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Several Peruvian legislators this week announced separate vacancy motions to impeach President Dina Boluarte for permanent moral incapacity, in addition to the possibility that she may have violated the law. The parliamentarians argued that Boluarte had ignored the duties of her office by failing to account to Congress for her 12-day absence, which constituted a lack of transparency and fitness for that position.

Lima, May 14 (Prensa Latina) An opposition parliamentary bloc began on Tuesday gathering signatures for a motion to impeach Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, amid a persistent political crisis.

Drenched up to his thighs, while crouching at the end of our small boat as it cuts through a dizzying collection of waves, our boat captain lifts his hands and shouted a warning: “No more photos — they’re watching us.” Along the left bank of the Cenepa River in the Peruvian Amazon, motors roar from […]

Peru’s Constitutional Court ordered an immediate humanitarian release Tuesday for imprisoned former president Alberto Fujimori, 85, who was serving a 25-year

The government of Dina Boluarte will follow the Constitutional Court ruling that calls for the former Peruvian president, who is convicted of crimes against humanity, to be released from prison

Lima, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) A commission of the Peruvian parliament will begin the analysis of the constitutional accusation by Attorney General Patricia Benavides against President Dina Boluarte for deaths during large protests opposing her rise to office.

Lima, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) The Peruvian Parliament will have to settle the confrontation between President Dina Boluarte and the Attorney General of the Nation, Patricia Benavides.

In his May 2022 state of the nation address, Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso laid out his vision for the South American country’s hydrocarbon industry. “Now that the global trend is to move on from fossil fuels, the moment has arrived to extract every last drop of our oil reserves,” Lasso said. The statement was seen […]

Lima, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The conservative majority of the Peruvian parliament announced today its rejection of a project to advance the electoral process demanded by 80 percent of the population and by a social journalistic poll collected by the opposition to the extreme right-wing parties Fuerza Popular, Renovación Popular and Avanza País, and part of the legislative benches of the center, to a new project to hold elections in 2024, presented by the progressive bench Cambio Democrático–...

In various Peruvian cities, the LGTBIQ+ Pride March was held on Saturday, bringing together a large number of people who belong to this community, as well as support the recognition and visibility of their rights.