The historic inauguration marks the return of Fujimorism after almost 30 years and makes the new leader the first woman elected by popular vote to lead the country
The president-elect will officially take power on July 28 after winning on her fourth try by a tiny margin. One of her challenges will be to serve out her entire term, something beyond the grasp of the eight elected officials who preceded her
The new model foresees the creation of a National Intelligence Council that centralizes management under the direct command of the prime minister
Her left-wing rival, Roberto Sánchez, alleges fraud and refuses to concede defeat
The right-wing candidate holds a slim 36,000-vote lead over the leftist Roberto Sánchez with 99.2% of votes counted. Remaining tallies, which are under review, mostly come from Lima, the candidate’s stronghold
Robert Prevost has gone from being an enigma, someone who seemed timid, to becoming a revelation in just two months. A calm man whose primary concern is bridging divides, he has emerged as a surprising antagonist to Trump and has lashed out against Silicon Valley’s techno-fascism. What is this pope thinking, and why has he been so disconcerting?
Amid high abstention, Peruvians went to the polls to choose their ninth leader in 10 years. Both candidates are neck-and-neck, and electoral authorities warn that proclaiming a winner could take a month
More than six million Peruvians stayed home in a vote marked by fragmentation and distrust, and over three million ballots were cast null
The initiative seeks to correct biases and show the protagonists of history beyond their role as daughters or wives
In an election marred by logistical problems, the leader of Fuerza Popular and daughter of former autocratic leader Alberto Fujimori has garnered 17.17% of the vote, according to early counting
Armando Lovera, a Peruvian biblical scholar based in Valladolid, talks to EL PAÍS about the pontiff who married him, baptized his daughters, and has never failed to reply to his messages despite his busy schedule
An enigmatic and deeply divisive figure, he was not a dictator per se, but he ruled in an authoritarian and populist manner, broke all the rules, and was convicted of violating human rights with death squads
A former military officer and a lawyer for drug traffickers in the 1980s, Vladimiro Montesinos became intelligence chief after Fujimori was elected president in 1990
The authoritarian drift of the president and the radical nature of the announced measures are taking their toll on the far-right: the social climate is effervescent and he has fallen in the polls
The release of Alberto Fujimori, the anniversary of Pedro Castillo’s self-coup, the suspension of the nation’s top prosecutor and Dina Boluarte’s first year in power have sparked a new cycle of protests
The president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights had requested Peru not to carry out the order to release the 85-year-old, who was convicted of crimes against humanity
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
Fujimori had been accused of being the mastermind behind the slayings of 25 Peruvians by a military death squad during his administration from 1990 to 2000, while the government fought the Shining Path
More than 270,000 women had their tubes tied without their consent during the Fujimori regime
The National Security Archive says the current political crisis ‘demonstrates that the problems and legacies of Peru’s violent past are still very present today’
The former president is accused of being the leader of a criminal organization. This legal decision comes on top of the 18-month preventive prison term for the alleged crime of rebellion
With the exception of a couple of interim presidents who held office briefly, the rest of the country’s modern leaders have suffered tragic fates, including jail terms, exile, or death by suicide
Two ministers have resigned following the deaths of 21 protestors, while the Peruvian Congress voted down a proposal hold early elections
The death toll from street protests continued to rise while a judge granted prosecutors’ request to extend jail time for the impeached president
Arrested following a failed coup attempt, the former president is convinced he is a victim of political persecution and will be reinstated despite facing up to 50 years in jail
Pedro Castillo ended up under arrest and charged with rebellion after his failed attempt to dissolve Congress and install an emergency government