Dec 07 Watch 4:42 News Wrap: Peru's president ousted, leaving the country in political turmoil In our news wrap Wednesday, Peru's Congress ousted President Pedro Castillo and replaced him with the country's vice president, more classified documents from the Trump White House have turned up in Florida near the former president's estate, China formally rolled… Continue watching
Dec 07 Peru swears in VP as the new president amid constitutional crisis By Franklin Briceno, Associated Press Peru's Congress has removed President Castillo from office and sworn in his vice president to replace him. Lawmakers voted to oust Castillo after he decreed the dissolution of Congress ahead of a third attempt to remove him by impeachment. Continue reading
Dec 07 Peru's president dissolves Congress, lawmakers vote to replace him with VP By Associated Press Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has dissolved the nation's Congress and called for new legislative elections, beating lawmakers to the punch as they prepared to debate a third attempt to remove him from office. Continue reading
Mar 17 Peruvian court approves prison release for ex-President Alberto Fujimori By Franklin Briceno, Associated Press Peru's Constitutional Court has approved the release from prison of former President Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year sentence for murder and corruption charges. Continue reading
Jul 28 Leftist rural teacher sworn in as Peru's president By Regina Garcia Cano, Mauricio Munoz, Associated Press A leftist political novice who has promised to be a champion of his country's poor has been sworn in as Peru's new president. Rural teacher Pedro Castillo has never held office before. Continue reading
Jun 08 Peruvians wait to learn who will be president in close count By Associated Press Peruvians are still waiting to learn who will become their president next month as votes from Sunday's runoff election are being counted and the tiny difference between the two polarizing populist candidates has narrowed. Continue reading
Jun 07 Peru's presidential runoff election too close to call By Regina Garcia Cano, Franklin Briceno, Associated Press A rural teacher-turned-political novice and the daughter of an imprisoned former president have traded the lead in a tight race for Peru's presidency. Continue reading
Nov 17 Peru awaits new president's swearing in with cautious hope By Franklin Briceno, Associated Press Peruvians were returning to their daily lives as the South American nation prepared to swear in its third president in the span of a week. Continue reading
Nov 16 Peru's Congress selects lawmaker from centrist party as new leader By Franklin Briceno, Christine Armario, Associated Press Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Monday in favor of Francisco Sagasti, an engineer from the centrist Purple Party, as the legislature's president. Continue reading
Nov 16 Peru in political crisis as protests push interim president to quit By Franklin Briceno, Christine Armario, Associated Press Who is the president of Peru? The answer to that question Monday is no one. The Latin American nation's political turmoil took a chaotic turn Sunday when interim leader Manuel Merino quit and Congress couldn't decide on his replacement. Continue reading