Dina Boluarte

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte speaks to the press during a visit by Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo, File)

Deeply unpopular Peruvian president calls for general elections in April 2026

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte says her country will hold general elections one year from now in an effort to end years of instability.
March 26
A protester in a Joker costume takes part in a demonstration demanding the government provide security against the rising violence, in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peru’s Congress votes to oust the interior minister for failing to halt killings

March 22
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte speaks to the press during a visit by Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo, File)

Peru declares an emergency and deploys the army as violence surges in the capital

March 18
Jailed, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, attends his trial on charges of rebellion at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peru’s detained ex-President Castillo ends hunger strike after four days, authorities say

March 14
Jailed, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, attends his trial on charges of rebellion at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peru’s detained ex-President Castillo transferred to a hospital days after starting hunger strike

March 13

Peru president visits Vargas Llosa’s family as they prepare to hold vigil for late Nobel laureate

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Monday met with the family of author Mario Vargas Llosa following his death on Sunday.
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Protesters take to streets of Peru capital and call on President Boluarte to resign

Peru’s President calls next general elections for April 2026

Peru’s Congress votes to oust the interior minister for failing to halt killings

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Jailed, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, attends his trial on charges of rebellion at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Former Peruvian president announces hunger strike to protest rebellion trial

March 10
Jailed, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, arrives for his trial on charges of rebellion and others against the state at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peruvian ex-President Castillo is on trial for a failed attempt to dissolve Congress

March 4
Photos of people who disappeared during Peru's internal armed conflict (1980-2000) lie on display at the House of Memory museum in Lima, Peru, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on the thousands disappeared in Colombia, Peru and Paraguay

January 27
Lidia Flores, the leader of the National Association of Relatives of Detained and Disappeared Persons of Peru, poses for a portrait in Ayacucho, Peru, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Flores' husband was killed in Peru's internal armed conflict (1980-2000). (AP Photo/Silvio La Rosa)

Peru’s disappeared: Dozens look for relatives lost to violence. A woman who knows their sorrow helps

January 27
Peru's President Dina Boluarte, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk down the red carpet during a welcome ceremony at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

With Peru in the global spotlight for APEC, so is one of the world’s least popular presidents

November 15, 2024
FILE - Peru's President Dina Boluarte talks to the press at the end of the Amazon Summit in Belem, Brazil, Aug. 8, 2023. Boluarte's government announced Wednesday, May 15, 2024, she will visit China in June to discuss meat exports to the Asian country. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Peruvian lawmakers begin yet another effort to remove President Dina Boluarte from office

May 16, 2024
Police officers leave the home of Nicanor Boluarte, the brother of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, in Lima, Peru, Friday, May 10, 2024. Prosecutors arrested the president's brother for allegedly being part of a group that trafficked influence by appointing officials in exchange for money and forcing them to collect signatures to register a political party, according to the Attorney General’s Office. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Police arrest brother and lawyer of Peru’s president over alleged influence peddling

May 10, 2024
Peru's President Dina Boluarte shows her jewelry during a press conference at Government Palace in Lima, Peru, Friday, April 5, 2024. Authorities are investigating on whether she illegally received hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, luxury watches and jewelry. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru’s president interrogated by prosecutors for hours amid expanding ‘Rolexgate’ probe

April 5, 2024
FILE - Peru's President Dina Boluarte talks to the press at the end of the Amazon Summit in Belem, Brazil, Aug. 8, 2023. Boluarte testified to prosecutors behind closed doors Friday, April 5, 2024, as authorities investigate whether she illegally received hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, luxury watches and jewelry. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Prosecutors widen illicit enrichment probe against Peru’s president to include jewelry worth $500K

April 3, 2024
Police guard outside President Dina Boluarte's house during a raid ordered by the Attorney General's Office aimed at seizing luxury watches as part of a preliminary investigation into alleged illicit enrichment in Lima, Peru, Saturday, March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Pressure mounts against Peru’s president as lawmakers submit request to remove her from office

April 2, 2024
Police guard outside President Dina Boluarte's house during a raid ordered by the Attorney General's Office aimed at seizing luxury watches as part of a preliminary investigation into alleged illicit enrichment in Lima, Peru, Saturday, March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Government agents raid Peruvian President Boluarte’s residence in luxury watch investigation

March 30, 2024

Peru’s top prosecutor blames President Boluarte for deaths of protesters as political crisis deepens

November 28, 2023
An anti-government protester, dressed as Barbie holding a fake gun, takes part in a demonstration demanding that Peruvian President Dina Boluarte call for immediate presidential elections as well as justice for those who were killed during protests earlier this year after the ouster of her predecessor, in Lima, Peru, Saturday, July 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Barbie mania sweeps Latin America, but sometimes takes on a macabre tone

July 22, 2023
FILE - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during the North America Summit, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Jan. 10, 2023. Obrador said on Feb. 23, 2023 that he'll sign a new bill into law that will cut funding to the country’s electoral agency. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Mexico regrets Peru’s decision to withdraw ambassador

February 25, 2023
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte gives a press conference at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Peru is in the midst of a political crisis as protestors are seeking Boluarte's resignation and the dissolution of Congress, after former President Pedro Castillo was ousted and arrested for trying to dissolve Congress in December. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru withdraws ambassador from Mexico amid dispute

February 25, 2023
FILE - The Machu Picchu archeological site is devoid of tourists while it's closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in the department of Cusco, Peru, Oct. 27, 2020. The Inca-era stone citadel nestled in its southeastern jungle, reopened on Feb. 15, 2023 after being closed nearly a month ago amid antigovernment protests, according to the culture ministry. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Peru reopens Machu Picchu after agreement with protesters

February 15, 2023
Residents protest as they wait outside a gas plant to buy propane for cooking in downtown Cusco, Peru, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Gas delivery trucks have been affected by anti-government demonstrators blocking highways across the country, amid political turmoil over the removal of former President Pedro Castillo who was later arrested for trying to dissolve Congress. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Turmoil risks financial stability Peru long took for granted

February 6, 2023
Anti-government protesters take refuge behind shields as police launch tear gas, in Lima, Peru, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. Protesters are seeking immediate elections, Boluarte's resignation, the release of ousted President Pedro Castillo and justice for protesters killed in clashes with police. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Dems urge Biden to halt aid to Peru over protest crackdown

January 30, 2023
Soldiers get off a truck outside Congress in Lima, Peru, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Peru is amid political turmoil since former President Pedro Castillo was impeached and arrested for trying to dissolve Congress and succeeded by his Vice President Dina Boluarte, sparking protests. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru Congress agrees to debate measure on earlier elections

January 30, 2023
A so-called "deactivator" and "front-line" activist, face off with police during an anti-government protest in Lima, Peru, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. Protesters are seeking immediate elections, President Dina Boluarte's resignation, the release of ousted President Pedro Castillo and justice for protesters killed in clashes with police. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru’s protest ‘deactivators’ run toward tear gas to stop it

January 29, 2023

Protester killed in Peru’s capital, rising crisis toll to 58

January 29, 2023
FILE - Peru's President Dina Boluarte gives a press conference with foreign media at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Boluarte called on Congress Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, to approve a proposal to move elections forward to late this year, a marked concession from the leader who has been facing daily street protests that have left almost 60 people dead. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Peru president gives support for elections later this year

January 27, 2023
Anti-government protesters clash with police in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Protesters are seeking the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the release from prison of ousted President Pedro Castillo, immediate elections and justice for demonstrators killed in clashes with police. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Peru protesters tear-gassed after president calls for truce

January 25, 2023
Police confort a neighbor who was harassed by anti-government protesters outside the San Marcos University in Lima, Peru, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. Police evicted from the university grounds protesters who arrived from Andean regions seeking the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the release from prison of ousted President Pedro Castillo and immediate elections. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru closes Machu Picchu as anti-government protests grow

January 22, 2023
Police clash with anti-government protesters in Lima, Peru, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Protesters are seeking the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the release from prison of ousted President Pedro Castillo and immediate elections. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Despite tear gas, Peru protesters vow to keep demonstrating

January 21, 2023
An anti-government protesters who traveled to the capital from across the country to march against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, is detained and thrown on the back of police vehicle during clashes in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Protesters are seeking immediate elections, Boluarte's resignation, the release of ousted President Pedro Castillo and justice for up to 48 protesters killed in clashes with police. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru police use tear gas to block protesters from marching

January 20, 2023
Police officers pick up a tear gas canister that was thrown back at them by anti-government protesters who traveled to the capital from across the country to march against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. Protesters are seeking immediate elections, Boluarte's resignation, the release of ousted President Pedro Castillo and justice for the dozens of protesters killed in clashes with police. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

2 more people killed in southern Peru amid unrest

January 19, 2023