Lima Province is located in the central coast of Peru and is the only province in the country not belonging to any of the twenty-five regions. Its capital is Lima,which is also the nation's capital.
La Victoria is a district in Lima Province,Peru. It is bordered to the north by the district of Lima;to the east by the districts of El Agustino,San Luis and San Borja;to the south by the district of San Isidro;and to the west by the districts of Lince and Lima. From the hierarchical point of view of the Catholic Church,it is part of the Episcopal Vicariate V of the Archdiocese of Lima.
Jesús María is one of the most centrally located districts of Lima,Peru. It is an upper class,high-density district and it usually ranks in the top districts with the best quality of life in Peru with an HDI of 0.8372 (2019),only behind the districts of La Molina and Lince.
Yonhy Lescano Ancieta is a Peruvian lawyer and politician belonging to the Popular Action party. He was a Congressman between 2001 until the dissolution of the Congress by Martín Vizcarra in 2019. From 2009 to 2011,he served as the Popular Action party's national secretary-general. He was the Popular Action's presidential nominee in the 2021 general election and placed fifth in an atomized race of 18 nominees.
George Patrick Forsyth Sommer is a Peruvian politician and former international footballer.
Peru at the Pan American Games. The Peruvians had participated in all editions of the games,except in 1955 in Mexico City. They have won a total of 19 gold medals,40 silver and 90 bronze and 149 overall counting the 2019 Panamerican Games in Lima.
Graña y Montero is a company based in Latin America. It originated as a real estate and construction company,now the oldest and largest in Peru. Its many business interests include the construction of buildings and infrastructure,the energy and mining industries,and sanitation and highway services. In November 2020 changed its name to AENZA.
The 2019 Liga 1 de Fútbol Profesional was the 103rd season of the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 18 teams competed in the season,with Sporting Cristal coming in as defending champions.
Municipal and regional elections were held in Peru on 7 October 2018. In the election,Peruvians voted for governors,vice governors and regional councilors at a regional level while at a municipal level,citizens voted for mayors and municipal councilors. Those elected took office 1 January 2019 and serve their term until 31 December 2022.
Vicente Antonio Zeballos Salinas is a Peruvian politician who served as Prime Minister of Peru from September 2019 to July 2020,under President Martín Vizcarra's administration. Prior,he served as Minister of Justice and Human Rights.
Manuel Arturo Merino de Lama is a Peruvian politician who briefly served as President of Peru for six days between 10 and 15 November 2020. He also served as the President of Congress from 16 March 2020 to 15 November 2020. He was a Member of Congress (AP) representing the Tumbes constituency for the 2001–2006,2011–2016,and 2020–2021 terms.
Jorge Vicente Martín Muñoz Wells is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Lima from January 2019 until his removal from office by the National Jury of Elections in April 2022. He previously served as mayor of Miraflores from 2011 to 2018.
Saleh Carlos Salvador Heresi Chicoma is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. Throughout his political career,he served as mayor of San Miguel from 2003 to 2014,member of the Peruvian Congress from 2016 to 2020,and Minister of Justice and Human Rights at the start of Martín Vizcarra administration,in 2018.
Daniel Belizario Urresti Elera is a Peruvian retired army general and politician who served as Minister of the Interior in the administration of President Ollanta Humala from 2014 to 2015,and asa Congressman representing Lima from 2020 to 2021.
The 2020 Peruvian protests were a series of demonstrations sparked after the removal of President Martín Vizcarra that took place from 9 November to 17 November 2020.
Mesías Antonio Guevara Amasifuén is a Peruvian politician and engineer,currently serving as the Governor of Cajamarca since 2019. A member of the Popular Action party,he currently serves as the party's president since 2014. He was previously a Congressman,representing Cajamarca between 2011 and 2016.
Elidio Espinoza was a Peruvian politician and colonel,who served on the force of the National Police of Peru.
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.
The 2022 Lima municipal election were held on 2 October 2022,following the convening of regional and municipal elections throughout Peru. Lima residents voted on a list of 40 candidates to replace incumbent Miguel Romero Sotelo when his term ends on 31 December 2022,alongside 39 member of the metropolitan council.
Mass protests in Peru against inflation and President Pedro Castillo's government began in March 2022. The protests occurred amid rising fertilizer and fuel prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Western sanctions imposed on Russia. Some of the larger protests were organized by Geovani Rafael Diez Villegas,the leader of the Union of Multimodal Transport Guilds of Peru (UGTRANM) who had previously collaborated in late 2021 with business executives and right-wing politicians,opposing the Castillo government and whose power is recognized as rivaling the government's own Ministry of Transport and Communications. Diez Villegas demanded the removal of passenger restrictions on buses,pardons for transportation workers who were charged with crimes,and negotiations for forgiving debt owed by transportation businessmen to the government. He later organized a general strike aimed at paralysing transportation in Peru beginning on 4 April 2022 that resulted in protests,product shortages,transportation stoppages and rioting.
