“The decision obeys my responsibility as president of 33 million Peruvians,” the head of state said in a letter

President Pedro Castillo has announced that he would soon present a bill to eliminate immunity for all high-ranking state officials in order to promote transparency

Members of the ruling left-wing Free Peru (PL) party and its allies have fiercely condemned the shelving of the bill and vowed to continue fighting for an inclusive constitution

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) considered that the Constitutional Court’s decision to reinstate a controversial presidential pardon granted to former dictator Alberto Fujimori in 2017, failed to give adequate weight to the right to justice of Fujimori’s victims

Castillo is facing criticism from left and right sectors and even went back on imposing a curfew in response to the truckers’ strike

The vacancy motion presented by the opposition party Popular Renewal against leftist President Pedro Castillo failed to gain the votes necessary to oust him

Fujimori’s dictatorship in the 1990s was marked by grave human rights violations as well as corruption including crimes of aggravated kidnapping, forced disappearance and murder of thousands of leftist guerillas especially of the Shining Path.

83-year-old Alberto Fujimori has been serving a 25-year prison sentence since 2009 for crimes against humanity and corruption committed during his regime

The opposition-controlled Peruvian Congress approved the admission of a vacancy motion against leftist president Pedro Castillo, accusing him of alleged corruption

Fishermen are dissatisfied with the agreement signed between the national government and the Repsol company on an initial compensation of 3,000 soles to affected fishermen and fish merchants. They say that they lose more than 5,000 soles a month due to the disastrous oil spill

The political pressure from Peru’s right-wing sectors, through smear campaigns in mainstream media, forced President Pedro Castillo to reshuffle his cabinet for the second time in a week

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has reorganized his cabinet, replacing the prime minister along with nine other ministers