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 […]
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte addresses lawmakers after being sworn-in at Congress in Lima, Peru on Dec 7, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) LIMA – Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Friday called on Congress to move general elections forward to December 2023, in order to get the country out of the "quagmire" with near-daily protests. The Peruvian […]
Peru's President Dina Boluarte gives a press conference with foreign media at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Jan 24, 2023. (MARTIN MEJIA / AP) Peru withdrew its ambassador to Honduras, Jorge Raffo, due to Honduras' "unacceptable interference" in the internal affairs of Peru, the South American nation's foreign ministry said on Thursday. The step […]
Riot policemen take position during a protest against the government of Dina Boluarte asking for her resignation and the closure of Congress, in Lima on Jan 24, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) The Organization of American States' permanent council expressed its "full support" for Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Wednesday, following weeks of anti-government protests that […]
Riot police takes position during a protest against the government of President Dina Boluarte, in Lima on Jan 20, 2023. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP) LIMA – Tensions flared again in Peru on Friday night as police clashed with protesters in capital Lima in anti-government demonstrations that are spreading across the country. Police officers used tear […]
Police use tear gas during the 'Take over Lima' march to demonstrate against Peru's President Dina Boluarte, following the ousting and arrest of former President Pedro Castillo, in Lima, Peru Jan 19, 2023. (SEBASTIAN CASTANEDA / REUTERS) LIMA – Thousands of protesters in Peru, many from the country's heavily indigenous south, descended on Lima, the […]
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 […]
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 […]