Peru’s smaller political parties continue to drop out of 2016 elections to avoid losing their legal registration for not garnering the minimum elections threshold. A new law establishing a tougher Full Article »
Peru’s electoral authority has ruled that presidential frontrunner Keiko Fujimori would not be disqualified from 2016 elections for alleged vote buying. The JNE elections board ruled last week that Fujimori Full Article »
A special elections board in Junin state has barred Vladimiro Huaroc, the second vice presidential candidate for Keiko Fujimori, from running for Congress for vote buying. Last week Canal N Full Article »
Lima mayor Luis Castañeda came under widespread criticism for several characteristics of the new boardwalk along the Costa Verde. While the project initially enjoyed support after being announced in October, Full Article »
Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori’s selection of her party’s congressional candidates threatens to alienate the base of her political support. Analysts believe that, in order to win the presidency in 2016 Full Article »
A majority of Peru’s members of congress support the impeachment of justice minister Gustavo Adrianzen heading before next week’s vote. Opposition parties drafted impeachment documents against Adrianzen after corruption prosecutor Full Article »
Opposition congressman Luis Iberico was elected president of Peru’s congress to further undermine the last year in unpopular President Ollanta Humala’s term. The highest authority in the legislative branch, Peru’s Full Article »
A prosecutor is seeking four years in prison for Lima mayor Luis Castañeda for drawing extra compensation from the Lima state government. An addition to his regular salary as mayor Full Article »
The vote to expel congressman Alejandro Yovera, which the opposition has demanded before debating presidential decree powers, was delayed by the appearance of a suspended congressman. Heriberto Benitez, a member of Luis Full Article »
Congressman Jose Luna is being investigated by the ethics committee for soliciting salaries for three consultants who did not work in congress. Jose Luna, a co-founder of Luis Castañeda’s National Full Article »
