Popular Force,known as Force 2011 until 2012,is a right-wing populist and Fujimorist political party in Peru. The party is led by Keiko Fujimori,former congresswoman and daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori. She ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in the 2011,2016 and 2021 presidential elections,all losing by a narrow margin.
JoséDaniel Williams Zapata is a politician and retired Peruvian Army general who served as President of the Congress of Peru,the head of the legislature and next in the line of succession for the Presidency of Peru. Williams currently represents the constituency of Lima in the Peruvian Congress as a member of Go on Country - Social Integration Party.
JoséPedro Castillo Terrones is a Peruvian politician,former elementary school teacher,and union leader who served as the President of Peru from 28 July 2021 to 7 December 2022. Despite being popularly elected,Peru's right-wing controlled Congress attempted to remove Castillo,citing "moral incapacitance". Castillo then attempted to dissolve Congress on 7 December 2022,which ultimately failed and resulted in the legislative body impeaching and removing him from office the same day.
Since 2016,Peru has been plagued with political instability and a growing crisis,initially between the President,Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Congress,led de facto by Keiko Fujimori. The crisis emerged in late 2016 and early 2017 as the polarization of Peruvian politics increased,as well as a growing schism between the executive and legislative branches of government. Fujimori and her Fujimorist supporters would use their control of Congress to obstruct the executive branch of successive governments,resulting with a period of political instability in Peru.
Together for Peru is a Peruvian centre-left to left-wing political coalition founded with the incumbent registration of the Peruvian Humanist Party.
Luis Alberto Otárola Peñaranda is a Peruvian attorney and politician who was the Prime Minister of Peru from 2022 until his resignation in 2024. He previously served as Minister of Defense twice,under Ollanta Humala and Dina Boluarte.
Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra is a Peruvian politician,civil servant,and lawyer currently serving as the President of Peru since 7 December 2022. She had served as the first vice president and minister at the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion under President Pedro Castillo. She served as an officer at the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC) from 2007 until 2022.
Edwar Husain Quiroga Vargas is a Peruvian Islamic activist and politician who is the founder of Inkarri Islam,a non-profit organization which aims to unify concepts of Andean culture and the precepts of Islam. Quiroga Vargas has been described as a follower of Marxism–Leninism,who holds sympathies for Hezbollah and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The presidency of Pedro Castillo began with his inauguration as the president of Peru on 28 July 2021,the Peruvian Independence Day. In the 2021 Peruvian general election,Castillo,a school teacher and union organizer,won the presidential election against the right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori of Popular Force by a 45,000 margin in the runoff. In the congressional elections,Castillo's party,Free Peru,did not get a majority in the Congress of the Republic of Peru.
María del Carmen Alva Prieto is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who served as the president of the Congress of the Republic of Peru from 26 July 2021 until 26 July 2022,and a member of the Congress representing Lima. She is a member of Popular Action.
On July 23,2021,following Pedro Castillo's electoral victory,mining communities near Las Bambas copper mine blocked the road used to transport the copper. The protesters claimed that local communities saw little benefit from the wealth generated by the mining.
Waldemar JoséCerrón Rojas is a Peruvian professor and a politician.
Democratic Peru is a parliamentary group of the Congress of the Republic of Peru. Formed in January 2022,it brings together several congressmen from three parties. Being the first "minority",the group joined the government from February 2022.
The Magisterial Bloc of National Concertation is a left-wing parliamentary group of the Congress of the Republic of Peru. Formed in May 2022,it brings together several dissident legislators from Peru Libre. The group was classified as pro-Castillo administration.
Guillermo Bermejo Rojas is a Peruvian politician. He was elected for the Congress of Peru for the 2021-2026 period.
The third presidential vacancy (impeachment) process against President Pedro Castillo was an action initiated by the Congress of the Republic of Peru with the purpose of declaring the "permanent moral incapacity" of the President of the Republic,Pedro Castillo,under Article 113 of the Political Constitution of Peru.
The Ayacucho massacre was a massacre perpetrated by the Peruvian Army on 15 December 2022 in Ayacucho,Peru during the 2022–2023 Peruvian protests,occurring one day after President Dina Boluarte,with the support of right-wing parties in Congress,granted the Peruvian Armed Forces expanded powers and the ability to respond to demonstrations. On that day,demonstrations took place in Ayacucho and the situation intensified when the military deployed helicopters to fire at protesters,who later tried to take over the city's airport,which was defended by the Peruvian Army and the National Police of Peru. Troops responded by firing live ammunition at protesters,resulting in ten dead and 61 injured. Among the injured,90% had gunshot wounds,while those killed were shot in the head or torso. Nine of the ten killed had wounds consistent with the ammunition used in the IMI Galil service rifle used by the army.
On 9 January 2023,Peruvian National Police shot at protesters in Juliaca during the 2022–2023 Peruvian political protests against President Dina Boluarte,resulting in a massacre. At least 18 people,including a medic responding to the scene,were killed and over 100 others were injured by police responding to protests in the city,with all of the deaths being attributed to gunshot wounds. The massacre was the deadliest day during the series of protests in Peru. Local media criticized the response of national media,saying that events in Juliaca were overlooked. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights would describe the event,along with the similar killings in Ayacucho,as a massacre.
Roberto Helbert Sánchez Palomino is a Peruvian psychologist and politician. He is a congressman of the Congress of the Republic of Peru for the period 2021-2026 and was Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism for Pedro Castillo from July 29,2021 until his resignation on December 7,2022.
The National Superintendency of Higher University Education,also known by its acronym SUNEDU,is a government organisation whose purpose is the licensing,quality supervision,and inspection of higher university educational service in Peru.
