2021 in Peru

Events in the year 2021 in Peru.

Incumbents Prior to elections Photo Post Name President of Peru Francisco Sagasti Prime Minister of Peru Violeta Bermúdez

After the elections Photo Post Name President of Peru Pedro Castillo Prime Minister of Peru Guido Bellido

Events

January 6 January – President Sagasti announces the purchase of 38 million COVID-19 vaccines from Sinopharm. 27 January – A lockdown is enforced in central Peru until February 14 as hospitals near collapse. There have been 1,107,239 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 40,107 deaths. Studies of the Sinopharm BIBP vaccine will continue during the lockdown. The first one million doses of vaccination are expected to begin in February.

February 5 February – Venezuelan immigrants and refugees complain of discrimination and xenophobia leading up to elections. 7 February – The first batch of 300,000 Sinopharm vaccines arrives in Lima. 13 February – Óscar Ugarte is sworn in as the fifth health minister in a year after Pilar Mazzetti resigned in scandal after former president Martin Vizcarra jumped to the front of the line for a COVID-19 vaccine. Foreign minister Elizabeth Astete resigns after it is shown that government employees were given priority over health workers for COVID-19 vaccines. 21 February – Vacunagate, a scandal related to the application of COVID-19 vaccines to politicians, business leaders, and religious leaders before essential health workers, the collapse of the health system, and the lack of oxygen, threatens the stability of the upcoming elections. Former footballer George Forsyth, leads as a candidate for president with 20% in the polls, but his candidacy has been suspended by the Jurado Nacional Electoral (JNE).

March 2 March – The government does not appeal a court ruling allowing Ana Estrada, 44, the right to die. Local law still prohibits anyone from assisting voluntary euthanasia. 7 March – Rafael López Aliaga (Popular Renewal party) is accused of urging a coup d'état after calling for resignation of Interim President Francisco Sagasti. 15 March – Hundreds of transport workers go on strike and block highways nationwide to demand reduced fuel and toll costs.

April 2 April – Verónika Mendoza, candidate for president (New Peru), calls Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro a dictator during a press conference with the Asociación de Prensa Extranjera en el Perú (APEP).

28 April – Sexual rights organization Promsex officially petitions the courts to overturn a 2009 Constitutional Court ruling banning free distribution of emergency contraception.

May 23 May - San Miguel del Ene attack – 18 people are killed in an attack in the Valle de los Ríos Apurímac, Ene y Mantaro (VRAEM) conflict region, where the group operates.

June 6 June – 2021 Peruvian general election – Pedro Castillo has a slight lead with 97.3% of the votes counted. 11 June – Left-wing groups around the world warn that Keiko Fujimori is trying to steal the election. Without any evidence, she has claimed victory. 12 June – Fujimori leads a protest seeking to annul the votes of the 2021 election. 14 June – An investigation is launched into Fujimori supporters and the Popular Force party for incidents of harassment of electoral authorities via the Internet. 23 June – 2021 Mala earthquake: A magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes near the capital Lima, killing one and causing damage.Sismo en Mala: balance deja un niño fallecido, 9 damnificados, 105 afectados y 20 heridos, El Peruano, June 23, 2021 24 June – The JNE suspends magistrate Luis Arce to allow compliance with constitutional requirements, and the electoral calendar. 26 June – Supporters of both Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori hold rival protests in Lima over the delayed election results.

July 28 July – Pedro Castillo is sworn in as President of Peru. 31 July - At least 40 people were injured after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Sullana. Mario Marcos López, an Asháninka Indigenous environmental defender, is shot dead in Pasco.

August

24 August – The government approves the Yanapay (Help) Peru subsidy for households in poverty and extreme poverty.

October

President Castillo forces PM Guido Bellido to resign during a cabinet reshuffle, amid controversies over his past misogynist and homophobic statements.

November 25 November – An impeachment motion against Castillo is presented by 28 legislators from Avanza País, Fuerza Popular, and Renovación Popular. 28 November – 2021 Northern Peru earthquake

Deaths January 16 January – Rapper One, 41, rapper; COVID-19.Rapper One, el primer ganador de Red Bull Perú, fallece tras luchar contra la COVID-19 17 January – Víctor Crisólogo, 68, politician, member of Congress (2011–2016); COVID-19.Excongresista Víctor Crisólogo fallece en Nuevo Chimbote por COVID-19 18 January – Carlos Burga, 68, Olympic boxer (1972); COVID-19.Carlos Burga, histórico boxeador peruano, falleció víctima del coronavirus 19 January – Carlos Tapia García, 79, politician, member of Congress (1985–1990) and Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2001–2003); COVID-19.Carlos Tapia, exdiputado y columnista de Perú21, falleció este martes

February 11 February Teresa Burga, 86, artist.Teresa Burga: artista plástica peruana falleció a los 86 años Javier Neves, 67, lawyer and academic, Minister of Labour and Promotion of Employment (2004–2005); COVID-19.Fallece Javier Neves Mujica, destacado abogado y exministro de Trabajo 16 February – Ítalo Villarreal, journalist.Falleció el periodista y relator deportivo Ítalo Villarreal 17 February – Carlos Chacón Galindo, 86, politician, Provincial Mayor of Cusco Province (1967–1969, 1987–1989).Condolencias por el fallecimiento del Sr. Carlos Chacón Galindo» 22 February – Hipólito Chaiña Contreras, 67, doctor and politician, member of Congress (since 2020); COVID-19.Hipólito Chaiña, congresista de bancada Nueva Constitución, falleció este lunes en Arequipa 26 February Herasmo García, 28, environmentalist and indigenous leader (Organización Regional de la Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana, Aidesep); murdered (body found on this date)

March 6 March Miguel Miranda, 54, football player (Sporting Cristal, Universitario, national team) and manager.Un día triste para el fútbol peruano: Miguel Miranda murió a los 54 años Pedro Novoa, 46, writer and educator; colon cancer.Falleció el escritor Pedro Novoa a los 46 años  11 March – Ernesto Ráez Mendiola, 84, stage director, actor and theater teacher.Adiós, Ernesto Ráez, hombre de teatro 18 March – Luis Bedoya Reyes, 102, politician, Mayor of Lima (1964–1969), member of the Constituent Assembly (1978–1980) and minister of Justice (1963).Luis Bedoya Reyes, fundador del PPC, falleció a los 102 años 19 March – Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, 93, auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima (1968–1978), bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Chimbote (1983–2003) and president of the Episcopal Conference of Peru (1999–2002); COVID-19.Monseñor Luis Bambarén falleció tras ser diagnosticado con coronavirus 25 March – Manuel Dammert, 72, sociologist and politician, member of Congress (1985–1992, 2013–2019); COVID-19.Excongresista Manuel Dammert falleció a los 72 años víctima del COVID-19 

April 1 April – Jorge Chiarella Krüger, 77, theater director and actor.Falleció el actor peruano Jorge Chiarella a los 77 años 3 April – Elidio Espinoza, 65, politician, mayor of Trujillo (2015–2018), COVID-19.Muere exalcalde de Trujillo, Elidio Espinoza, por COVID-19

September 11 September - Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path.The New York Times: Abimael Guzmán, Leader of Guerrilla Group That Terrorized Peru, Dies at 86

October 25 October - Fernando Herrera Mamani, Peruvian politician.

November 26 November - Óscar Catacora, Peruvian film director and screenwriter.

December 1 December – Raimundo Revoredo Ruiz, Peruvian prelate of the Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Juli (1988–1999)

See also

History of Peru COVID-19 pandemic in South America Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

References