News archive 2009
November
- November 19 Peru accuses gang of killing to sell human fat. BBC Reuters
October
- October 11 State funeral and highest national award for Afro-Peruvian singer Arturo "Zambo" Cavero who died on Friday October 9. BBC
September
- September 6 Representations of the Ekeko deity provoke another cultural row with Bolivia. BBC
- September 2 Shining Path rebels shoot down Army helicopter in the Apurímac River Valley. Reuters
August
- August 15 Miss Peru 2009 Karen Schwarz's Diablada costume provokes row with Bolivia. BBC
June
- June 10 Disputed Peru land laws suspended. BBC
- June 9 Peru finds human sacrifices from Inca civilization. Reuters
- June 8 Peruvian troops patrol Amazon towns after 60 die. Reuters
- June 5 30 die as indigenous protesters, police clash in Peru. CNN
May
- May 31 Dozens escape in Peru jailbreak. BBC
- May 17 Peru army call for Amazon protest. BBC
- May 15 Peru confirms first case of H1N1 flu. Reuters
April
- April 27 Venezuelan official granted asylum in Peru. CNN
- April 21 Shining Path rebels stage comeback in Peru. CNN
- April 20 Huarango tree (Prosopis limensis) planting in the Ica Region, the driest place on Earth. BBC
- April 7 Former Peruvian president found guilty of rights abuses. CNN
- April 6 Peru U-turn on war museum funds. BBC
- April 3 Doe Run Peru clinches credit deal, avoids collapse. Reuters
March
- March 24 Hunger intensifies despite economic growth in Peru. Reuters
- March 19 Chile, Peru trade seen immune to Hague border battle. Reuters
February
- February 28 Peru furore over museum donation. BBC
- February 27 Fossil of 10 million-year-old bird found in Peru. Reuters
- February 14 Peruvian Film The Milk of Sorrow by Claudia Llosa wins Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. BBC
January
- January 17 Bush signs Peru free trade pact. BBC
- January 16 Peru court backs 'drunk' worker. BBC
- January 13 Peru mining workers losing jobs as metals plummet. Reuters
- January 9 Peru moves Berenson to Lima jail for pregnancy care. Reuters
- January 9 Peru sees solid economic growth amid global crisis. Reuters