HISTORICAL FACTS: 12 - The Untold Story

Peru PM says lockdown could spread beyond capital to curb fuel protests

Peru's prime minister said on Tuesday that a mandatory lockdown in Lima aimed to curb violent protests over surging fuel and fertilizer prices could also be put in place in the interior of the country if unrest does not stop.

Reuters · Apr 5, 2022

Fuel protests prompt Lima curfew as Ukraine crisis touches South America

Peru’s embattled president takes drastic action as fertiliser and fuel prices soar and Brazil seeks to open Indigenous territory to mining

The Guardian - US · Apr 5, 2022

Curfew imposed in Lima; Indian shooters' World Cup campaign to continue

NEW DELHI: Indian shooters competing in the ISSF World Cup in Lima on Tuesday woke up to scenes of protests that caused roadblocks and "acts of violence" in Peru, leading to imposition of a curfew in the capital.

The Times of India · Apr 5, 2022

1 month after oil spill, Lima's beaches empty, cleanup slow

Dozens of beaches near Lima are deserted and thousands of fishermen remain without work, one month after an oil spill at a refinery created what the United Nations called the worst ecological disaster in Peru’s recent history

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2022

'Smells like death': Peru oil spill clear-up drags on as fishermen count cost

Spanish energy firm Repsol said on Friday a clear-up operation for a major oil spill on the coast near Peru's capital Lima would take until the end of February, in an environmental incident declared a 'catastrophe' by the government.

Reuters · Jan 22, 2022

Peru's Castillo decrees major oil spill an environmental emergency

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo declared an environmental emergency on Thursday as clean-up teams struggled to contain a huge oil spill at the country's biggest refinery, after rogue waves rocked a ship unloading crude there.

Reuters · Jan 21, 2022

Peru says oil spill caused by Tonga waves is an 'ecological disaster'

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Reuters · Jan 19, 2022