Peru

The Congress of the Republic of Peru dismissed President Castillo’s dissolution of the congress. Following a vote in Congress, the president was removed from office and reportedly detained under the law. Peruvian President Pedro Castillo…

A passenger plane of LATAM Airlines, which was about to take off from Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, the capital of Peru, to go to the city of Juliaca, crashed into a fire truck on the runway. The fire department said that 2…

Hundreds of people staged a protest in Peru to demand the resignation of President Pedro Castillo, who is facing corruption accusations. As demonstrators chanted antigovernmental slogans and marched with flags in the capital, Lima, police…

A landslide occurred in the Chavin de Huantar region of Peru yesterday evening. While authorities reported that 150 houses in the area were buried as a result of the landslide, they have yet to issue an official statement regarding the…

Clashes broke out between a group of gold miners in the Peruvian city of Arequipa. At least 14 people were killed in clashes that broke out on June 2, officials said. While 31 people were arrested in connection with the incident, the…

According to the National Police, 7 people have gone missing including 3 children, and about 80 houses have been buried in the Peruvian province of Pataz following a landslide caused by heavy rains in the region. "I have arranged for the…

In a mountainous region in Peru's Pataz province, a passenger bus travelling from Tayabamba city to Trujillo city rolled into a 100-meter-deep valley after the driver lost control. According to the local sources, 22 people lost their lives…

A single-engine small plane carrying tourists crashed near Maria Reiche Airport in the northern Peruvian city of Nazca. 7 people on the plane have lost their lives as a result of the crash. The tourism company which the plane belongs, Aero…

An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude hit the northern Peru. The epicenter of the earthquake was 90 kilometers away from the city of Santa Maria de Nieva in the Amazon region, the Peruvian Geophysics Institute stated. No casualties or material…