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Peru holds general elections with 35 presidential candidates

Published on: April 12, 2026
13:03

Lima, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) Peru is holding general elections with 35 presidential candidates and the decision to return to a bicameral Congress, which grants more power to a Legislature that has impeached four presidents in the last decade.

Peru: Possible end to presidential candidate’s hiding

Published on: March 11, 2026
11:36

Lima, Mar 11 (Prensa Latina) The possible lifting of the arrest warrant that has kept presidential candidate Vladimir Cerron in hiding is the focus of media attention on Wednesday amid the campaign for the April 13 general elections.

Stop the hatred against Cuba, women’s organization in Peru demands

Published on: February 4, 2026
10:45

Lima, Feb 4 (Prensa Latina) The Peruvian Women's Movement “We Are All Micaelas” condemned the US intention to block fuel supplies to Cuba and rejected “Marco Rubio's hatred and Trump's cowardice” against the island.

Brazil and Peru ratify interest in interoceanic physical integration

Published on: January 30, 2026
10:57

Lima, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) The ratification of the shared interest in promoting physical integration between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans stands out on Friday among the results of a meeting between the foreign ministers of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, and Peru, Hugo de Zela.

Brazil and Peru ratify interest in physical interoceamic integration

Published on: January 30, 2026
09:30

Lima, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) The ratification of the shared interest in promoting physical integration between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans stands out among the results of a meeting between the foreign ministers of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, and Peru, Hugo de Zela.

Brazilian Foreign Minister to visit Bolivia, Panama, Peru, Ecuador

Published on: January 25, 2026
10:42

Brasilia, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira will begin a Latin American tour that includes official visits to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and a stop in Panama, the Foreign Ministry reported.

Peruvian PM refutes statements by deputy foreign minister

Published on: September 21, 2021
18:26

Lima, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) Peruvian Prime Minister Guido Bellido denied statements by a Foreign Ministry official, according to whom the Government does not acknowledge any legitimate Venezuelan authority.

Congressional cutback of government powers in Peru harshly criticized

Published on: September 17, 2021
13:26

Lima, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) The Peruvian Parliament's decision to reduce the government's powers and implicitly facilitate presidential vacancy (impeachment) was harshly criticized on Friday, and a newspaper described it as arbitrary.

Two MPs prevented from seeing corpse of former insurgent in Peru

Published on: September 13, 2021
14:49

Lima, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) Two Peruvian congrespersons were prevented today from accessing the morgue of the neighboring port of Callao, where the corpse of the former leader of the Shining Path armed group, Abimael Guzman, has been kept for two days.

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