Roberto Sánchez pledged to restore relations with Mexico and Colombia and deepen regional integration as Peru entered electoral silence ahead of Sunday’s decisive runoff.

Thirty-five presidential candidates in Peru’s general elections and no clear mandate deepen the uncertainty. Peru’s political landscape has long been in a state of uneasy balance between democratic institutions and waves of systemic instability. Preliminary results from the general election on Sunday, April 12, show that the country is facing not just a change of […]

Three right-wing frontrunners agreed on withdrawing from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. On Thursday, Peru’s election campaign for Sunday’s general elections concluded with a record 35 presidential candidates, amid a political crisis that has produced eight presidents in ten years. RELATED: 35 Candidates Are Running for the Peruvian Presidency The three right-wing frontrunners agreed […]

The Supreme Court determined that the former President did not commit the crime of rebellion, which reduced the sentence. On Thursday, supporters of former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo protested outside the police station where he is imprisoned, rejecting his 11-year sentence for the alleged coup attempt in December 2022. RELATED: Peruvian Supreme Court Begins Trial […]

The Special Criminal Chamber dismissed the full rebellion charge (which sought 25 years) because the Armed Forces and the National Police refused to support it, concluding that there was no “effective armed uprising” but there was an attempt to do so.

The Peruvian government has decided to delay its decision on granting a safe conduct pass to former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez, who is facing charges as part of a political prosecution agenda due to her ties to former President Pedro Castillo. Chávez, who has sought asylum in Mexico, is currently sheltering at the Mexican embassy […]

The recent removal of President Dina Boluarte by Congress, using the expedient mechanism of “permanent moral incapacity,” is more than just a corruption and jewelry scandal; it is the chronicle of a structural crisis bleeding Peruvian democracy dry. In less than a decade, Peru has seen seven presidents’ parade through office, most ending their terms […]

Peru’s Congress approved the discussion of several motions to oust President Dina Boluarte Zegarra, following the submission and endorsement of five proposals seeking to declare her unfit to carry out presidential duties, amid a crisis marked by violence, the repression of protests by transport workers, and unanswered demands from Indigenous and social organizations throughout her […]

Castillo and his defense have turned their attention to international organizations such as the United Nations (UN), seeking to guarantee his fundamental rights and denouncing a judicial process riddled with irregularities. Related: Peruvian Supreme Court Begins Trial Against Former President Pedro Castillo Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo announced on Monday the start of a hunger […]

‘I refuse to participate in this political trial disguised as a legal trial,’ said Castillo, who faces up to 34 years in prison. On Tuesday, Jose Neyra, the president of the Supreme Court’s Special Criminal Chamber, opened the trial against former Peruvian president Pedro Castillo for the attempted coup that took place on Dec. 7, […]