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The party of President Ollanta Humala and first lady Nadine Heredia is suffering an existential crisis of mass defections. Last week Daniel Urresti, the Peruvian Nationalist Party’s presidential candidate before Full Article »
A handwriting analysis has shown that left-wing presidential candidate Veronika Mendoza had written in the controversial notebooks of first lady Nadine Heredia. Handwriting analyst Andres Begazo compared the notes in one of Full Article »
The Peruvian Nationalist Party has withdrawn its candidates for the presidency and Congress to avoid losing its legal status as a political party. The party’s presidential candidate Daniel Urresti as Full Article »
Police in Peru have detained former Peruvian Soccer Federation (FPF) chief Manuel Burga in anticipation of extraditing him to the United States. Burga was arrested Friday night at his home Full Article »
Peru’s Congress has suspended Nationalist Party congressman Daniel Abugattas for 120 days for broadcasting a closed parliamentary debate from his cell phone. In a closed session yesterday, Peru’s Congress debated Full Article »
Peru’s Congress has begun investigations into public contracts linked to companies involved in Brazil’s Carwash corruption scandal. The commission will investigate possible bribes paid to government officials by Brazilian firms in Full Article »
Expelled congresswoman Tula Benites has sued Peru’s congress for $775,000 for “psychological and personal injury,” loss of income and more. The former APRA congresswoman was suspended in 2007 and dismissed Full Article »
An appeals judge in Peru rejected former President Alberto Fujimori’s request for habeas corpus to overrule his prison sentence of 25 years for murder. Fujimori filed his legal appeal in Full Article »
Peru’s congress rejected calls to rewrite a law which would allow state oil firm Petroperu to take over operations at the country’s largest oil block. Loreto politicians forced a debate Full Article »
Peru’s largest two political parties broke quorum by walking out of congress yesterday ahead of a key vote to give the government limited powers to rule by decree. The dispute Full Article »
