Cup win over Peru.
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World Cup 2018: Denmark secure a hard-fought 1-0 win over Peru

Saturday, June 16th 2018, 18:39

Denmark begin their World Cup campaign with a hard-fought victory against Peru, who had earlier missed a penalty.
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Cocaine, the captain & the frozen mummies: Paolo Guerrero's World Cup journey

Friday, June 15th 2018, 5:13
related places: Inca

How three frozen Inca mummies found 6,000m up in the sky in 1999 helped Peru's captain and record scorer make the World Cup.
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Sebastian Woodroffe: Peru orders arrest of two men over lynching

Tuesday, April 24th 2018, 10:02

Sebastian Woodroffe was killed in the Peruvian Amazon after locals blamed him for a murder.
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Canadian lynched in Peru as locals accuse him of murder

Monday, April 23rd 2018, 16:15
related countries: Canada

Police in Peru's Amazon find the body of a Canadian who was lynched after being suspected of murder.
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Pedro Pablo Kuczynski: Under fire Peru president resigns

Wednesday, March 21st 2018, 21:11

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has been implicated in a vote-buying scandal but denies wrongdoing.
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