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Keiko Fujimori A coup and three interim presidents later, Peru heads to polls

Keiko Fujimori, with only 15% of the vote intention, leads in an election that lacks strong left-wing candidates.

José Jerí Peru President José Jerí: Peru’s eighth president in a decade

The controversial, right-wing Jerí takes office amid a profound economic, political, and security crisis in the Andean country

Protests against pension reform Anti-government protests continue in Peru despite heavy repression

Protests have once again erupted in Peru against the government of Dina Boluarte with the spark of the latest wave being the reform of the controversial pension system in the country.

13 Peruvian miners murdered amid rising insecurity in Peru

Critics have insisted that despite promises to address the issues of violence and insecurity in Peru by the Boluarte government, it gets worse every day.

Amnesty International alleges Boluarte may have deliberately planned violent repression of anti-coup protests in Peru

The document alleges that senior Peruvian officials either planned or deliberately failed to stop the violent repression of anti-coup protests which killed more than 50 people and injured thousands

Héctor Béjar: “We must have contact with that gigantic precariat that is today’s proletariat”

Lifelong Peruvian revolutionary Héctor Béjar called on progressive and left forces to urgently engage with the proletariat of today and counteract the rise of the right

Peru’s former prime minister Betssy Chávez arrested on rebellion and conspiracy charges

The charges against Chávez stem from the right-wing’s case against former President Pedro Castillo who has been imprisoned since December 2022

Peru’s de facto president blames protesters for their own deaths at the hands of state forces

Boluarte condemned the fresh wave of protests and blamed social organizations for creating violence and chaos in the country.

Boluarte isolates herself even further and declares López Obrador persona non grata

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Peruvian Congress declared Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador persona non grata

Amid mounting political crisis, Peru’s de facto president swears in four new ministers

Indigenous and social organizations, as well as trade unions, have decided to intensify protests against the government of de facto president Dina Boluarte. They are demanding her resignation, the release of her predecessor Pedro Castillo, the dissolution of Congress, and fresh elections

Peruvians demand justice following death of protester who was shot with 36 lead pellets by police

According to Peru’s Ombudsman’s Office, with the death of 22-year-old Rosalino Florez Valverde, the death toll from state repression of anti-government and anti-congress protests rose to 67

Enver León: “La mayoría de los peruanos quieren un cambio de Constitución”

A tres meses del golpe de estado contra Pedro Castillo el pueblo peruano sigue movilizado en las calles.