At least 33 people were reported injured after an explosion occurred in the pre-dawn hours at the Dali nightclub in the province of Trujillo along Peru’s northern coast, news agency AP reported. It wasn’t immediately clear who was responsible for the explosion, and the motive remains unknown. The region where the explosion occurred has been…
Peru’s Congress on 17 February voted to remove interim President Jose Jeri from office. The move has unleashed fresh political instability in the South American nation, weeks before a presidential election. Jeri was Peru’s seventh president in less than a decade. Only two of those were elected by popular vote. The others have been vice…
The Trump administration warned that Peru is losing sovereignty over a Chinese-owned port near its capital city, after a local judge ruled that the port is exempt from some regulatory oversight. “Concerned about latest reports that Peru could be powerless to oversee Chancay, one of its largest ports, which is under jurisdiction of predatory Chinese…
