The government has declared a state of emergency to start a "war against extortion" in the country, as public workers claimed that national criminal groups of extortionists won’t let them work if they do not pay their quotas regularly

President Xiomara Castro has declared that the country does not recognise Peruvian President Diana Boluarte as the country’s legitimate leader and has asked the immediate release of former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo

The country has declared a national, 90-day health emergency due to an outbreak of avian flu killing hundreds of pelicans

The government extended its ongoing state of emergency for another 45 days, and has also expanded it to additional areas of the country in an effort to fight criminal gangs amid high levels of violence

The 400-year-old church of St Francis of Assisi in Luquigüe, in the diocese of Yoro, as a valuable cultural and architectural heritage has been destined a donation by the Pope to begin restoration work