Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has called for general elections to be held on April 12, 2026, saying she hopes the call can ...

Rafael López Aliaga of Popular Renovation (Renovación Popular – a right-wing party founded in 2020), who finished third in Sunday's first round of Peru´s presidential election with 11.69% of ...

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has been taken from prison to a hospital days after beginning a hunger strike in ...

Castillo was a rural school teacher with no political experience when he won Peru’s 2021 election. In addition to the current ...

Peru's President Dina Boluarte said Tuesday the next general elections to elect a new president will be held in April 2026.

Peru's Congress refused once again Wednesday to bring forward the elections to 2023 as requested ... but also the Lawmakers to complete the 2021-26 term. The new bill, which featured a series ...

LIMA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Tuesday formally called general elections for April 2026, hoping to put an end to a period of instability that has seen six presidents in ...

Peru's ousted ex-president Pedro Castillo, on trial for rebellion, has been hospitalized four days after declaring a hunger ...

Castillo, an ex-union leader and teacher who surprised the political establishment by winning the 2021 election, is accused of rebellion, abuse of power and disturbing the peace. The leftist ...

(Bloomberg) -- Peru’s next election is still more than a year away ... have painful memories of Peru’s last electoral cycle in 2021. That campaign saw the country’s currency fall to record ...

Castillo, a leftist former schoolteacher dubbed Peru's "first poor president" on his election in 2021, was ousted and arrested 17 months into his term. He has been held in preventive custody since ...

More than 50 civilians died during three months of protests in the Andean country. Castillo, a former union leader and rural school teacher who won Peru’s 2021 election with a surprise victory over ...