Peru bus accident claims 24 lives
Sep 20, 2023, at 05:26 am
Lima/Peru/UNI: About 24 people were killed as a passenger bus in southwest Peru's Huancavelica province went off the road early on Monday, plunging 200 meters into a ravine, reports the local media.
Bus plunges into a 150-meter abyss in Peru, leaves 10 people dead
Aug 20, 2023, at 04:27 pm
Lima/IBNS/UNI: At least 10 people were killed and six injured on Saturday morning after a bus plunged into a 150-meter abyss in Peru's southwestern department of Huancavelica, local media reports said.
Peru declares state of emergency
May 29, 2023, at 06:15 pm
Lima/UNI: The Peruvian government on Sunday declared a 60-day state of emergency in 131 districts due to the "imminent danger" of the possible arrival of the El Nino phenomenon.
Peru: UN experts call for end to violence during demonstrations
Mar 07, 2023, at 08:52 pm
New York: Continuing violence against political protesters in Peru must stop, UN-appointed independent experts insisted on Monday, amid allegations of repression and arbitrary killings by State security forces.
Peru: Authorities say attacks on police station, military base leave 27 injured
Mar 06, 2023, at 12:32 am
Lima: Several hundred protesters have attacked a police station, a military base and a courthouse in southeast Peru, injuring at least 27 people, including seven civilians, the Peruvian Defense Ministry and the Ministry of the Interior said on Sunday.
Two airports in Peru suspend operation due to ongoing protests in country: Ministry
Jan 20, 2023, at 03:54 pm
Mexico City: The Peruvian Ministry of Transport and Communications said on Thursday that the operation of the airports in the cities of Cusco and Arequipa was suspended amid ongoing protests in the country.
Peru's new President Dina Boluarte swears in her cabinet
Dec 11, 2022, at 03:30 pm
Lima/UNI: Peruvian President Dina Boluarte swore in her cabinet on Saturday, asking the members to perform their duties "without committing acts of corruption."
Peru’s food crisis grows amid soaring prices and poverty: FAO
Nov 19, 2022, at 12:13 am
New York: Peru has become the most food-insecure country in South America, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO.
Peru: Lethal force by police officers must be barred from peaceful demonstrations
May 07, 2022, at 09:38 pm
New York: Peru has failed to protect the rights of two fleeing demonstrators who were shot dead when police opened fire on a non-violent march in February 2008, the UN Human Rights Committee said in a decision published on Friday.
Plane with tourists crashes in Nazca Desert in Peru
Feb 05, 2022, at 04:57 pm
Buenos Aires/UNI/Sputnik: Seven people have died as a plane with tourists crashed in the Nazca desert in Peru, media reports said.
Eight killed, over 20 injured in traffic accident in Peru
Oct 17, 2021, at 02:41 pm
Lima/UNI/Xinhua: Eight people were killed and more than 20 others were injured after a bus collided with two vehicles on Saturday in the southern department of Arequipa, Peru, local media reported.
Helicopter crash kills five soldiers in Peru: Armed Forces
Apr 18, 2021, at 03:08 pm
Lima/UNI: At least five Peruvian servicemen died in a helicopter crash in the country's Department of Cusco, the Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru (CCFFAA) said.
Peru: UN rights office decries excessive use of force in November protests
Jan 13, 2021, at 04:25 pm
New York: Police in Peru used unnecessary and excessive force during protests in the capital last November challenging the legitimacy of the interim President, a report published on Tuesday by the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR has found.
COVID-19 pandemic wipes out 6 mln jobs in Peru
Sep 25, 2020, at 02:47 pm
Lima/Xinhua: More than 6 million Peruvians have been left jobless due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Labor Minister Javier Palacios said on Thursday.
Aug 28, 2019, at 09:10 am
New York, Aug 28 (IBNS): Sport brings people together “regardless of conditions or flags”, a senior United Nations official in Perú said on Tuesday referring to a new initiative launched over this past weekend to promote the well-being of children and youth in Lima’s refugee and migrant communities through football.
Two servicemen killed in Mi-171 helicopter crash in Peru - Statement
May 18, 2019, at 04:53 pm
MOSCOW, May 18 (Sputnik/UNI) A Peruvian Army helicopter crashed on the border with Ecuador, killing two servicemen on board, according to a press release from the Peruvian army.
17 confirmed dead in Peru bus fire
Apr 02, 2019, at 09:55 am
Lima, Apr 2 (Xinhua/UNI) Seventeen people were confirmed dead after a double-deck bus caught fire Sunday night in Lima, Peru's public prosecutor's office said Monday.
FROM THE FIELD: A mountain of indigenous knowledge in Peru
Aug 10, 2018, at 08:37 am
New York, Aug 10 (IBNS): Indigenous people in a remote mountain town in the Andes in Peru are being helped to boost their incomes by preserving a valuable but threatened breed of alpaca.
Canadian lynched in Peru over suspicion of killing indigenous traditional healer
Apr 24, 2018, at 01:46 am
Lima/Ottawa, Apr 23 (IBNS): A Canadian man has been killed in Peru over the suspicion of killing an indigenous traditional healer, media reports said.
Peru's ex-President to be tried for 1992 farmer killings
Feb 20, 2018, at 04:29 pm
Lima, Feb 20 (IBNS): Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori will be tried for the killings of six farmers in 1992, reports said.
Peru: Road accident kills at least 36 people in Pasamayo
Jan 03, 2018, at 07:00 pm
Lima, Jan 3 (IBNS): A fatal road accident in Peru claimed at least 36 lives on Tuesday, media reports said.
Dec 29, 2017, at 09:46 am
New York, Dec 29(Just Earth News): Condemning the pardoning of former President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, a group of United Nations independent human rights experts have said that the move undermines the work of the judiciary and the international community to achieve justice.
Fujimuri pardon: Angry protesters clash with police in Lima
Dec 26, 2017, at 07:00 pm
Lima, Dec 26 (IBNS): Christmas turned into a sour affair in Peru's national capital Lima as thousands of angry protesters clashed with police after President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski announced his decision to pardon former President Alberto Fujimori of his crime.
Peru, at UN, calls for more inclusive globalization based on multilateralism and dialogue
Sep 26, 2017, at 02:48 pm
New York, Sept 26(Just Earth News): Underscoring Peru’s endurance in its combat against terrorism, corruption, as well as its vulnerability to the effects of climate change, the country’s Permanent Representative to the united Nations, Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, said today that the Organization is fundamental for a “peaceful and sustainable†future in Peru, the region and beyond.
Peru will compensate woman in historic human rights abortion case: UN
Jan 19, 2016, at 02:41 pm
New York, Jan 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Nearly a decade after the UN Human Rights Committee agreed that a Peruvian woman’s rights were violated for having been denied an abortion – and recommended that the Government compensate her – the UN human rights office announced on Monday that Peru has said it will pay compensation for having refused her access to a legal medical procedure.
Peru: UN conference addresses poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Nov 04, 2015, at 01:19 pm
New York, Nov 4 (IBNS): As policymakers start putting into practice the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by world leaders in September, United Nations officials and Government representatives are meeting to discuss how to continue reducing poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean, despite the region's economic slowdown.